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Going MAD! Wordpress issue! HELP

by ymest
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Hi Guys!

I have been going NUTS for 3 hours! Any wordpress expert here?

I have a ghostwriting blog with a static page- and I have added another category called "blog" where I intend to post many articles about ghostwriting etc!

I am used to writing on wordpress but for some VERY WEIRD REASONS, whenever I write, edit and publish the post, all I get is a BLOCK of text! The formatting is gone! It's ugly and I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what to do!!!

Any idea, tips, help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!

Thanks in advance

Yoan
#issue #mad #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    You are going to have to post a link to your blog to get some help. (Please don't PM it to me.)

    Too many things could be going on for anyone to know off the top of their head.

    But don't doesn't sound like a complex error, in terms of programming, something just slipped off.

    Check your theme, CSS, and poke around with your browser inspector.
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    • Profile picture of the author ymest
      Originally Posted by Greedy View Post

      You are going to have to post a link to your blog to get some help. (Please don't PM it to me.)

      Too many things could be going on for anyone to know off the top of their head.

      But don't doesn't sound like a complex error, in terms of programming, something just slipped off.

      Check your theme, CSS, and poke around with your browser inspector.
      Thanks!

      My blog is in my sig! I'll poke around but I am pulling my hair already lol!! :
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      • Profile picture of the author Chris Silvey
        I hit Blog and it says "
        Not Found

        Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here."
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        • Profile picture of the author ymest
          Originally Posted by Chris Silvey View Post

          I hit Blog and it says "
          Not Found

          Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here."
          yes, I know! I deleted the article because it shows as a block! No space! It's dead ugly and I can't seem to be able to fix it ::
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          • Profile picture of the author butters
            Originally Posted by ymest View Post

            yes, I know! I deleted the article because it shows as a block! No space! It's dead ugly and I can't seem to be able to fix it ::
            You deleted the article which you are asking for help to fix? Re post the article so we can actually see the problem may help
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    How is it set up in Wordpress Settings?

    Front page is static and Blog posts go to the page called "articles"?
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    • Profile picture of the author ymest
      Originally Posted by onSubie View Post

      How is it set up in Wordpress Settings?

      Front page is static and Blog posts go to the page called "articles"?
      Yeah, the main page is static! Don't know about the articles one, will have a look! Thanks!! Phhhewww!!
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      • Profile picture of the author Chris Silvey
        Do you have a plugin that maybe conflicting in some way with the theme css? Is there a child theme perhaps? Just taking pop shots.
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        • Profile picture of the author ymest
          Originally Posted by Chris Silvey View Post

          Do you have a plugin that maybe conflicting in some way with the theme css? Is there a child theme perhaps? Just taking pop shots.
          A child theme? Not sure what this is !! The blog was custom made I think and its main purpose was to receive orders but I wanted to add pages and posts (blog)!!
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          • Profile picture of the author Chris Silvey
            Well publish a test post, throw some lorum ipson, then we can dig into the source code for some clues. From what you say, it seems to be a css conflict problem.
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            • Profile picture of the author ymest
              Originally Posted by Chris Silvey View Post

              Well publish a test post, throw some lorum ipson, then we can dig into the source code for some clues. From what you say, it seems to be a css conflict problem.
              Hi there, just published a post to show! It's under Posts, and the text I posted was all formatted! Now, I have these blocks! Boooo!! Really p off now lol! About to give up lol
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  • Profile picture of the author butters
    Since this theme is made by these people: Blogging on Autopilot 2012 - Auto Blog Blueprint 3.0 why not email them, surely they offered support when you bought it?
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  • Profile picture of the author thatjc
    Hard to say without inspecting your blog from the inside, but there are general troubleshooting methods for WordPress:

    * Maybe it's problem plugin? Have you installed any new ones or updated any recently? Try deactivating them one at a time. Or (faster) use FTP to rename your WordPress installation's "Plugins" folder - that will deactivate all of them, until you rename it back to the correct name.

    I have a ghostwriting blog with a static page- and I have added another category called "blog" where I intend to post many articles about ghostwriting etc!
    I'm a bit confused by your message. First you say "static page" (meaning you created a page, and not a post), then you say your "post" has a problem. Is the problem with a post or a page? Since only posts have categories, it must be a post.

