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31. ronitb
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I can confirm that re-uploading wp-content and wp-admin seems to fix the problem but ONLY IN Firefox and IE. Google Chrome users (like me) appear to be SOOL.

32. boilr
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    i just upgraded to 2.8 my blog shows up correctly externally, but my dashboard is basically inoperable...none of the menus (e.g., screen options, help, posts, media, links, pages, etc) drop down, so i cant get to any of the sub options.

    anyone else having this issue?

    oh, and the automatic update from 2.7.1 never worked, i had to do a manual update, which i've done plenty of times...not sure what the deal is, but no menus = no good.

33. ronitb
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Ok, re-install did the trick. hat's the last time I do an upgrade on the day you guys come out with a major release.

34. infonitum
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    How about Mac users? I don't have it in Firefox (latest version) or Safari. No Chrome for us!

    Also, I did a re-install, cleared the cache, and even completely uninstalled Google Gears. Still nada. ???

35. infonitum
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Quick update: I just installed Dean's FCKEditor and tried using it to edit posts and pages. For both, the entire edit window for the main body (as opposed to the excerpt) disappeared ... entirely!

    And speaking of excerpt, I installed The Excerpt Re-reloaded to have more editing power over excerpts, and that's not showing up either.

36. sjwoo
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Still not working for me. On IE, I'm getting Javascript errors:

    Message: 'tinyMCE' is undefined
    Line: 1
    Char: 1
    Code: 0
    URI: http://www.sungjwoo.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/wp-langs-en.js?ver=3241-1141

    HELP!

37. mamaloves
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I have tired everything suggested and I still cannot get this to work. I have cleared cookies and cache...deactivated and reactivated all plug-ins and unloaded gears. Still not working. This is so frustrating. Can someone please help. I use a macbook and firefox no chorme for me:(

38. cburell
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Andrew D300's fix worked for me too. Many thanks! :)

39. ZeevMichael
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Same problem on a Mac with Safari. Tried clearing cache, to no avail.

40. jbarr08
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Ditto me. Win Vista, FF and Chrome (also XP and FF). Have reinstalled, disabled Gears, cleared cache, etc. Can't resize the edit window, and can only see HTML window; Visual editor window is blank.

41. infonitum
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I ended up reinstalling 2.7.1. To heck with 2.8 for now. I should know better than to install brand new software on the very first day.

42. amdawi
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I have the same Problem!
    Then, I reinstalled 2.7.1.

43. jhyoung
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I redid the upgrade then cleared my cache again (in Firefox) this time clearing cookies too and that seemed to do the trick.

44. adumont
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    @boilr: I'm having too stange issues with the dashboard interface. It seems related to some javascript scripts. In my case the main menu entries are working fine, but for ex. in the rich editor I can't add any content using the Media content buttons (the buttons won't work).

    When I have time I'll try to disable all plugins to see if things get better. I'll check also in another browser...

45. juliocab
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    ¡SOLVED for me! I have the same issue with Firefox, reinstalled and then i deactivated ALL plugins and tested one by one with only TinyMce active.

    Now it seems goes right! ¿The Plugin? Simple Tags.

    Just inactive, and the editor goes right.

    Maybe it works for someone.

    ^_^

46. bobhorn
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Like many of you, I also lost the visual editor when I moved to 2.8. Also lost the flash uploader for media files. Tried many of your suggestions including reinstalling twice, but no good. Then decided to click the 'Compatibility mode' button (I am using IE8) and EVERYTHING works perfectly. This may not be the problem for all of you, but if anyone is running IE8 and is having issues, try it. Clearly, something is not playing well between WP and IE8...

47. joespake
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Why is this marked Resolved? I have tried the fixes and none have solved the problem

48. chelley325
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I had the same exact problem using Firefox 3.0.11 and had a mini heart attack. I cleared my private data and cache and it is working fine now. Phew!

49. MichaelH
    Volunteer
    Posted 2 years ago #

    joespake said:

    Why is this marked Resolved?

    Because the OP's (volvoxsoft) problem was resolved.

50. joespake
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Moderator: do I need to start a new issue? I am still haveing the problem and have tried the fixes:
    In addition to the visual editor not working, neither do drop down box arrows in the dashboard.
    I have reloaded 2.8,
    reloaded FF, IE and Chrome, and followed previous tips. nothing has worked.

