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Wordpress Help Please

by M Stevens
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Hi Warriors,

Got some problems with wordpress I was wondering if anyone would mind helping me out with.

When I try and create a new post or page in my new wp blog, none of the formating buttons on the "visual" tab of the editor show up.

I've tried reinstalling WP but get the same problem.

I am running WP fine on another older blog which seems to be also running on 3.0.3

Would love some help/ideas.

I'll also post a screenshot of this in a sec which should help convey what I mean.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Have you tried logging out, closing your browser, then logging back in?
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    • Profile picture of the author M Stevens
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      Have you tried logging out, closing your browser, then logging back in?
      yes.

      I've been using FireFox but might try using I.E
      It's weird though that one of my older WP sites work. Its just this new one.

      EDIT: Haha, it works in I.E . Looks like I'll have to use this browser for a bit then.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kym Robinson
    have you added the tiny mce plugin yet?

    that will do it!

    Kym
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  • Profile picture of the author aandersen
    Check Users > Your Profile > Visual Editor, and see if the "Disable the visual editor when writing" box is checked.

    If it is, uncheck it, and save... your problem should be resolved.

    If it's not, try checking it, saving, going back and un-checking it, saving again, clear your cache, and restarting your browser.

    If that doesn't do it, I would start troubleshooting your themes/plugins.

    Make a backup of your /wp-content/themes/themename/ and /wp-content/plugins/ directories, then delete them.

    Test and see if the problem is resolved

    Go back and reinstall your theme, then test again

    If things are still okay, go start reinstalling your plugins one by one, testing in between each installation.
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    • Profile picture of the author M Stevens
      Originally Posted by Kym Robinson View Post

      have you added the tiny mce plugin yet?

      that will do it!

      Kym
      I've done that but will need to look into futher details on getting it to work. Seems like a too complicated solution to what i think should be a simple problem.

      Thanks though.

      Originally Posted by aandersen View Post

      Check Users > Your Profile > Visual Editor, and see if the "Disable the visual editor when writing" box is checked.

      If it is, uncheck it, and save... your problem should be resolved.

      If it's not, try checking it, saving, going back and un-checking it, saving again, clear your cache, and restarting your browser.

      If that doesn't do it, I would start troubleshooting your themes/plugins.

      Make a backup of your /wp-content/themes/themename/ and /wp-content/plugins/ directories, then delete them.

      Test and see if the problem is resolved

      Go back and reinstall your theme, then test again

      If things are still okay, go start reinstalling your plugins one by one, testing in between each installation.

      Yeah, its not plugins (new blog with no plugins).

      Not the theme (basic theme)

      Not the "visual editor" problem either.

      Thanks for the try though I thought i might have accidently clicked the box after you told me that you could disable it.

      Here is what it looks like in FireFox

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      • Profile picture of the author WebsiteManagers
        Originally Posted by M Stevens View Post

        That looks like image loading is disabled in Firefox. What you see are just the place holders for the images. Go to Tools -> Options -> Content and see if "load images automatically" is checked. If not, check it and save. (Ironically, mine works without that being checked.) You should also click the Exceptions button to see if anything is in there.
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        • Profile picture of the author M Stevens
          Originally Posted by aandersen View Post

          Just do the uninstall/reinstall manually. It's easy and only takes about 2 minutes longer. My guess is it'll fix the problem for you.
          Yeah, I might have to do this.

          Originally Posted by WebsiteManagers View Post

          That looks like image loading is disabled in Firefox. What you see are just the place holders for the images. Go to Tools -> Options -> Content and see if "load images automatically" is checked. If not, check it and save. (Ironically, mine works without that being checked.) You should also click the Exceptions button to see if anything is in there.
          Thanks but its not it as another of my blogs is fine. It's just this one.
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  • Profile picture of the author aandersen
    Man, I would blame it on your computer/browser if you didn't say it works on another site running the same version.

    When you reinstalled WP, did you use a script like Fantastico, or did you download/install from wordpress . org?

    If the former, I suggest doing the latter. Sometime those scripts (specifically fantastico) can mess things up really good.

    Manually delete the directory through your FTP client and manually delete your WP database through phpmyadmin (or equal)

    Then, download WP from their website, create a new DB, and reinstall manually.

    If that don't work, I'm at a loss

    Hopefully, Istvan will chime in and help you out... if he can't do it, no can lol.
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    • Profile picture of the author M Stevens
      Originally Posted by aandersen View Post

      Man, I would blame it on your computer/browser if you didn't say it works on another site running the same version.

      When you reinstalled WP, did you use a script like Fantastico, or did you download/install from wordpress . org?

      If the former, I suggest doing the latter. Sometime those scripts (specifically fantastico) can mess things up really good.

      Manually delete the directory through your FTP client and manually delete your WP database through phpmyadmin (or equal)

      Then, download WP from their website, create a new DB, and reinstall manually.

      If that don't work, I'm at a loss

      Hopefully, Istvan will chime in and help you out... if he can't do it, no can lol.
      Yeah, it was through Fantastico, so I might try another script.

      Looks like I'm going to have to give wordpress the FLick this time. Might be good to branch out.
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  • Profile picture of the author aandersen
    Just do the uninstall/reinstall manually. It's easy and only takes about 2 minutes longer. My guess is it'll fix the problem for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketing123
    On my part, I always reloading the page if I encountered something like this. And also if ever try to go to other browsers, example if you're on mozilla, try in internet explorer of in chrome, they have different settings you know.
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