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Have you ever put quite a bit of time compiling a post on your blog?  Not just any old post, but one that really described your heart on a matter to a tee?  Okay, picture the perfect post disappearing with a careless or maybe an accidental slip of the fingers onto the wrong key!  Ah Ha!  I saw you CRINGE!  I've backspaced away HOURS of paragraphs into the unknown reaches blogosphere!


So, as I make note of these tips for myself, I'll share them with you too!

1.  Save your work OFTEN!

2.  Prepare your work beforehand in a program like Windows NotePad, then after it's saved to your harddrive, copy and paste it onto your blog post. 

I recently found a free open source program that is very similar to Windows NotePad but it has a few extra features built in but still remains rather lightweight.  It's called NotePad2 and you can download it here: NOTEPAD2

3. If your blogging software has a "save as draft" feature, use it if you are not quite done with your post. 

Well, that's it for today's Timesaver Tips!

 

 

 

In His Love,

 

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Posted by Momwtrmn

Yes! That happened to me just last week! I HATE when that happens! Hours of time... GONE!

*sigh* Maybe one day I'll actually LEARN to use Word to write my entries in, and then paste them into my blog! LOL.

Many blessings,
Christi

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Posted by Anonymous

Mostly I'm here just because I AM SO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE!!!

But yes, I've done that a few times. Blogger autosaves drafts regularly, though, so sometimes you are lucky and don't lose everything over there. Wordpress doesn't, but when I am working on lengthier posts, I use the "save and continue" button frequently.

I guess I am trained by the difficulties of dial-up. Back then, I would regularly overtax the internet connection and bring everything down, losing all.

Dana
http://principleddiscovery.com

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Posted by drewsfamilytx

I have been there, done that waaay too many times! I use the save as draft feature OFTEN.

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