Help: Posting A Message

Subject: Posting A Message
From: GUEST,Don Stallone
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 08:16 AM

I've tried 2 days in a row to post a message and have been unable to locate it among the threads I see. I have filled in all the spaces and clicked the "Submit Message" button afterwards. What am I doing wrong? Please advise.

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: Wolfgang
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 08:45 AM

Don,
from what you describe you have made it correct. After "submit" you should see the thread you have posted too in top of all threads. However, searching for your name I find no sign of any entry. For a try, post again to this thread.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 08:46 AM

After you submit try the reload button on your browser, see if that works.

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: MMario
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 08:51 AM

Don, do whatever you did to post this message. It worked.

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: GeorgeH
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 08:55 AM

I know this really belongs in the "MC improvements" thread - but it would be really nice if the Posting box had a "pre-view" button so you could see your post with your attemps at embedding HTML applied to it.

Other than that - my apologies for a few double-postings of late; timeout problems . . (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it)

G.

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: GUEST,Don Stallone
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 09:00 AM

Thanks all! :-) I'll jest keep on keepin' on.

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: MMario
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 09:13 AM

See? now you've done it twice!

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: Marymac90
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 11:32 AM

To see your post, instead of reloading after you submit a message, hit "Refresh" on the Mudcat header. It will bring you up to the minute. Otherwise you're looking at what was current the minute you first downloaded Mudcat that time.

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: bbc
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 04:00 PM

To repeat, for emphasis, do *not* hit the "reload" key. That will result in multiples. Always use the "refresh" button at the top of the Forum page. Like many others, I learned that the hard way, by embarrassing myself.

best,

bbc

Subject: RE: Help: Posting A Message
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 11 Feb 00 - 05:15 PM

The other one I have discovered (the hard way) is if you get an error such as a time out, it pays to go back and check whether the post was successful or not.

I have had 2 errors today while posting. One had gone through but the other hadn't. I find that the best plan in those situations is to use the back button to go back to what I had typed and copy it just in case, so I have the option of pasting later rather than typing in again before trying to view the thread.

Jon