Deleted Blog Posts
by Teresa Peters · in Site Feedback · 08/18/2006 (9:51 am) · 10 replies
I am missing 3 or 4 blog posts that I created yesterday. They were private and could not be commented on. They contained only useful instructions that I wrote myself in case I needed to perform those tasks again. I want to know if I can get them back, and why they were deleted by the GG Staff.
Thanks
This is a dupe from http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=49358. You can delete one of them when an answer has been found, or whichever one you think applies more for the category.
Thanks
This is a dupe from http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=49358. You can delete one of them when an answer has been found, or whichever one you think applies more for the category.
#2
One discussed how to fix some 'out of the box' problems with TSE. The other was about changing the project folder name.
If they're the ones you're referring to, they definitely weren't private! I agree with Scott, if they are only for personal use why post them here?
08/18/2006 (10:07 am)
I saw those too. One discussed how to fix some 'out of the box' problems with TSE. The other was about changing the project folder name.
If they're the ones you're referring to, they definitely weren't private! I agree with Scott, if they are only for personal use why post them here?
#3
08/18/2006 (10:15 am)
Private means other people can't post comments on them. It doesn't mean that nobody else can see them.
#4
I didn't want the information in the post to be on my computer, because I wanted to access it from any other computer I was logging into. Like today I went to my coworker's comptuer and went to show him something, but the post wasn't there.
I unchecked the "available to the general public" box, because I thought that meant that only I could read it. In the future I'm just going to have to use an external blog, which may or may not be visible to the public, so that I don't lose my important data. I'd rather keep it here. It's nice to have everything linked via a single web site.
If there is no actual "keep this private" box, then someone really should write that feature in so teams can keep notes to themselves.
08/18/2006 (10:35 am)
Yes, I posted information about TSE...I didn't want the information in the post to be on my computer, because I wanted to access it from any other computer I was logging into. Like today I went to my coworker's comptuer and went to show him something, but the post wasn't there.
I unchecked the "available to the general public" box, because I thought that meant that only I could read it. In the future I'm just going to have to use an external blog, which may or may not be visible to the public, so that I don't lose my important data. I'd rather keep it here. It's nice to have everything linked via a single web site.
If there is no actual "keep this private" box, then someone really should write that feature in so teams can keep notes to themselves.
#5
08/18/2006 (3:13 pm)
Or you should look into a solution which is designed to do what you intend it to do. The .plans are blogs, not notepads.
#6
08/19/2006 (8:55 am)
My instructions on how to move VSE to a new folder and begin using it wasn't exactly supposed to be scrap paper. From the responses I'm getting here, I guess I will have to open a new blog elsewhere. I'd like to at least get my posts back via e-mail or something, since I spent the time to write them up.
#7
If this is information you need to share with your team. You should invest the time and effort to develop a secure private team site to share this information at. If it's for yourself. I'd suggest maybe using GMAIL and putting the information into a draft e-mail to hold the data (or even just e-mailing it to your gmail account)
You could also access the TDN and put the information in your personal page or talk page.
08/20/2006 (12:10 am)
Teresa... a BLOG is not the proper tool to make notes such as that.. No matter where the blog is hosted. You also will tend to run into a sticky situation in what things you can / can not legally post on a site that can be accessed from via the public.If this is information you need to share with your team. You should invest the time and effort to develop a secure private team site to share this information at. If it's for yourself. I'd suggest maybe using GMAIL and putting the information into a draft e-mail to hold the data (or even just e-mailing it to your gmail account)
You could also access the TDN and put the information in your personal page or talk page.
#8
08/20/2006 (12:09 pm)
I agree, that if a site were public it would not be appropriate to post such things as lines of code. However, with every other blog I've ever used, they have a *mark message as private* option. Which means, no one else can read it. It's like having a personal journal. That's how I was using my blog on this site: as a journal. Some things start out as conversations, and later move into how-to's. I still think that option should be here at GG's website. I'm surprised that no one's had this issue before.
#9
Consider using Writely for this kind of thing. It just entered public beta. I've tried and it's pretty cool. Is is a username and password protected word processor for your browser. You can specify who can and cannot read your notes online. And it has the ability to save your files to .DOC, .RTF, .ODT, and .PDF if you ever need them in other formats.
And again, it's all online through your browser. Pretty cool stuff -- another nifty application bought out by Google and released to the masses. :)
Here's the link . . .
www.writely.com
08/20/2006 (2:28 pm)
Teresa,Consider using Writely for this kind of thing. It just entered public beta. I've tried and it's pretty cool. Is is a username and password protected word processor for your browser. You can specify who can and cannot read your notes online. And it has the ability to save your files to .DOC, .RTF, .ODT, and .PDF if you ever need them in other formats.
And again, it's all online through your browser. Pretty cool stuff -- another nifty application bought out by Google and released to the masses. :)
Here's the link . . .
www.writely.com
#10
a subversion repository
a wiki
of course, you gotta have that stuff setup, which generally takes time and/or money.
08/20/2006 (2:44 pm)
Various tools I use for this kind of thing:a subversion repository
a wiki
of course, you gotta have that stuff setup, which generally takes time and/or money.
Associate Scott Burns
GG Alumni
If that was them then there's your answer. You were publicly posting TSE stuff that only license owners have access to. If they were just notes to yourself then they would have been better suited in a text file on your computer don't you think?