Yesterday evening I typed posts straight into Typepad instead of composing in Word, which I usually do. I spell-checked and then published. So I returned to one of those posts this morning with five paragraphs containing twelve errors! The ones I fixed last night. Argh! I can only figure out that I hit the "discard corrections" button instead of the "save corrections" button.
The feature that has killed me more than once is when I have saved a post to be published later. I get my post the way I want it. I click the preview button to check it out. I click the "return to edit" button and the "publish later" option. The box pops up for me to enter the date and time, and after making the entry, I hit "save." That returns me to the edit window. From there, I do other tasks or close out the software. Those familiar with Typepad will know I just lost my post! Once back at the edit window, I have to save the post because the previous save button only sets a date and time to publish if you save the post. When you go to navigate away from the blogware, Typepad gives you no warning you have not saved anything. You just get up the next day expecting to see your new post, which isn't there. I am guessing that has happened at least ten times in the last six months and happened again last week.
I guess my point is that Typepad is hardly idiot-proof. I was just wondering what problems you have had with your blog software. Are you satisfied with it? Why or why not? I admit I generally like Typepad, but for absent-minded people like me, it does sometimes make it a challenge.
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