William Bowles

Don’t use IE, haven’t for years but when I switch to Safari instead of FF, I have the same issues. The point is, virtually all of these problems started with 2.7. It would be helpful if the folks at WP could at least acknowledge that they exist and that they’re not related to any specific browser.

with regard to offline editors, I prefer to use one as it’s quicker, the problem is that no one editor does everything which is why I switch between offline and online editing.

I publish around 10 posts a day, so anything that speeds up the process is a great advantage.

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Okay, but I have no knowledge of PHP, so I use DM to produce ‘raw’ HTML.

Yes, there are browser-specific problems but problems in the WP editor are not amongst them.

kmessinger:

Re pasting code: Yes, sometimes it works but I just pasted a bunch of html code into the WP editor and it screws up bigtime (produced in Dreamweaver). You can’t backspace or delete stuff, when viewed in html mode half the text disappears. It’s a giant mess.

Bill

The problem I have is not simple. I prefer to write in a text/edit editor then move it to Marsedit, do all I can to it in Marsedit, upload it and finish it off in the WP Editor. I don’t have a choice really, as Marsedit has only limited formatting options beyond the basics whereas in theory anyway, the rest I have to do in WP where I play around with tightening up the layout, tags, extracts and what have you.

Also, now Marsedit seems to be out of sync with WP as WP no longer picks up the ‘extract’ and ‘slug’ entry, nor HTML image formatting commands.

What’s annoying is how the editor strips out basics like ‘<p>’ or ‘<center>’.

The problem as I see it, is that WP is trying to mix its metaphors, xml, html, xhtml, the back-end db, the themes, plugins, calls to external ips and so on.

It really needs a proper OFFLINE editor aka Quark that replicates the admin interface, only makes it work ergonomically by utilizing, in my case, the Mac Toolbox. Standard stuff and no doubt for windoze too.

Bill

I have a similar problem in that WP 2.7 strips out HTML code if I enter it in HTML mode then switch to the visual editor. In fact, there are lots of bugs that I have reported here but as per usual, no response. Eg, it’s impossible to enter more than one blank line, the editor strips them out!

Eg, it’s impossible to centre a table and trying to edit the table in the visual editor reverses everything, that is, I can’t insert the cursor after the table, it will only insert BEFORE the table!

Eg, the only way to add a caption to an image is to upload the image from WP. I normally use Marsedit to upload copy/images, but if I do it this way, it’s impossible to add the caption. I’ve tried using a different browser (I normally use Firefox but it’s the same in Safari).

Frankly, the editor is a dog and I’ve all but given up on trying to get some feedback from WP.

https://www.creative-i.info

Bill

PS: For the record, the only way to fix the problem is to delete the image and reload it from WP’s library. Also, I tested the editor in Safari (I normally use Firefox) and it’s the same problem.

B

More problems with 2.7’s editor.

In trying to attach a file to a post (a PDF), I used the media option from the WP editor, selected the file, uploaded then selected Insert (saving can’t be used as using Insert pre-empts using it) and the file name gets inserted into the post but NO LINK!

What gives? 2.7’s editor seems to be a dog!

Bill

Okay, but I found it in the Quick Edit window invoked from the Edit Page! I think this needs to be cleaned up a bit.

B

Oh BTW, Happy Xmas

I’m running 2.7 and when I first launch the WP editor, the ‘stick to the front page’ option appears for about 1/2 a second then vanishes, never to be seen again.

How do I invoke it please?

sorry, you’ve got it wrong, when you log in via the dashboard to view stats (or, as I’m trying to do, install a plugin), the link is to dashboard.wordpress.com.

And these threads are going nowhere, there are now at least three of them all dealing with exactly the same issue, and not a straight answer anywhere from anyone, least of all from wordpress.

B

I pasted my original query to https://en.forums.wordpress.com/ and hopefully, somewhere along the line it’ll all come together.

But I’m really finding all these forums damn confusing and chowing my time. I now have to look in three different locations for an answer! Surely there should be just one blog for WordPress blogs?

B

This is not the only confusing thing about this problem as the same problem is being aired in at least three different locations!

Apparently the ‘right’ place is:

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-login-confusion?replies=5#post-283969

Okay, installed Upload unzipper and activated it, still the same problem and also I altered the perms to 777, no dif, the damn thing don’t work. So now I have 3 steps instead of 2 in order to upgrade plugins. Thanks a lot.

B

BTW, I just tried uploading a zipped plugin (from Dreamweaver, my normal method) and no go, Unzipper don’t unzip (maybe not compatible with 2.7?)

I spend more time messing about with WP than I do working with it!

Hmm. not sure about the ability to upload in zip format. I normally unzip then upload.

Re the permissions it’s currently 755, which is as it should be and if I’m not mistaken, I tried changing it 777 to see if it would make any dif, it didn’t.

Are you suggesting that I need to install an unzipper?

B

PS: I think the problem is that it’s trying to install a zip file.

PPS: Just downloaded Upload Unzipper and I’ll install and see if it works.

Okay, problem solved! A corrupted .htaccess file.

B