51. arifr
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    @AndrewD300 thank four your solution, my problem was solved

52. Jay Greathouse
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I started a new thread about this since I haven't been able to resolve it either, see:
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/279476?replies=1#post-1101643

53. ggljohnson
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I resolved my issue with the visual editor using @andreD300 steps plus a few more that solved my problem.

    1. In WP admin panel Tools > Upgrade > Reinstall
    2. In Firefox Tools > Clear Private Data
    3. In WP admin panel Settings > WP super cache > Delete cache
    4. Log out
    5. log back in

    Initially when I logged back in it looked like the problem was not solved. When I switched from html to visual mode the editor was back.I hope this helps.

54. hrbartender
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Resolved for me finally - it was Google Gears in Firefox. BUT, disabling it from the top Tools bar didn't do it because I use the All-in-One Sidebar add-on. I had to:

    1. Open the Sidebar
    2. Click on the installed extensions and themes icon
    3. Click on Google Gears
    4. Click on Disable

    After that, the TinyMCE showed up on the visual editor.

55. jsoroko
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I think we're all having the same problems - but since the results of fixes vary - perhaps they're occurring for slightly different reasons.

    I installed 2.8 in a sandbox site - worked fine. But I used my host's (BlueHost installation/upgrade app - Simple Scripts - to do it. Worked fine - so I went ahead - and without thinking that there might be a difference - installed 2.8 via WPAU (WordPress Automatic Upgrade) - a fantastic plugin - which has never caused me any problems - and saved me lots of time.

    The WPAU install is the one where I had the loss of visual editors. The fix was to reinstall 2.7.1 over the 2.8 install, and then upgrade via Simple Scripts.

    My question - is it possible that all of the simultaneous downloads of WordPress 2.8 via WPAU - all hitting the same servers and/or mirror sites - caused some of the downloads to be incomplete?

    Just a thought - perhaps it explains why it happened to some people and not others in similar/identical circumstances.

56. arthurstechnotalk
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I also used WPAU to upgrade. I had issues with the visual editor, though for me, it seems that WPAU did not cause the issues, but rather the 'Use Google Libraries' script. It reports the actual version of WP, which is most likely the cause of the problems. They probably weren't ready for 2.8 and didn't have the libraries out or something.

    I don't know if that will fix it for everyone, but I recommend you try to disable that if you have it installed.

57. liquidborn
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Firefox 3.0.11/WP 2.8 here - i've tried it in IE8 too, and faced the same issue. And although there are no problems in Chrome - I don't use it as my main browser anymore.

    In FF/IE: I've found that hitting CTRL+F5 whilst on the Edit Post page makes the toolbar re-appear, as the whole re-upgrade/clear cache process didn't work for me.

    I hope this gets sorted quick-ish, as this is a basic irritation for a supposed "final" version.

    :)

58. billdancourtney
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I have the visual editor intact but I have a related issue with the editor in that sometimes, not all the time, my content will vanish. Simply by clicking on "edit" from my home page or going to the edit window from admin I stand the risk of losing all the content in a post.

    I can restore from the saved revisions at the bottom of the admin-post edit page but I ahve never had this problem before 2.8 and I do not seem to see other people having this problem.

    I have been disabling plugins to see if that is the problem. Am using Mozilla 3.1 I think and Flock browser. I may try Opera or Chrome after I am finished doing some tests. Right now have disabled Hyper Cache and and using WP Cache (prefer Hyer) to see if that is the issue. Had with the DB Cache plugin as well earlier.

    Anyone having this issue or am I alone here?

    Bill

59. filmdetail
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    My visual editor wasn't working for me after installing 2.8 and most of the solutions above weren't working for me.

    However, the following (finally) did the trick.

    1. Disable ALL your plugins.

    2. In the WP Dashboard: Tools > Upgrade > Re-install Automatically

    Refresh your browser and the visual editor should reappear.

    When I tried the automatic re-install before my plugins were on and I think this was the problem.

    Judging from the amount of problems people are posting about upgrading to WordPress 2.8 this may not work for everyone but could be the solution that works for you.

60. harlequinade
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Andrew D300's fix worked for me as well.

    Thanks, guys! - That's quite a relief!

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