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1. Timoluege
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm running WordPress 2.9.2 on a dedicated virtual server.

   My problem is the following:

   I cannot publish a post or a page after previewing it. Whenever I press "publish" after a preview the little wheel just keeps spinning and the page/post is not published.

   It doesn't matter whether this is a post/page that has already been published or whether it is a new page.

   I can publish without previewing.

   Does anyone have an idea how I could fix this? I searched the forum but couldn't find any other related posts.

   Thank you very much,

   Timo

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Have you tried:

   - deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

   - switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems?

   - resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

   - re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress?

3. Timoluege
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   First of all - thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my problem.

   I have completed all steps mentioned in your post concurrently but the problem still persists :-(.

   In addition to not being able to publish after the preview I'm also not able to save a draft after the preview.

4. Timoluege
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I think I might have identified the cause of the problem:

   This problem only occurs when I'm using Chrome (my default browser). Everything works fine when I use Firefox.

   I was able to replicate the problem with Chrome on a different blog that is physically on an entirely different server running WP 2.9.2 as well.

   Apparently there is a problem with Chrome and WP.

5. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I don't have access to my personal computer atm...

   My suggestion would be to try to replicate the problem on a different computer running chrome. That will isolate if its a problem with chrome and WP, or your install of chrome

6. Timoluege
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks RVoodoo, good suggestion. I tried it on a different computer and had the same problem.

7. henkholland
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Tried it just for fun and the same here on WIN XP SP3 and Chrome 4.0.249.89 unknown (38071) and WordPress 2.9.1 (as the topic starter?)
   I could go back to the edit posts list and saw my draft and could publish then.

8. Timoluege
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   @henkholland: Just to clarify: I didn't go back to the list of saved drafts (edit.php).

   From within the add new post form (post-new.php) I clicked save, then preview. I then closed the preview window and then tried to publish the post from the form.

   The same problem occurs when I try it with an existing post (post.php). And, as I said, it happens with pages as well.

   I'm using Chrome 4.0.249.89 unknown (38071) on Windows Vista Home Premium SP 1 at home. At work I'm using XP. That means, in total I have been able to replicate the problem on three PCs using two different operating systems and on two blogs running WP 2.9.2 which are physically on entirely different servers. I posted the problem on Twitter and got a response that someone has the same problem on Mac.

9. Beee
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i don't have a clue what this can be... I sometimes have this as well (not sure in which browser since I use multiple), but if it happens I just click on the view posts button, open the post again and redo the action. Seems to work every time....

10. twiky
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I'm using Mac (Snow Leopard) with Chrome 5.0.307.11 beta and I have the same problem also when I clic on preview I no longer save the draft.

11. woodsb
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I have the same problem using Chrome v4-v5 and WP v2.9.0-v2.9.2. It does not happen all the time though so I'm not sure if is related to preview display. It looks very random, and rather anoying but I try to bear it...
    -- Woods

12. valkyrie66
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Same problem here on multiple computers with three different WordPress sites... only in Chrome. It happens about 50% of the time, and I can not detect a pattern as to when. I love Chrome and I am not willing to switch default browser so I deal with it but it is VERY frustrating!!

    Solutions ???

13. cpedraza
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I'm having the same issues with Safari on the Mac in Snow Leopard. This is a serious problem. Surely, someone's working on this, right, WordPress? Please?

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