Implemented Autosave post drafts

[Shamil]

How many times have you had the misfortune of navigating out from a page where you were previously writing a long-ish post and had to start again?

Would it help you if your post was saved at intervals as a draft?

 

[James]

How do you suggest data is stored - database?

Please like my idea if you find it useful

I would suggest database. Time-based AJAX saving to a temporary table in the database, possibly with a manual save button!

 

[RvG]

+1.01

 

[Lojo]

How many times have you had the misfortune of navigating out from a page where you were previously writing a long-ish post and had to start again?

Would it help you if your post was saved at intervals as a draft?

I support this feature.

 

[Dean]

Personally, I am envisioning a type of system similar to how Microsoft Word works, autosave every X minutes, and if everything is successful, the temp file is deleted.

 

[Shamil]

Personally, I am envisioning a type of system similar to how Microsoft Word works, autosave every X minutes, and if everything is successful, the temp file is deleted.

Database via AJAX? - something like James suggested?

 

[crossovernetwork]

definitely like this idea. I've lost a fair few essays over the years too...

 

[Zash]

This is a great idea. +1 from me.

 

[Enigma]

• General
  • Store drafts in database
  • Limit number of drafts a user can have on a per-usergroup basis (or disable them)
  • When limit is reached, save the newest draft and delete the oldest saved draft (warn/prompt user in some fashion, as they may have important stuff in drafts)
  • Save drafts automatically every 60 seconds or so via AJAX if the editor contents has changed
  • Have a manual "Save draft" button as well, which would trigger the above auto saving
    • The "Save" button changes to "Saved" and is disabled after the draft has been saved and until the contents of the editor changes
  • Maybe have an expiry date on drafts-- drafts expire and are deleted 6 months after the last modified time? (show a notice to user)
• Thread reply drafts
  • One draft can be stored per thread
  • Add [Draft] after the thread title if you have a draft there
  • Put the draft in the quick reply when viewing a thread where you have a draft
• New thread drafts
  • Any drafts that you have in a given forum are shown in red at the top of the thread list along with a delete button
    • Prominent placement + red to encourage you to do something with your drafts
    • Easily accessible delete button to get rid of junk
  • Untitled drafts would have placeholder text for the title ([Untitled] or something)
  • Click the draft title to edit and post it

 

[Markos]

Wondeful suggestion!

 

[Defqon]

Yeah , this is very good suggestion and it could be made with the HTML5 Local Storage.

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[James]

Yeah , this is very good suggestion and i guess , it could be made with the HTML5 Local Storage.

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Yeah I suggested making use of LS though there needs to be a cookie-based fallback for incompatible browsers.

 

[Enigma]

Database storage is superior to local storage for purposes of using your account from multiple browsers/computers/devices, etc.

 

[Shamil]

Database storage is superior to local storage for purposes of using your account from multiple browsers/computers/devices, etc.

That's not going to happen because you don't want to write to the database.

 

[Enigma]

That's not going to happen because you don't want to write to the database.

Sure I do, why wouldn't I.

 

[Shamil]

Sure I do, why wouldn't I.

Whoops - I thought this was the other thread - about saving post data when the forum is turned off :/

 

[Enigma]

Whoops - I thought this was the other thread - about saving post data when the forum is turned off :/

No harm, no foul.

 

[Jose Amaral Mota]

Save/Post Draft to your profile, then post it from profile to the forum/thread. If a product comes out (cms, bloog, ect...), then you can do the same.

Still a nice idea in total thou.

 

[dzv3]

It will be a lot better if the data is saved on the db, like gmail does, say for example the computer restarted itself, you just lost X minutes writing a long post, or you couldn't finish your post at home and desire to finish it at work.. those are just some examples where remote storage will have its uses.

 

[Tanax]

It would also be awesome if you could have a "Publish draft on: *DATE*" so that you can save drafts and have them auto-posted.

 

[twhiting9275]

Having seen this implemented on WP, I have to disagree with this one. There's really no need for this. I wouldn't say it's 'resource intensive', but it can be annoying to deal with. I actually had to find a plugin to disable this for my WP blogs simply because I got tired of page refreshes interrupting my posts.