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Auto save of blog posts

Friday, 14. August 2009, 08:58:39

Ever experienced the following scenario: You've been working on the best blog post ever. You've spent countless hours in front of the computer. X amount of coffee have been consumed. You're just about to hit save before your computer freeze and you've just lost everything!

Well, we've had our share of failure too, so here's finally our solution to it all: Auto save of blog posts. It works in magic ways (well, not really), but it saves a draft of your post at timed intervals or you can "Save draft" to force a manual save. The posts are private for as long as you're working on it. When you're done, just do what you normally do and publish it.

We know one member who will be excited about this feature. He has been nagging about it for years, so this is a win-win situation for us. He even visited our office one time to see if any progress were made. Some members are more dedicated than others...

Anyway, feedback is welcome if you have any comments how to improve the auto save feature! Thanks.

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garlingmatthews # 14. August 2009, 09:00

Wheeeee!! Great! I've lost a few posts on mini, bloging on the move can be tricky.

vrianroi # 14. August 2009, 09:00

garlingmatthews # 14. August 2009, 09:01

It WILL work on mini, won't it? It will huh? Huh? Huh?

Tamil # 14. August 2009, 09:04

EspenAO # 14. August 2009, 09:04

Originally posted by garlingmatthews:

It WILL work on mini, won't it? It will huh? Huh? Huh?

Of course.

alamkuwhyu # 14. August 2009, 09:05

my friend said he lost his blog post yesterday,hope it will help

philry4n # 14. August 2009, 09:08

coxi got all she wants

Waneyidriss # 14. August 2009, 09:12

That's great news....well done guys!:-)

Shazoor # 14. August 2009, 09:16

Thats great !

coxy # 14. August 2009, 09:21

Originally posted by philry4n:

coxi got all she wants

Zimak # 14. August 2009, 09:26

how to disable this feature?

vasuwrath # 14. August 2009, 09:26

Great feature

ntvim88 # 14. August 2009, 09:31

i like it. Last night i wrote but the electric is out, oh my God. So, thank you your longlive Opera

garlingmatthews # 14. August 2009, 09:34

Cool, thanks

mysuperjulius # 14. August 2009, 09:35

I havent try yet. But thanks anyway. It makes me can smile again. Go Opera...Keep it up.

hephzibah1 # 14. August 2009, 09:37

well you can improve it by creating more space

coxy # 14. August 2009, 09:37

Originally posted by Zimak:

how to disable this feature?

Stop writing blog posts.

Tamil # 14. August 2009, 09:45

An icon indicating whether the post is public, private or friends only in archive and edit/delete posts page will be nice.

mysuperjulius # 14. August 2009, 09:47

I will, thanks. More love 4 Opera. God bless u all guys.

sdrpl # 14. August 2009, 09:51

Originally posted by My.Opera:

Ever experienced the following scenario

Yessss

Thanks My.Opera Team!

Gaddag # 14. August 2009, 09:57

Sounds good. And as I'm using OM 4.2 it would please me if I wouldn't have to log in here always in 4 steps: (1) change site language to English, (2) save this, (3) change mobile view to full view, (4) log in. My Opera site sw NEVER recognizes its own OM 4.2. So it goes...

Filmfox # 14. August 2009, 10:15

Wow thats really gr8.This is saved my post just now thanks

leponyo # 14. August 2009, 10:22

thumbs up! u did it again.

annoushkiss # 14. August 2009, 11:25

Very nice new feature! Discovered it yesterday, and at first didn't understand what does it mean..? Instead of one entry I got two, one of which with private access

Now I see

Thank you! The advantages are obvious

MYLANKA # 14. August 2009, 11:34

all great but

Somthing wrong

Quinnuendo # 14. August 2009, 11:47

seems like a good idea.

I used something similar, just in case, when writing longer posts, published my posts as private, then edited them further till they are done, and then putting them up as public

Don't have to do that no more

tandder # 14. August 2009, 11:55

Thanks guys!

Jurgi # 14. August 2009, 12:15

You're just about to hit save before your computer freeze and you've just lost everything!

Nope, it never happened to my current compy, but to the Opera: yes. 9.x can crash, when typing too fast…

claudeb # 14. August 2009, 12:31

Can't remember losing a My Opera blog post due to a crash/freeze, but I've been waiting for a draft feature for a long time. It's useful in many more ways. Good work!

Junku # 14. August 2009, 12:59

But remember, you only get a maximum 1.44MB of autosave capacity! Anyway, I never really had a problem with losing posts anywhere really, thanks to Opera's awesome "Back" capabilities.

Also, kudos for blatantly calling out the guy who kept on bugging you about it.

johny07 # 14. August 2009, 13:01

thank you for all of your comments!!>...">

Nikio # 14. August 2009, 13:04

Big thumbs UP for this one!!!

zenya # 14. August 2009, 13:28

great improvements however,
Opera team are always doing great things

dantesoft # 14. August 2009, 13:32

It doesn't seem to work if you don't set a title for the post, first. Which is pretty much the normal way to blog: write a thoughtful post and then find the best title for it. Right?

I suggest you set "No title" as the default when auto-saving.

PS: @Junku

operainchicago # 14. August 2009, 13:34

So all it takes is a visit to the "O" (Oslo) and the Big "O" (Opera Hq) ?

SouthernCross # 14. August 2009, 13:38

* squeals like a little girl *

ellinidata # 14. August 2009, 14:03

I love it!

brokenheartvn # 14. August 2009, 14:10

great! I have tried to save post after any important thing added into it, keep it private till finishing. Then i copied all content into a new post. It took pretty much time but to make sure in the case my computer suddenly hates me