3.1.4 to 3.2 and admin functions are not working

this is strange. It’s working now…

All I did was install the Best Tester plugin activate it. (Then had second thoughts). Then deactivated it.

Now my widgets work…

Ok so I have figured out my problem. On the update a couple of the new files did not go up via ftp correctly and were shown in the failed transfers area in my ftp client as there were temp files on the server causing problems. I simply deleted the temp files and the re-uploaded the problematic files and now I can drag and drop widgets again.

Therefore for anyone else with this problem double check your update has been fully implemented correctly.

I share this fix in case it is pertinent to your setup. It works for mine, but may have no use for others.

I lost drag and drop functionality (and perhaps more) in the menu admin interface after updating to 3.2.1. I was able to get it working again when I commented out the code in my custom functions.php file that was deregistering WP’s jquery and replacing it with the library hosted by google. This is what the original code looked like:

/* 	Deregister native jquery and register google's */
wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
wp_register_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js');
wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );

Same issue, am newbie to wordpress (this version since last year), noticed the issue when trying to drop & drag widgets to no avail. Am using 4 different themes for my site through 3 other folders besides root. Installed wordpress correctly into separate folders with separate files and separate wp-config.php for each with separate databases. (Wasn’t quite sure where to post this so is posted in one other place with JSON issues; my apology.)

Called godaddy they wouldn’t help with JSON said it was a javascript . . . Completely uninstalled wordpress one by one to be sure my multiple folders weren’t causing the issue.

Downloaded a new wordpress zip file, downloaded winzip just to be sure it wasn’t a windows extract all files issue, unzipped, dragged & dropped to my ws_ftp uploader. Tried it on my xp home computer to be sure it wasn’t a windows 7 issue (same, couldn’t drop/drag widgets in xp either).

Instead of using ws_ftp auto upload this time, created folders within root itself and uploaded file by file according to ASCII & Binary to root only (no additional folders this time).

I’ve trouble shooted from my end all I can & I REALLY need some expertise here. Below is the coding in my php.ini file (which godaddy tech says is current php file)- how/what do I change to get wordpress 3.2.1 to work correctly? I have deleted wordpress so there’s nothing to see right now at lindaloustarr.com – Breathe Possibility.

I went to php.net on the suggestion of godaddy tech and I am out of my league there . . .

Thank you so very much for your kind & speedy reply :>)
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register_globals = off
allow_url_fopen = off

expose_php = Off
max_input_time = 60
variables_order = “EGPCS”
extension_dir = ./
upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
precision = 12
SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
url_rewriter.tags = “a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=”

; Only uncomment zend optimizer lines if your application requires Zend Optimizer support

;[Zend]
;zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3
;zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager.so
;zend_extension_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager_TS.so

; — Be very careful to not to disable a function which might be needed!
; — Uncomment the following lines to increase the security of your PHP site.

;disable_functions = “highlight_file,ini_alter,ini_restore,openlog,passthru,
; phpinfo, exec, system, dl, fsockopen, set_time_limit,
; popen, proc_open, proc_nice,shell_exec,show_source,symlink”

WordPress 3.3 upgrade with FF8 Cannot open or drag widgets.

This occurred when I upgraded a WP install from 3.2 to 3.3 today.
I upgraded via ftp overwriting all files. (WSFTP)
Successfully upgraded this way dozens & dozens of times on many servers.
Just not to 3.3 so, I am holding off on my other WordPress 3.x to 3.3 upgrades until my issue here is “fixed”.
My 3.0.1 installs are fine.
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IE8 – Firefox 7.0.1. & Firefox 9.0.1 – Safari 3.2.3 (525.29)
Cannot drag widgets or expand screen options or help in administration area.
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I have tried the hotfix .8.
I have re-uploaded all files, again.
Still have the same issue.
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I am on a cPanel shared server.

Operating System : Linux
Server : Apache
MYSQL Version : 5.0.92-community
PHP Version : 5.2.12
PHP Safe Mode : Off (info)
PHP Memory Limit : 256M (info)
PHP Max Upload Size : 50M (info)
PHP Max Post Size : 8M (info)
PHP Max Script Execute Time : 30s (info)
PHP Exif support : Yes ( V1.4 ) (info)
PHP IPTC support : Yes (info)
PHP XML support : Yes (info)
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I ran ccleaner
I ran ipconfig /flushdns
I also dumped all cookies and history via each browsers gui.
This is an ADMINISTRATION area issue, not a site theme issue but, I switched themes around as I decided it may alter something cached.

I may have to do a fresh install as @lindaloustarr suggested BUT,
I have not investigated json yet.
I have also not deactivated all plug ins yet.

I will update here.

Suggestions would be great, solutions would be coveted.