I Will Not Be Using SiteContent
I didn't think I would be writing this, but it is not acceptable to lose 30 minutes of work! This amounts to around 300 - 500 words lost (30 minutes interspersed with research). I will now have to retype what I had written, and I know it will not be the same.
It appears that the SiteContent 'Autosave' only works under certain conditions.
I have no idea what happened other than I accidentally pressed Command-Z (Ctrl-Z). This in itself should not 'undo' revisions! I was manually saving, as well as auto-saving. There was only one revision that was available to restore, and that was the first one saved, 30 minutes earlier.
I will go back to my trusty Grammarly editor, until I have confidence that SiteContent can be trusted to retain its revisions.
This is especially annoying by the fact that until today I was using Grammarly to write my content then copy and pasting into SiteContent to finish, publishing to my site. It seems I was right to work that way.
It is also faster typing offline than it is online. When the internet slows to extent that I can write ahead a couple of sentences and then watch the screen as one by one, the letters show themselves.
Nope, it's back to typing offline again!
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Hi Paul. I get your frustration. I do something similar. I type off line in MS WORD, then cut and paste into content. I feel your pain. Sometimes, when I would type into content, I would have to leave for a few moments to get some research and then go back in and everything was gone. Frustrating doesn’t really express how that feels.
Thanks for sharing and know you are not alone!
I used to use site content for my writing and it's pretty alright for auto saving content. However, sometimes I kept writing without knowing that my internet connection has been interrupted. In this case, only the content that's been auto saved when the internet was still active that could be restored.
If there's a problem with you internet connection, your content might haven't been saved automatically during that period.
The only issue I have had so far with Site Content was when I used a different browser on a draft post that I had started earlier. I started it with Safari as my browser, and continued it with Google Chrome, I think. That or Firefox.
Anyway, the text wouldn't line up correctly and other glitches. I closed it out and went back to the original browser to log in, and poof! Back to normal with no problems. Don't know why that happened like that.
Grant
Wow sorry to hear that. I am one of those who love Site Content. Nothing is 100% I guess. But Site Content saved my hiny a couple of times when my internet was really slow.
But this is my biggest fear. That something like this happens after a 2000 Word Master piece that came straight from my mind and heart.
Grammarly sounds like a great idea . Whatever works.
OH boy! That sucks.
Been there done that and erasing stuff by accident is so frustrating but when it happened to me it wasn't the systems fault - just me hitting the wrong button.
I've started sing site content again and find it is ok. A few glitches but nothing major.
Best to do use what you comfortable and confident with
I have never had this issue, in my 100,000's of words of content. Do you not see a revision history there?
I will have our team investigate the logs and see exactly what happened here with this particular article, to see if there is a bug or something that is triggering the auto-save or revision history to not operate as intended.
We are on it, and I know others have had minor issues with this in the past so I am certainly not saying it doesn't exist. I just personally haven't experienced it, nor do the majority.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention here Paul..
I know I saved manually, and the auto save kicked in. But, when I erroneously hit Command-Z, my work disappeared and was replaced by the original 1000 word rich text template default.
There was only one revision showing available, which is the one I restored.
Kyle, when you get a moment can you pm me, please? Cheers, Paul.
I’m off to bed now, so no rush. 👍
We are investigating. So you were using a Template originally? This could be an unknown issue derived from a particular template. Nonetheless we will investigate and get to the bottom of this here.
That is exactly why I trust this program at WA. Leadership and rapid response to issues. Good on you Kyle.
I am close to a million words typed using site content. Have not lost anything but I do save every few minutes out of habit. I just don't know how you hit Ctrl + Z by mistake.
Hey Kyle,
Can you touch-base wit Kettei, please?
He was Uber excited after your last pm but is feeling dejected that you having got back to him with further Instructions as to what steps to take next.
Many thanks,
Paul
I feel the same and have also had some close encounters with 'Site Content'. I'm not quite sure why we use it, why we are directed to there first and then do any editing in 'Wordpress'.
I find that once I'm done on Site Content and move over to Wordpress, once published I'm doing most of the additional work and editing in that platform. What does Site Content bring to the screen, why is it useful? What am I gaining?
Does the reason for using Site Content have something to do with the initial publishing of a new article? I've had errors and frustrations while using it for article and content writing, I've had text not formatting to H3 or H1 correctly and spacing being bigger than it supposed to be.
At least I've found my way around it and what not to do or press, but I have often wondered why use it and not just Wordpress. Also when I go to Site Content and see the boxes with my articles in them, wordcount, published or not, Google ranked etc - the content here will be so "unfinished looking" and "empty" compared to the Wordpress version I run with.
As far as I can see, SiteContent only purpose is for WA to track your progress. Word count and number of articles posted, etc. I don’t have much use for the SiteContent spelling/grammar checker as I use Grammarly.
Also, the Grammarly browser plugin works well with WordPress Classic Editor. It is not so good with the new Gothenburg Editor.
I like Hemingway Editor too. Hemingway Editor really works. Helps me to tighten my sentences shorter. I tend to write run-ons. I use Grammarly also. I love both. Grammarly can save but as far as the images go that part is better served on WP theme but it seems that Carson and Kyle are working on SiteContent so this is good news.
Paul, I track my own progress (i.e. word count, # of posts, etc) using a simple spreadsheet.
My spreadsheet is for my own use, the Yoast SEO plugin I use also tracks all of this information for me.
I love SiteContent, and one of the reasons for using it is that it optimizes your images before publishing to WordPress. My site has a lot of images, and that extra optimization helps keep my site speed faster.
I had spacing issues at first too, but it was a matter of getting used to seeing them before I published and correcting them right away.
I just lost an hour and a half of writing, I was trying to save it and some how it went bye bye! I'm quitting for the day, and your right I'll never remember everything! But I guess I will call it good practice and move on. But I'm going to start writing everything in word and then copy and paste, I hope that will work!
I have had a problem with site comment once. Yesterday when I wrote my blog, when I tried to save it got a red message at the bottom that it was temporarily unable to save messages. So perhaps your problem occurred at the same time, and for that interval there was something wrong with site comment. The save feature came back after a couple of minutes.
Thanks Fran. I’ve learnt my lesson. I work offline in future. All my offline work is automatically backed up to the cloud as well.
This enables me to work across all devices! I’m getting quit fast at typing my articles on my iPhone! 😂
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Thanks for the "heads up Paul - I haven't been using Site Content at all, have been leery of it. Besides my plugin has a great editor that renders Site Content useless.
Sorry you had to go through that, but at least you learned early. And now I will definitely NOT be using Site Content.