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1. Flotsam
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I've just created a new blog but the visual editor is non-functional. I've checked the forums for similar problems but found nothing that relates to this problem. I've also confirmed it with several browsers. I've made sure that "use visual editor" is selected in the profile. In a "new post" page it shows the visual editor to be selected but the buttons and output are the HTML version.

   Everything else seems to be fine. Any ideas? Just shout of you need more info about the installation. Thanks in advance.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Log out, clear your browser cache, delete the WordPress files, then reupload them. Make sure you keep your wp-config.php file.

3. Flotsam
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks, Michael, but I've done that four times already. The chances of it working on the fifth clean reinstall are probably fairly slim :)

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 4 years ago #

   What happens on another computer?

5. Flotsam
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi, Michael. It works fine on my local machine (Win XP, XAMPP, etc) and on another commercial host I use. The problem host is a Sun box and I spent last night working with my hosting admin (a true hero!) trying out various fixes but to no avail so far. We'll continue later on today (host is nine hours time difference to me) and report back if we get some success.

6. Flotsam
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Michael, just out of inquisitiveness I also installed WP v2.0.11 on the same host and that doesn't display the visual editor either. I think we can rule out this being a WP problem. Hopefully we'll have a solution later today that we can share.

   And I also got as far as setting up permalinks today which caused some serious breakage and only deleting the .htaccess file returned either installation to a working condition. I'm not sure if this is related to the editor problem.

7. imarichardson
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   If I can chime in ... I've two different hosts in two different locations and I'm having the same issue. May not just be an issue with your host. I can say, however, that both of the sites are running IIS.

8. imarichardson
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   You may also want to take a look at these posts:
   http://www.flavoroflife.net/2008/04/wordpress-visual-editor-problems/
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164885?replies=5

9. Flotsam
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Oops, I forgot this thread was still hanging about unresolved. A post on WP-Hackers prompted me to revisit.

   I resolved the problem by changing host but that's far from ideal.

   The post on WP-Hackers may shed further light. The OP had the same problem and a reply from Noel Jackson said the following:

   I've experienced issues like this with Solaris 10. Some unixes treat getcwd() and realpath() differently than how they should be (really a PHP problem).

   What I did to fix it was chmod +x anything anything in the webroot path.

   from php.net:

   On some Unix variants, getcwd() will return FALSE if any one of the parent directories does not have the readable or search mode set, even if the current directory does. See chmod() for more information on modes and permissions.

   Maybe that's the culprit.

   My original host used Solaris 10 on a Sun box so it may be relevant although it's too late for me to confirm it now. I'm posting this just in case it helps others with a similar problem.

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