Missing Photographs - Blame It On Google Docs-But There is still Something Puzzling Me

Toni,

We experience some anomalies using Google docs, as they keep changing or updating their software.  One tip we were able to glean is that you have to sign out from you gmail account if you have one, before you sign in to google docs, and that also is important with any other google stuff you may use.  Hope I have not added to the confusion, but that little trick helped in minimizing Gooogle issues.  LOL A

Hi Toni - That's a great piece of detective work, and it makes complete sense. I never considered GoogleDocs, but lucked out with Scribefire and Firefox, even though there have been a few small issues there.

There are all kinds of mysteries out there.  I have missing photos and I use Word Documents to do my posts and "drag and drop" them into the AR blog window.  Sometimes the font and colors transfer, sometimes not.  At times even when they do transfer over, when I click on "submit entry" it reverts to the default font used by AR..............every day is a crap shoot.  On my posts yesterday, it all worked fine, today............nope.

Toni: That's beyond my skill set.  I post to my WP blog, then copy the html to AR and make minor changes before posting here.  I guess I am ok because my images are really being stored on my WP site, not AR.  I've used GoogleDocs but only to pass files.

Toni: Seems nothing ever stays the same. We keep our family photos on Kodak; today they announced they are closing Kodak Gallery and moving everything over to Shutterfly. It would be nice if AR could provide all the bells and whistles we need on the tool bar.

Toni- good detective work!  I use Google Docs but put my photos and links in after I copy and paste it into AR.  I know you can set your links in Google Docs but I couldn't find a way to make it so the link opens in a new window.  I do have trouble with Google Docs though.  From time to time the font I've written in doesn't transfer to AR, sometimes what I've "bolded" gets un-bolded, and a few other glitches. All in all it's better than trying to write a post in AR and lose it.

Toni, I also use GoogleDOCs and love it. Soooo much easier than writing in AR as I lose a lot of post when I write a draft in AR.  I add my photos and links in after I copy and paste the information into AR.  I learned to do this a month ago.

Curiouser and curiouser, Toni, you are like a little detective working your way through the Mystery of the Missing Photographs!  I'd buy the book! :-)  Thanks for keeping us up to date on your investigations!

Toni, I haven't used Google Docs for my blog post drafts, but I'm glad you solved the mystery of the missing photos! :)

Leilani

I remember you posting on this, and the AR solution...I should do what you do with Google Docs....have a good one

Thanks for sharing your experience. I have not used Google Docs and will be interested in reading about the pros and cons.

Have an outstanding week, with your camera in hand.

Toni

I agree with Dick and like ScribeFire. Thanks for the info about the lost photos. cheers cvc

Howdy and evening Toni

Toni my friend, I don't and have not ever used Google Docs. But I don't think its a problem with your servers. More than likely it happen because of the AR servers move and the changes that the AR ITs have been doing in the background. I also had some photos go MIA, and seeing that you and I do not use the same servers.

Have a good one
Dale in New Hampshire

HI Toni.  I send out emails through MailChimp and I suspect when I'm not paying them $10/mo, the photos on the old emails will turn into little X's.  Which is okay, emails aren't expected to have the shelf life of a blog. 

Someday Active Rain will start purging photos too.  There's no such thing as forever.