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[resolved] 2.8 upgrade killed visual editor (65 posts)

  1. opsidao
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    @azaozz that was it for me, I was missing the file wp-tinymce.js.gz. I gzipped the js, reenabled compression on post.php and all seems good.

    thanks!

  2. edelen
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    As to my previous comment about Firefox-related issues and add-ons:

    Google Gears was definitely the culprit in my case. Disabling it fixed everything.

  3. leip11
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    i disable google gears and nothing happend. i have done the other thinks and nothing happend. how can i repair it. it sucks.

    timo

  4. edelen
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    @leip11, et al.

    Disable Gears, restart Firefox, flush the cache (private data), then restart Firefox a second time.

    If that doesn't work, try starting Firefox in its Safe Mode, which doesn't load any add-ons. If the Visual Editor loads, then the problem is due to another add-on. If not, you can try some of the other suggestions people have posted in this and other forums posts discussing this issue.

  5. johnkgibson
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    I just installed

    http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin/

    My editor is now working...

    :::sigh:::

  6. dartiss
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    As per the suggestion on the first page, I have added the line to my wp-config.php and it has now started working.

    My site is http://www.artiss.co.uk

    The automated install of 2.8 didn't work so I did it all manually.

  7. RichC
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Modifying the wp-config.php worked for me ...

    Added: 'define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );'

    Thanks azaozz!

  8. Jay Greathouse
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    It seems like much of this is now straightened out, one way or another. At least for me, there were 2 different issues.

    1. a missing file after upgrading with WAU plug-in (which also had failed to delete old files, but that didn't seem to cause problems)

    2. browser caches (most browsers AFAIK) slow on flushing out the old and bringing in the new

    Also, traffic on this thread appears to have tapered off with most issues resolved.

    I'll leave this open for a little longer if someone else needs to post on this thread. If not, then this thread will soon be marked resolved and close. Fair warning.

  9. Otto42
    Moderator
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Note: If you were using the "Use Google Libraries" plugin, then it can cause these issues. Upgrade the plugin to fix the problem.

    Other plugins that change the script loading characteristics may have the same problem. Disabling script concatenation will seemingly solve the problem in these cases, but the problem lies with the plugin, so that plugin needs to be corrected, as there may be other issues being caused by this sort of thing as well.

  10. joelion
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    I had the same problem after upgrading to WP 2.8, but only on one of my three wordpress sites. Even after completely re-uploading a brand new 2.8 install, still happened.

    the 'define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );'
    addition fixed it.

  11. mauma
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    try this : http://yoast.com/hosting-js-google/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

  12. rfruchtman
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Ok, I got it to work... Here is what I did...

    In the TinyMCE folder -- I DELETED... ALL... "The Files!" NOT folders.

    I uploaded ALL the files (NOT FOLDERS) from the WordPress 2.8 - I DOWNLOADED from the "WordPress.org website."

    ALL seems to work now -- with the editor.

    There were missing files and files that were not needed it seems.

    Earlier I upgraded another blog from 2.3.1 to 2.8 - MANUALLY. All worked fine as the proper files were there - it seems.

    Hope this helps you all!

    Roz Fruchtman
    http://www.SayItWithEcards.com
    http://www.SayItWithEcards.com/blog

  13. roccas
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Ok...I'm new to all of this and this is my first wordpress upgrade. I am unable to edit my them. Everytime I try anything, my entire computer crashes. I'm getting so annoyed. What do I do? Am I going to have to pay someone to fix all my sites everytime there's an upgrade. What happens if I just keep 2.7? Is that a big deal? I think I'm going to have my host restore my site the way it was yesterday and just keep 2.7 .. can i do that?

    I'm really annoyed with this. I really liked wordpress until yesterday.

  14. bizsumpark182
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Ok, I got it to work... Here is what I did...

    In the TinyMCE folder -- I DELETED... ALL... "The Files!" NOT folders.

    I uploaded ALL the files (NOT FOLDERS) from the WordPress 2.8 - I DOWNLOADED from the "WordPress.org website."

    ALL seems to work now -- with the editor.

    There were missing files and files that were not needed it seems.

    Earlier I upgraded another blog from 2.3.1 to 2.8 - MANUALLY. All worked fine as the proper files were there - it seems.

    Hope this helps you all!

    The above is what fixed it for me.

  15. MyAllForChrist
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    The above fix worked for me as well. Replaced all the tinymce files with copies freshly downloaded from WordPress. Apparently the automatic upgrade plugin missed the wp-tinymce.js.gz file.

    Don't forget to refresh the page in your browser (ctl+F5) to load the visual toolbar after uploading the above file.

    Thanks for posting the tips!

  16. farlane
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    I used the "$zip = $compress_scripts ? 0 : 1;" from opsiado above - worked fine.

