Can’t make my first post!

Ok, i’m just starting out with wordpress but it is determined not to let me make my first post!

I’ve just spent ages writing a post, adding my links, etc, etc. All the time I noticed the bit at the bottom kept saying it was saving the draft which was quite reasureing. Anyway I finally finished and clicked ‘publish’. I was taken to the front page of the blog, minus any posts. I went into the drafts, found the one I had been working on (marked as unpublished) which now consisted of only a title. I controlled myself and started again. After a few lines I clicked the ‘save and continue editing’ button. For some reason this took me to the front page of my blog again, without saving anything, again. Next I tried doing the same but with the ‘save’ button. Exactly the same happened! Its hard enough as it is to write articles without having to do them half a dozen times and still be deleted!

I’ve just noticed that in the ‘draft’ section it gives the date for this post as “1999-11-30 12:00:00 am” which seems a bit strange too.

Anyone got any ideas whats going on before I hurt my laptop?

Any help appriciated!

Geoff