Adding new post while not logged in... confusing experience

[madihavu]

I didn't realize I wasn't logged in, I made a new post, it then brought me to the registration screen (?!), I clicked the Log In button (next to "Already logged in?"), logged in, then it brought me back to an empty "new post" form...

I retyped my Title and Body (>:-( very angeries already), submitted, and it said "You must wait 157 seconds to perform this action" (I guess to post again)... so I checked the category I tried to post in... and the post was there... so thankfully it posted the first time... but it didn't appear that way, so I wasted my time re-typing the post which I then wasn't allowed to post anyway...

So, it's frustrating losing a post to a login screen, but this is like err'ing in the opposite direction XD Instead of forgetting my post during login (requiring a re-type), it posted it but looked like it forgot it lol

So, really, cmon... please clean this up because I can't imagine how often this happens to your members, and I may forget the particulars here and it should just instead be intuitive.

 

[Lufbrarunner]

Just tried this and when I press the log in button, I logged in and was taken to the thread with my post already posted, no empty 'New Post' form, just worked the way it should.

Curious.

 

[Ian]

Testing testing 123 from Ian as a non-logged in user.

 

[Ian]

Sorry you've had some problems with the site - I've tried to replicate this just now using the same process, but it logged me in ok.

Can you please try again using this thread as a test and let me know if it happens still please? If so, which browser are you using and I'll try to replicate your setup.

 

[madihavu]

The issue wasn't with logging in... it logged me in just fine, as I mentioned in my post. The issue was that it looked like it forgot my post.

I don't know why I got directed to an empty post form instead of the post.