MFLesser

My husband is on a train and uploading photos as I write this. The photos inserted with no problem, but the entire text has gone bold. This happens with his PC whenever he has to insert photos. (I forgot about that lovely little issue.) Darn, I with print wasn’t dying. This is no way to make a living.

Thanks, kmessinger, I’m going to learn how to use FTP. (Tried to when I first started the blog but was so new to everything, it confounded me.)

So frustrating … Now that the photos are in the post, I have to go in and edit all the bold type, the hyperlinks and all the formatting and editing I did yesterday. How exactly is WP user-friendly? I forget.

Esmi,

I thought that the router might be the problem also. Changed it. Made no difference. Changed it again when we changed to a different cable company. Still no difference. I have done everything I can think of – and that you suggested 10 months ago – to no avail. I was hoping that someone, by now, would have come up with a solution. And as I mentioned in my post of 10 months ago, there are times when the software (or something) does not allow me to insert hyperlinks, boldface type, or italics – besides not allowing me to insert photos. By the way, my husband has the same problem with inserting hyperlinks, boldface and itals into my site on his PC. When that happens, we throw our hands up in disgust and wait until the gods that oversee these issues stop being fickle and allow us to continue editing. Neither of us is new to computer use. I’m new to web publishing – and, as a writer trying to make a living doing this, I am increasingly frustrated with this unresolved problem. I have searched the web numerous times and found others with the same problem – but no resolution. Frustrating.

Here’s one of my posts from ten months ago:

Please help. I see that many have posted on this topic before and many of the questions are unresolved.

I cannot consistently upload pics to my blog. I have no trouble uploading to the gallery from my computer or a url but when I try to insert them into the post, nothing happens. I get a blank screen. I have tried with different browsers but the problem persists. I have tried on different computers – to no avail. On occasion, my husband’s pc is more successful at uploading pics than my mac, but other family members’ computers, both pc and mac, are sporadic, like mine. It seems as if my computer is not communicating with WP. I just don’ get it. It’s frustrating. I even bought a new computer with the hope that this issue would be resolved with a new mac. But no. The problem persists. I am frustrated and would appreciate any help. I’ve tried in both html and visual views. I’ve tried different browsers. I’ve tried downsizing the photos. Nothing works. This also happens, by the way, when I try to add links. Sometimes my program takes them and sometimes it doesn’t. Why is this happening? I’ve even tried to change templates, but that didn’t matter either. Help, please!

Esmi –

Thanks. You’ve written to me before in regard to this. (I may have been listed as EverBeautiful or Melody Lesser. When I tried to log in to the WP forums tonight I got a message that all passwords were changed and I had to reregister.)

In the two years since my blog, I’ve gotten a new computer, changed my theme, changed my theme again, hired a professional to trouble shoot my blog, posted on this forum twice or more, posted on other forums. Believe me, I have not sat around twiddling my thumbs in despair of this problem. I’ve been very proactive in dealing with it. And I do notice that there are posts dating back three years regarding this same issue – and many of them remain unresolved.

kmessinger –

Thanks for your help. I use Safari. My husband uses Explorer. I’ve given my daughters admin status to help me with this. The same thing happens with my daughters, one of whom uses FF. (I don’t know the version.) I’ve also given my mom admin status to see if it worked from her computer but she experienced the same random issue. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. She was using a PC at the time too, so we concluded that it wasn’t a Mac issue. Oddly – and I don’t know if this was a coincidence – when my husband was working on his PC beside me, and opened the photo uploader in WP, I was then able to insert the photos into my posts. So odd. I know it’s not possible, but it was as if his computer opened some portal that allowed mine to insert photos. Hey, I’m no techie so, to me, anything is possible. This randomness is driving me crazy. At the moment, a client is waiting for me to post photos – and I can’t do it. I am tearing my hair out.