Micah
Hey all,
I need a handful of beta testers for a new autosave feature I've developed. It's nothing earth-shattering, just a safety net that will hopefully help you recover your wiki pages and other long text posts in the case that something goes wrong before you can save it. You accidentally close the browser, or you click submit and get an error. That kind of thing.
*There are a few known limitations*
* It only works when updating an existing item, not when writing a new one. This is kind of sucky, but it is what it is for now.
* It works for adventure log posts, wiki pages, characters, items, and forum posts. It will save/restore your long text areas when editing these pages.
* It doesn't work with dynamic character sheets
*How to test*
Basically, just use your campaign as normal and keep an eye out for any weirdness, like pages that don't save correctly or text that disappears. Every now and then, write some text in a random text area, don't save, give it 5 or 10 seconds to autosave, then close the browser or click back or otherwise leave the page. Then, come back and re-edit the page and see if it alerts you and offers to restore the saved version.
Make sure you don't get the warning about the autosave except in cases where you actually leave the page and then come back!
That's about it. If you're interested, just leave a reply saying so and I'll add you to the beta.
Thanks for the help!
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Just trying to help out.
Shadowrun: The Rat's Nest - COTM November 2014
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ok, now I've had a couple of false alerts. I had three tabs open with different Wiki pages and I edited one, then saved it. After that, I wanted to edit the second tab and I got the autosave message, same with the third tab. When I clock okay, I get the autosaved text from the last tab I edited. This happens, as far as I can see, every time I try to edit multiple tabs.
Shadowrun: The Rat's Nest - COTM November 2014
Shadowrun: The Rat's Nest - COTM November 2014
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I even tried editing pages on multiple campaigns in different tabs, and it kept all the autosaves separate.
I did run into one problem, I can't imagine why it would happen in an actual setting but I tried it just for testing.
I had two tabs open, we'll call them TabA and TabB - both were editing the same wiki page, but had different text in each.
I closed TabA first, then TabB - but within 1 or 2 seconds of each other. I then went to edit the page and autos-ave loaded the data that was in TabA. I'm guessing it just saves on a timed interval? If so then I don't know if theres anyway around this.
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Is there any reason you would be editing the same page in 2 tabs? I know it might happen that 2 different people would be editing the same page, and the autosave should work in that case (sort of...), but is there any good reason for 1 person to have the same page open in 2 tabs?
Thanks for testing!
This is a truly awesome idea- especially for those in my group that write long logs.
I had one of my players test it, to see if it was set on my profile or the game- and obviously it is on my profile.
Love this feature! Nice work!
Just trying to help out.
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Thanks! Love the feature!
Just trying to help out.
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