    Weird though...

  17. nkriege
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Roz Fruchtman's fix worked for us too -- thank you Roz!

  18. belpers
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    ok for all the non tech people that cross this post here's what worked for me...

    the fckeditor plug in is a way to bypass the situation... worked for me. download the plugin, activate it, and you're in biz.

    I tried a couple of the other solutions above and the only one that worked for me is this:

    open your ftp client thingy (yep that's what i call it cuz i'm a salesperson) and go into your main directory, highlight the wp-config.php file they refer to and download it to your desktop. open it in notepad or text editor and add the proposed code:

    define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false);

    and put it right after you see this text:

    <?php

    mine was on the first line.

    then save the file and upload it back to your main directory thru your ftp client that you use, such as filezilla.

    that worked for me.

    thanks to all the ingenious smart techy people who figured that out and all the other solutions...

    :-)

  19. circlecube
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Ok, I got it to work... Here is what I did...

    In the TinyMCE folder -- I DELETED... ALL... "The Files!" NOT folders.

    I uploaded ALL the files (NOT FOLDERS) from the WordPress 2.8 - I DOWNLOADED from the "WordPress.org website."

    ALL seems to work now -- with the editor.

    There were missing files and files that were not needed it seems.

    Earlier I upgraded another blog from 2.3.1 to 2.8 - MANUALLY. All worked fine as the proper files were there - it seems.

    Hope this helps you all!

    The above is what fixed it for me.

    Me too, thanks!

  20. eph2810
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Thank you, guys :) Your solution adding "define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false);" worked marvelously. Now I don't have to use a different browser *grin*...

  21. blacksharkmedia
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );

    Worked for me !!!

  22. mrmidjam
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Tried all the steps above and still have this problem and is starting to piss my off abit, my time could be better spent elsewhere.

    Also not sure if it related but i have noticed at the top of the edit posts screen behind the "list view" theres is some wierd looking tabs that are a little distorted.

    PLEASE if anyone can help do so, as if i spend any more time running through hoops i might start losing my MIND ;P

  23. Gray-Adams
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    http://www.graysonadams.com?p=493

  24. raboodesign
    Member
    Posted 3 months ago #

    Strange thing is that some of my sites are ok with 2.8.3 and others are not. Perhaps it depends also on the type of server configuration. I have one server where permissions need to be set to 777 if I want to change files and that it the place where the visual editor is not working, nor the dropdown menus in the admin area itself.
    I tested in Chrome, Firefox, IE, it works nowhere.
    I tried all measures I found regarding this subject on the forum, except installing an external editor plugin because it will not solve the menu problems. Nothing works.

  25. raboodesign
    Member
    Posted 3 months ago #

    I finally found the problem. It was the Kimili Flash plugin interfering with the admin section. I think it is best for all of you who can't get it to work, to look for any plugin that is media related and turn it off and check.
    Hope this helps for some of you.

  26. The5sisters
    Member
    Posted 3 months ago #

    I tried all that and even upgraded to TinyMCE Advanced and added the WP Superedit plug in.Finally got fed up and disabled the visual editor and now I can add pages and posts in html without problems in saving as draft or publishing or editing.

  27. shilov
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );

    Fixes the issue for me. It only occurs in Firefox, Chrome and IE display it okay.

  28. gabimazz
    Member
    Posted 2 months ago #

    Hi to everybody,

    I've upgraded manually from 2.7.1 to 2.8.4 right now and I had the visual problem. I fixed it by adding:

    define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );

    to the config file.

    I checked the ZIP and TAR file and in both versions the following files:
    tiny_mce_config.php
    tiny_mce_ext.js
    tiny_mce_gzip.php
    wordpress.css

    are still missed.

    I do not want to go through a WAU, I've already updated. This discussion is quite old so I wonder why nobody has added these files to the official download from WP-org.

    If to add these files resolve the problem please give the opportunity to download them without going through the updating process again. I will then comment the line added to config.php.

    Thanks
    Gabi

  29. aaronlutze
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    The advice from user "rfruchtman" worked for me!

    For those that skipped through all the posts to the end here, all I did was;
    1) Simply download 2.8 manually (from the wordpress homepage) and unzip and navigate to the js/tinymce folder.

    2) Copy the ENTIRE tinymce folder and paste it over the tinymce folder in my existing website.

    3) Upload the new tinymce folder and its contents to your ftp.

    4)Refresh cache and page and my wysiwyg and kitchen sink all appeared!

    5) Hallelujah!

    6) Wait a few weeks or months between wordpress minor upgrades so you don't have to do all this crap in future!

  30. comedian999
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    azaozz's suggestion to edit wp-config.php worked like a champion. I just dropped his suggested line in after the language definition line:

    define ('WPLANG', '');

    and all is well. Thanks, azaozz!

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