Misc issues editing posts and pages, incl blank text

  • Resolved alannamc

    (@alannamc)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    I have been managing my WP site exclusively through [site]/wp-admin. When I try to create or edit a page or post, I have the following issues:

    • Fields for the title and body are blank, and I cannot see what I type.
    • Cannot toggle b/w visual and text modes.
    • Cannot access any of the text editing tools.

    This is what I’ve tried so far:

    • Switching browsers. I’ve tried FF, Chrome, and IE. This trick worked when I saw similar issues a couple months ago, but now nothing I try works.
    • Disabling all plugins.
    • Changing themes.
    • Making sure all plugins, the site, and my browsers are running current versions.

    As a unrelated question, I see in most posts people are referring to hosted sites and local installs of WP. Do I need to do this? I was pretty happy just using wp-admin, but I’m not sure why I’d need to have a local install.

    Please go gently. I’m fairly new in my position and also new to WP. Any help is much appreciated.

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  • Thread Starter alannamc

    (@alannamc)

    I should probably add that the site I manage is hosted on a third-party site (not WP). I don’t have credentials to access the files there, but I can probably get them if I have to.

    You dont NEED a local install, but it helps when developing a site so your not cowboy coding on a live site. It just aids in development.

    In chrome or firefox right click and select inspect element and go to the console. Do you see any errors?

    Thread Starter alannamc

    (@alannamc)

    Thanks so much Evan. It sounds like, for now at least, it’s suitable to use wp-admin. I might shift gears later if I have the budget to get creative with the site. And I have lots of ideas brewing!

    When I look at the page elements, I don’t any errors, although the issue I’m having is in the authoring environment (wp-admin) when I try to create or edit a post. The rendered pages perform fine when they’re live. Hopefully this makes sense.

    Thanks again.

    Thread Starter alannamc

    (@alannamc)

    Hi Evan,

    Chrome detected an error in the post page (…/wp-admin/post-new.php) that the others missed: tinymce is not defined. Not sure if you know what this is?

    In the meantime, I opened a ticket with the hosting provider, and they’re currently trying to help fix it. Also, I obtained the FTP logon credentials for the host account owner so that I can access the files myself and look at some of the potential culprits that I’ve read about in other threads.

    Thread Starter alannamc

    (@alannamc)

    My hosting provider was able to get this resolved for me as things came to a screeching halt until it got fixed. The rep told me that he turned off magic_quotes.

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