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Content goes POOF during an edit! Then--->

a couple sentences of the disappeared content appear in a whole NEW, unpublished Ible that I never created. 

I lost A LOT OF WORK and I want to cry out of frustration. ;_(

btw... I did "Save" changes a few times during the edit, but 90% of the content is still gone.





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Kiteman says: Aug 5, 2012. 9:43 AM
I've passed this on, but I can't give you a time-line on the fix (it's Sunday, the office is empty).
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sunshiine says: Aug 5, 2012. 2:36 PM
Another instructable problem! My pictures uploaded successfully but when I clicked on the view pictures nothing is there. I uploaded them 3 times and they did great but where are they???? Poor Bajablue!
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 5, 2012. 4:04 PM
This happens to me, too, sunshiine. Check your Instructables' Library. I'll bet you find them there. All 3 of them! ;-)
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sunshiine says: Aug 5, 2012. 4:15 PM
I did! They were not there! It said they loaded and then when I clicked to view it ,it said there were a problem. I tried a different method and now they are loading. Quirks happen to the best of us! LOL!
sunshiine
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 5, 2012. 4:20 PM
All's well that ends well... k.n.o.c.k.o.n.w.o.o.d! ;-D
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sunshiine says: Aug 5, 2012. 4:27 PM
You can say that again! :* )
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Kiteman says: Aug 5, 2012. 10:41 PM
Can you both keep adding details to this topic as they happen - it will make the dev team's job a lot easier.
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 7, 2012. 12:32 PM
Kman... can I delete the unpublished doppleganger Ibles now? Or does the Dev. team need more time?
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Kiteman says: Aug 7, 2012. 3:51 PM
They're still working on it, I believe.

I'll get back to you when they're done, could be a day or two.
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 7, 2012. 4:08 PM
ok... I'll wait for your go-ahead. Thanks!!!
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 6, 2012. 11:47 AM
I just got bit (four times) by the picture-eating bug sunshiine was talking about.

Here's the error message I got:

Could not upload file 'P1030946.JPG'. Please try again as it may simply have been corrupted in transit.
Could not upload file 'P1030946.JPG'. Please try again as it may simply have been corrupted in transit.
Could not upload file 'magnet.JPG'. Please try again as it may simply have been corrupted in transit.
Could not upload file 'magnet.JPG'. Please try again as it may simply have been corrupted in transit.
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sunshiine says: Aug 6, 2012. 12:24 PM
That is the same message I received. I forgot to mention I use Google Chrome. The way I got the program to work is I copied all my pictures to a new folder on my PC then I renamed them. After that it worked fine. I am planning on working on another instructable maybe tonight if I have time and I will post here if I have a problem. Sending you some good cheer!
Sunshiine
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 6, 2012. 12:51 PM
QQQQQQQQQQ! ;-)
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sunshiine says: Aug 6, 2012. 1:42 PM
They will figure it out I am sure!
Sunshiine
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canucksgirl says: Aug 6, 2012. 1:56 PM
I think her confusion (as is mine), is how copying your picture to a new folder on your computer and renaming them would make a difference (unless you had some strange characters in your file names?)
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sunshiine says: Aug 6, 2012. 2:28 PM
Strange things happen here at instructables. It probably does not have anything to do with the instructables problem but the way I see it is details can pay off in some situations. I did have strange characters on one of my ibles recently, really!
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sunshiine says: Aug 5, 2012. 10:59 PM
I posted 2 tonight and it is working fine. Is that what you are talking about? Hope this helps! If not please let me know. Thanks Mr. K.
sunshiine
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 5, 2012. 10:45 AM
Thank you Kiteman. I just don't want this to happen to another Author. ;-(
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sunshiine says: Aug 5, 2012. 2:37 PM
At least I did not pur a lot of time into my ible like you did. I just uploaded pictures.
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Kiteman says: Aug 5, 2012. 10:50 AM
Does the project still exist in some form? Could you PM me the current URL, and I'll pass that on to the dev team as well.
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 5, 2012. 11:20 AM
Last reply to you went POOF. EGAADS... Check your message box in 15 minutes or so. I need to get my drink on to cope with this! ;-D
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Kiteman says: Aug 5, 2012. 11:25 AM
On your behalf...

*sigh*
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mikeasaurus says: Aug 5, 2012. 3:03 PM
When editing there is an option to view "history" of your project, a snapshot of each time you save. Was a version of your project saved in the history?
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 5, 2012. 3:53 PM
Really, Mike?!?

I had no IDEA this option was available!  Where do I find it, and how do I use it?

Just learning this would make the entire gut-wrenching ordeal worthwhile!!!
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canucksgirl says: Aug 5, 2012. 3:58 PM
You'll find "History" under "More" (to the right of the main tabs). :-)

Sorry, I didn't think of this either.... :-|
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 5, 2012. 4:08 PM
This is truly sanity-saving information!!!!!

I've already rewritten the Ible, so all is well in my universe.

Thank you Mike and thank you CG... and Thank you KMan!!!
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canucksgirl says: Aug 5, 2012. 4:02 PM
Oh ya... (oops), just click on history and it'll show you a list of the saved versions you had, just click on the "preview" buttons to see each of them and when you find one your happy with, you can click on the "revert to version#___" button and you are back in business.

Good call Mike... I forgot all about this.
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 7, 2012. 12:29 PM
I just got (yet another) error message on an Ible-under-construction.

I tried this and it worked perfectly!!!!

Mike and CG.... I cannot thank you enough!!!!!!!!!!!
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canucksgirl says: Aug 4, 2012. 8:57 PM
Oh dear....

Can you post your OS and browser info (with versions) for the Development Team? They'll probably want links to the unpublished ibles, but I'd suggest sending them in a PM if you don't want them public right now. (So wait for a reply, I guess).
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 4, 2012. 10:57 PM
Windows 7 and Google Chrome.

Error messages are not uncommon for me. I usually blame it on my ISP, but there's no way my ISP could be responsible for this one.

I was a literally few photos away from publishing. lol... it sucks to be me right now.

Thanks for commenting CG. I feel a little better already... and tomorrow IS another day. ;-)

You're the best.
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canucksgirl says: Aug 4, 2012. 11:37 PM
It could be worse, something could've crashed on your computer and the mouse could be missing...
:-)

funny-crash.jpg
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 4, 2012. 11:35 PM
lol and too cute! Is he/she yours?
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canucksgirl says: Aug 4, 2012. 11:41 PM
No... I looked online for something to make ya feel better. ;-)
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bajablue (author) says: Aug 4, 2012. 11:56 PM
It worked! ;-) Thanks! ;-)
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