    *Is it just your newest post or are others affected? Have you tried an edit on an old post? If only the new one, try closing WordPress, restarting your computer, opening WordPress again, deleting the post and starting another.

    *Have you looked at the code in HTML view?

    Hope something here helps...
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    • Profile picture of the author ymest
      Originally Posted by thatjc View Post

      Hard to say without inspecting your blog from the inside, but there are general troubleshooting methods for WordPress:

      * Maybe it's problem plugin? Have you installed any new ones or updated any recently? Try deactivating them one at a time. Or (faster) use FTP to rename your WordPress installation's "Plugins" folder - that will deactivate all of them, until you rename it back to the correct name.



      I'm a bit confused by your message. First you say "static page" (meaning you created a page, and not a post), then you say your "post" has a problem. Is the problem with a post or a page? Since only posts have categories, it must be a post.

      *Is it just your newest post or are others affected? Have you tried an edit on an old post? If only the new one, try closing WordPress, restarting your computer, opening WordPress again, deleting the post and starting another.

      *Have you looked at the code in HTML view?

      Hope something here helps...
      _jim coe
      HI there,

      Thanks for helping out.

      In fact, it's the post within the "blog" page that doesn't work as it should! It looks fine when I write and then preview and once I publish it, the formatting is gone and I have a big block, no space nothing!

      It's just the newest posts, all the others are fine! I even tweaked some of them and they were all good! I'll do as you suggest and turn off the computer etc!

      I haven't updated the plug ins either, so there we go, something to do!

      I did look at the HTML and it was fine! Might well be a plug in update problem!

      I'll look into this! Thanks so much for you help!

      Yoan
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    For starters: read the manual and learn the tool you are using.

    When you set a "static page" as your frontpage in wp-admin > Settings > Reading... in the same time you MUST set another (existing) Page (not post!!!) as your 'post page' as it says there.

    Then do NOT create a blog category (that's a unwise move and now I was unusually mild...). That will not help.
    You just go and create posts (in any category, btw) and they will show up on your Page that you set as your 'posts page'.

    If they show up messed up - charge back is in order to your webmaster/web designer/webguy... No matter what ignorant instructions you gave them when ordering the site, they should know better than to not have a properly designed main page (aka index, the general fall back template) for a theme.
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    • Profile picture of the author ymest
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      For starters: read the manual and learn the tool you are using.

      When you set a "static page" as your frontpage in wp-admin > Settings > Reading... in the same time you MUST set another (existing) Page (not post!!!) as your 'post page' as it says there.

      Then do NOT create a blog category (that's a unwise move and now I was unusually mild...). That will not help.
      You just go and create posts (in any category, btw) and they will show up on your Page that you set as your 'posts page'.

      If they show up messed up - charge back is in order to your webmaster/web designer/webguy... No matter what ignorant instructions you gave them when ordering the site, they should know better than to not have a properly designed main page (aka index, the general fall back template) for a theme.

      Ok, noted! Thanks for your help!! Much appreciated!

      Yoan
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  • Profile picture of the author IMSince2003
    I've had this happen when using WP's built in visual editor. Sometimes it's because I inserted html from PayPal, sometimes it weirdly is because of a Windows resource problem. Closing FireFox and rebooting Windows restored the proper functionality. Maybe this is your issue, maybe not, but I thought I would share what's worked for me in the past.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    It is your very badly coded theme! Nothing to do with you.

    Get a decent theme - and forget that nightmare you have there disguised as "coding"...

    So, it is not a WP issue... it is idiotic theme issue.
    Switch to the default theme and check out how nicely it will work. (BTW, in single posts view it works even now...)
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    • Profile picture of the author ymest
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      It is your very badly coded theme! Nothing to do with you.

      Get a decent theme - and forget that nightmare you have there disguised as "coding"...

      So, it is not a WP issue... it is idiotic theme issue.
      Switch to the default theme and check out how nicely it will work. (BTW, in single posts view it works even now...)

      I'll look at it!! This theme came with the course I bought! Thought it looked good, LOL! Will be looking for a new one then! thanks for your input!
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  • Profile picture of the author ymest
    Thanks to everyone who helped me out! I have now changed the theme and it seems to be working ok!

    Have a great day!

    Yoan
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