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1. stubbyd
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I'd presummed that the 3.3.1 upgrade would also have (considering the amount of issues folks have had) addressed the lost visual editor problem.

   Anyway, my visual editor is still disabled.

   Even a downgrade to 3.2 didn't fix it so it 3.3 obviously affected something not covered by adowngrade.

   I have - in no particular order:

   - read the master list again and again in case I missed something
   - flushed all caches (this occurs on different PC's, OS's. netyworks, etc)
   - deactivated all plugins
   - renabled them one by one
   - changed theme(s) several times
   - renamed plugin folder and reinstalled all my plugins
   - manually copied a fresh download of WP 3.3 over the top.
   - added suggested fixes from others (later removed when shown to not work)
   - installed hotfix 0.8
   - googled until I'm blue
   - all the above again in varying order

   All to no avail.

   Today updated to 3.31 and it still doesn't work.

   This is 1 blog out of 9 I manage all on the same server so this isn't a server side or host based issue but something in the WP setup of this particular site.

   So please - can someone advise / help me fix this by suggesting something I haven't tried

2. stubbyd
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   and bump

3. ChrisKink
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I'm in exactly the same boat. Only 1 of 5 WordPress sites I manage is having this problem where the visual editor is full of white code that you can't see until you highlight.

   I too have done all the same steps you have, and installed Hotfix 0.8, and it didn't do anything. Downgrading to 3.2 didn't help.

   Good to know I'm not alone.

4. stubbyd
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks Chris - I haven't worked out what the magic sauce is to get a response on this yet ... but I won't hold my breath either.

5. cynthiawallace
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Visual editor still running white - can't see w/o highlight.
   I have tried all the fixes noted above.
   Need help,

6. cynthiawallace
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   and it's running white in code - not visual.
   Need help.

7. stubbyd
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I sympathise Cynthia - I too had the all white text issue but one of or a combination of the above steps got me at least html editing back. Which is probably one reason why I'm not kicking up an ever bigger stink.

8. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Try working through the solutions listed in http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-33-master-list

9. stubbyd
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Already done all of that - thus my comprehensive detailed breakdown in the opening note.

10. cynthiawallace
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Just to second you stubbyd - I have also perfomed all of the checks on the list.
    This is the first time a WP upgrade has caused such a problem. I need the visual editing mode. Need alternative - but see that downgrading to earlier WP hasn't worked. What to do.

11. cynthiawallace
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    I'm up and running - I switched to Firefox browser with intention of using Firebug to see what uploads. I didn't have to go to this step. The Visual Browser is now working (so it seems). Whew!

12. stubbyd
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Happy for you - but unfortunately my problem is cross-browser, cross-OS, cross-location and cross-platform.

    It isn't any of those and it isn't a cache issue either.

13. cynthiawallace
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    I meant the Visual Editor (not browser) is working, but you knew what I meant.
    Yes, I emptied cache.
    I updated Firefox - as I hadn't been using it. I was on Safari. But now - Firefox.
    As you may have discerned, I'm not a developer and not fluent in HTML. Visual mode a necessity and working for me, for now.
    Hope everyone has same good outcome.

14. jrothra
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    I, too, am having this same problem. I add my comment to state that I am in the exact same situation as stubbyd: cross-browser, cross-OS, cross-location problem of the VE not working. Like him and Cynthia, I've read many, many threads on this, but I see a recurring pattern (and hope this can be resolved):

    Each time the WP folks (esp. esmi) seem to always say to read the 3.3 master troubleshooting list. Like him, the troubleshooting steps do not resolve the problem. It's not plugins, it's not browser, it's not OS. It seems to be idiopathic (fancy medical term for "we don't know and we give up finding the cause").

    I hope that a solution can be found, since it may resolve the problem for both stubbyd and me, since we have the same WP medical condition.

15. ham1299
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Add me to the group of those with this problem. I can create posts in html mode, but I NEED that visual editor. It appears to be cross-browser, but I'll double check.

16. ham1299
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Yep, it is the same. Cross-browser. You can see my visual editor in the first post of the thread I'd started last night.

17. stubbyd
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    I guess it's nice to know I'm not alone :)

18. ham1299
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Hey, stubbyd, jrothra started a thread and got a suggestion that fixed it for him and for me. You can find it HERE. Hope it works for you, too!

19. jrothra
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    What ham1299 said. Like you, we tried everything and the recommendation we got worked for both of us.

20. ChrisKink
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    @ham1299 & @jrotha (and of course @kmessinger) for their help on this. I got my Visual Editor up and running again following @ham1299's link above.

    Give it a shot @stubbyd -- sounds like we had exactly the same problems, so hopefully this simple fix will get you back up and running again.

    Glad to have gotten this fix, I was starting to sweat a bit.

21. stubbyd
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Well knock me sideways with a 2x4!

    That only fixed it - so thank you ham1299 & jrothra & chriskink. It does however make me wonder why my copying up (and replacing) a fresh install of 3.3.1 (in this case) didn't fix that earlier as I had copied it up several times.

    Again my thanks - whilst I am able to use code edit the question is why bother when a visual one is there and so much nicer.

    All the best

22. ham1299
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    I'm so glad it worked for all of you. :-) I was getting quite worried, too. (And, yes, I strongly prefer the visual editor, too.)

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