Missing posts

[captnenglish]

Twice now in the last 24 hours, I have had posts in market forum disappear. I re-post and they seem ok then. Fortunately I was not trying to sell anything in those posts.

 

[gordy]

Twice now in the last 24 hours, I have had posts in market forum disappear. I re-post and they seem ok then. Fortunately I was not trying to sell anything in those posts.

Are these them : http://www.planetfigure.com/members/captnenglish.2479/#postings

Are you certain they just weren't bumped from first page view?

 

[captnenglish]

Are these them : http://www.planetfigure.com/members/captnenglish.2479/#postings

Are you certain they just weren't bumped from first page view?

They are the posts, I referenced, but those are the second attempts after I checked the markets forum later in the day

 

[gordy]

This might help understand:

When you reply your post is "injected" into the display; it isn't cached by your browser at this time so effectively only exists on your screen (as far as your browser is concerned).

When you click away and return to the thread again through normal page navigation your browser will check with the server and get a fresh copy of the thread data which will include your post.

However (and this is what I suspect is happening), if you use your "back" button to return to the thread your post will not be there because the browser doesn't have it in its cache and so displays what it does have, and that is what the thread looked like before you posted. This makes itappear like your post is gone!

It can be a bit disconcerting but if you ask your members to press CTRL+F5 next time this happens (to reload the thread from the server) I suspect their posts will magically "appear".

Mind you, I only suspect that is what's happening - if you're experiencing something different then it may need some further investigation.