@jaread83 wrote:
what it really (and I can't stress this enough) needs is for some kind of notification system in place that watches the thread you are replying to and will tell you if it has got moved, has a reply or whatever.
Was the reply ever saved in your drafts?
To be honest that while doable, is a bit of a pain synchronisation wise as you have to use ajax / websockets and make sure it works across all browsers. So the topic gets closed / cloned to a new forum, that still means you've got a wasted editing form. Like I said previously, the key here is how its processed at the back end on the server.
For examples sake lets pretend that in the database Chit chat is forum 1 and Tech help is forum 2.
If the topic starts off in chit chat (1) but is moved to tech support then the answer is simply to change the topics forum attribute to forum 2 and then the reply can just be appended to that topic. As it seems now, the original topic is closed and a new one created in the other forum (thus the topic has its own new Id number in the database) and thus it all goes pete tong. It really isn't that hard on the server side of things - convincing those lazy **** at lithium however is probably a lot harder to do.
The workaround here from your POV jaread would be to use javascript to copy the original post to the users cliipboard. This could be done on the error pages themselves with a link saying something like "To save your submitted post to your clipboard, click here". It would only need to be shown on the error pages and frankly wouldn't (imo) be that difficult - although you would need the server to echo it back into the error page html. That or you give the user a check box on each reply page so they can select to save it to the clipboard before submission. Both are perffectly workable scenarios.
As for my drafts, no it wasn't saved there.
I need a new signature... i'm bored of the old one!
