Title: Posting Drafts Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Posting Drafts * [darkcryst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkcryst/) * (@darkcryst) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/) * Ok, I’m using the latest nightly built, and perhaps I’m being a dolt here…. but: When editing a post it turns it inot a draft, not wanted behavior reallly, but ok… however – there is no way of publishing the post again, it is removed totally and there is no way of getting it to display – no matter what you do to it. This happens if you make a draft too, it just seems drafts are rather broken. This wouldn’t be so much of a problem if it didn’t turn edited posts into drafts…. Anyone have any clue how I can fix this? Or is it a known issue and I’m being dim? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91765) * I went into the database with phpMyAdmin and changed the post_status field from“ draft” to “publish”. * Thread Starter [darkcryst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkcryst/) * (@darkcryst) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91767) * ick.. so it IS a known issue huh? Or is this just a bug with this latest build? So far this is the only issue I’ve had with the build I may add… except I have no idea how to add themes as there is no example theme, or how to add themes into the “theme” directory (of which there is none, I had to add it manually – an example demo theme would make sense for release – maybe implement the “kubrik” style that way… or make the default the example). * Anonymous * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91770) * also, got this error message from posts, pages in Manage area. — Warning: join(): Bad arguments. in /yourhomedirecory/wordpress/wp-admin/edit.php on line 13 Database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘)’ at line 1] SELECT ID, post_title FROM wp_posts WHERE post_status = ‘draft’ AND post_author IN () * [gregsbaby64](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregsbaby64/) * (@gregsbaby64) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91773) * DarkCryst, are you talking about styles when you say themes? [Check out my WP style switcher tutorial](http://www.floopie.com/tutorials/). 🙂 * [bronski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bronski/) * (@bronski) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91802) * it seems there is a syntax error in line 13 of edit.php correct is `$editable = join(',', $editable);` instead of the wrong `$editable = join($editable, ',');` but that doesn’t bring the missing publish-button back… 🙁 * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91807) * > so it IS a known issue huh? Or is this just a bug with this latest build? Seems to be a bug with the last two nightlies: [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000283](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000283) * [timeistight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timeistight/) * (@timeistight) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91809) * bronski, I made your edit to edit.php and I still get the database error. * [bronski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bronski/) * (@bronski) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91811) * just found out about that too, bummer. 🙁 looking at [http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php) i was so sure about that… * [bronski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bronski/) * (@bronski) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91821) * i think this only happens when you have only one user. well, in edit.php in line 12 there is an SQL statement: `$editable = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_level <= '$user_level' AND ID != $user_ID");` so when there is only the admin-user, ID = 1, this select results in an empty quere, the array cannot be joined and the known error occurs. as soon as you add a second user the array contains values and the error is gone. * Thread Starter [darkcryst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkcryst/) * (@darkcryst) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91823) * as far as themes vs styles… no I was talking about the built in theme switcher 1.3 has, not a stylesheet switcher as your code seems to do (I know how to do that). Mostly I just wanted to know what files and where to drop them for the theme so I get a description. I could just edit the existing one, but I’d like to have it as a seperate theme, code and all. So yeah, not styles, themes 🙂 The “new user can publish” thing could solve my problem.. *checks* yup! that solved it! 🙂 Thanks to Bronski for that, so simple.. yet easy to miss at the same time. Hopefully this topic my provide some help to others… * [bronski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bronski/) * (@bronski) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91825) * well, with this patch applied the setting mentioned above doesn’t need to be set to “new users may publish” – great! thanks. * Thread Starter [darkcryst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkcryst/) * (@darkcryst) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91835) * well I think, to reuse a phrase… its not a bug, its a feature. The new user things makes sense, but really the default should be that they CAN publish, not that they can’t… its not really wanted behavior otherwise. * [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/) * (@beel) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91839) * There is a bug in there, though, as I (admin) am not a new user and have a user_level of 10 but only get the option of “draft” and “private” – unless I am missing something. * Anonymous * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91861) * The patch fixed the SQL syntax error message but still no “Publish” radio button here either. I’m using latest 9-15-04 nightly. * [ivari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivari/) * (@ivari) * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posting-drafts/#post-91865) * same error PUBLISH BUTTON GONE and everytime edit post my post send to DRAFT. 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