Editing

[yukio_michael]

Here's something I'll add... The editing system really needs to be fixed. I know it's been brought up and looked into, and I appreciate that its a complicated matter. But if I'm discussing something with someone, or making a rather large post, I have sometimes only one shot to get it right--- After that, the editing makes my post a compacted mess.

It would be really helpful, if when given the ability to edit your posts to correct typos, etcetera, that our paragraphs weren't all mashed together--- Sometimes I have to abandon a post, where I would have prefered to correct a typo or two, simply because I'm not up to the task of gingerly re-inserting the carriage returns.

Is there any progress on this?

 

[Maciamo]

Here's something I'll add... The editing system really needs to be fixed. I know it's been brought up and looked into, and I appreciate that its a complicated matter. But if I'm discussing something with someone, or making a rather large post, I have sometimes only one shot to get it right--- After that, the editing makes my post a compacted mess.
It would be really helpful, if when given the ability to edit your posts to correct typos, etcetera, that our paragraphs weren't all mashed together--- Sometimes I have to abandon a post, where I would have prefered to correct a typo or two, simply because I'm not up to the task of gingerly re-inserting the carriage returns.
Is there any progress on this?

This is a technical issue, and thus for Thomas not me. This editing problem is probably due to one of our "hack" (additional functionality, like the male/female icon or the warning system), but the only way to know which one is to uninstall them one by one then reinstall them. This could days many many hours of work, without guarantee of finding. But be sure it also pisses me as I edit a lot just after posting. It has made me become more careful about what I write before posting (yet I still never use the "preview" option).

EDIT : post moved to Admin Support.

 

[Elizabeth]

Didn't Glenn already devise a fix to this ?

Editing problems.

 

[Pachipro]

Yes he did. I followed his instructions and haven't had a problem since. Try it and see if it works for you.

 

[yukio_michael]

Okay. I was involved in that thread above initially but I guess I missed the tail end of it... It seems sometimes I miss a thread or two now and again when using the New Posts option... It seems to work thusfar for me... Thanks for pointing me in the right direction guys.

 

[DoctorP]

Prepare your posts in a word program, then cut and paste them in here. Save that file (temporarily) then go back and delete it later...or just keep one file with running posts, it is really up to you.