v3.0.1 wp-admin left menu problems

PBloggers
(@pbloggers)

15 years, 8 months ago

Brand new install of 3.0.1, no added plugins, defualt theme. (Linus, Apache, PHP5 mysql5).

2 bugs…

1. When I click on “Comments”, the page that loads stops at menu item Plugins, shows nothing else and all down arrows do not work.

2. When I click on “Menus” under “Appearance”, same as #1 AND am getting a js error ‘postboxes’ is undefined load-scripts.php Line 157

I have to believe these are 3.0.1 problems because I have another website using 2.9.2 and have no problems.

Any ideas?

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Thread Starter PBloggers
(@pbloggers)

15 years, 7 months ago

Everything else seems to work fine, I can access all other menu options.

Moderator James Huff
(@macmanx)

15 years, 7 months ago

In that case, I’m completely out of ideas. 🙁

Thread Starter PBloggers
(@pbloggers)

15 years, 7 months ago

ok, update time….. I had the PHP upgraded from 5.1.6 to 5.2.14 and that fixed the comments and menus problems. Now however, I get the same thing as before with Users and Users worked before.

My mysql was also upgraded so my system is fairly up to date and wordpress 3.0.1 should work from a clear install with no issues, why am I now having problems with Listing the Users (of which there are 2) and the dashboard page is blank.

Is wordpress 3 really ready for primetime?

Moderator James Huff
(@macmanx)

15 years, 7 months ago

Is wordpress 3 really ready for primetime?

Of course, or there’d be millions of users with your problem, and I would have at least heard of it by now.

Hang in there while I call in backup on this topic.

Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)
(@otto42)

WordPress.org Admin

15 years, 7 months ago

If you view the source of the page, does it list any error messages at the bottom?

Try enabling debug mode by adding this to your wp-config:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

That will make it print errors which might otherwise normally be hidden.

Basically, something is stopping page execution. Before you can fix it, you have to know what that something is.

Andrea Rennick
(@andrea_r)

15 years, 7 months ago

Yep, and see if anything is being logged in any error logs on the server.

esmi
(@esmi)

15 years, 7 months ago

I had the PHP upgraded from 5.1.6 to 5.2.14

Why not 5.3? I recall one of the other theme developers having problems with a bug in 5.2.x recently. Pretty sure it was 5.2.14…
Thread Starter PBloggers
(@pbloggers)

15 years, 7 months ago
Here is the last code (viewable via view source) for the main wp-admin page…

<p><strong>Other WordPress News</strong> - Shows the feed from <a href="http://planet.wordpress.org" target="_blank">WordPress Planet</a>. You can configure it to show a different feed of your choosing.</p><p><strong>Plugins</strong> - Features the most popular, newest, and recently updated plugins from the WordPress.org Plugin Directory.</p><p><strong>For more information:</strong></p><p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Dashboard_SubPanel" target="_blank">Dashboard Documentation</a></p><p><a href="http://wordpress.org/support/" target="_blank">Support Forums</a></p></div>

Here is the last code when you click on “Users”….
```
<div class='wp-menu-image'><a href='plugins.php'><br /></a></div><div class="wp-menu-toggle"><br /></div><a href='plugins.php' class="wp-has-submenu menu-top menu-icon-plugins" tabindex="1">Plugins <span class='update-plugins count-0'><span class='plugin-count'>0</span></span></a>
<div class='wp-submenu'><div class='wp-submenu-head'>Plugins <span class='update-plugins count-0'><span class='plugin-count'>0</span></span></div><ul><li class="wp-first-item"><a href='plugins.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1">Plugins</a></li>
```
In neither case was there any error message generated. My hosting company does not like to be at the most current release of any software due to potential security bugs. If there are restrictions for certain releases of PHP and mySQL I would think they would be documented. Our other wordpress site which is at 2.9.2 works flawlessly.
christopherross
(@christopherross)

15 years, 7 months ago

I would suspect that James is on the right track here, although there could be two problems you’re encountering.

Either a memory issue on the server, in which case increasing WP’s memory in the wp_config.php file:

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');

As well as an .htaccess file fix of:

php_value memory_limit 64M

and finally the php.ini update:

memory_limit = 64M ;

Do keep in mind that some servers require the .htaccess and php.ini changes to be located in the wp-admin folder, not the root. I’ve seen situations where it even needed to be placed in the wp-includes directory and wp-content to work properly for uploaded.

The second issue I’ve encountered on some hosting environments which causes an issue similar to this is permissions. If the above doesn’t work, try changing all the files and all sub directories to 777, see if that helps. Obviously you don’t want to keep it at this level but as a test it will help clarify if it’s the server’s permission settings.

Finally, it may simply be the server. Run phpinfo() to ensure that your server is running everything it needs. I have 3.0.1 installed in around 30 server configurations across a variety of hardware and software, there are hiccups on some but not on most.

Hope that helps.

Andrew Nacin
(@nacin)

15 years, 7 months ago

This is a textbook memory limit issue. Check your error logs and follow the steps outlined.

codergeek82
(@codergeek82)

15 years, 5 months ago

I am facing exactly the same issue, check error below:

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; chromeframe; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)
Timestamp: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:15:14 UTC

Message: ‘postboxes’ is undefined
Line: 157
Char: 3499
Code: 0
URI: http://mywebsite.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load=jquery,utils,nav-menu&ver=2b05c108d9016a4caa470b8edaf40953

My theme is Hybrid News 0.2
Apache version 2.2.16
WP version: 3.0.1
PHP version 5.3.3
memory_limit 32M

PBloggers, you are not alone.
BR, codergeek82

hmenzi
(@hmenzi)

15 years, 5 months ago

Same thing happening to me, just after I was playing around with the Menu’s page under appearance. I can not seem to get this to work, may end up looking into the database to fix.

Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Timestamp: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 05:07:25 UTC

Message: ‘postboxes’ is undefined
Line: 157
Char: 3499
Code: 0
URI: http://mysite.com/cp/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=1&load=jquery,utils,nav-menu&ver=2b05c108d9016a4caa470b8edaf40953
nicdvs
(@nicdvs)

15 years, 1 month ago
Hey, I have the same problem, I tried deactivating all plugins, switched theme, allocating more memory to scripts… nothing work.. When I set WP_DEBUG to true, I get these errors in the ‘Position’ box.. I do not recall seing this box before thought..
```
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/vhosts/theotherside.ca/subdomains/focuseye/httpdocs/wp-includes/nav-menu.php on line 620

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/vhosts/theotherside.ca/subdomains/focuseye/httpdocs/wp-includes/nav-menu.php on line 621

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/vhosts/theotherside.ca/subdomains/focuseye/httpdocs/wp-includes/taxonomy.php on line 2507

Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in /var/www/vhosts/theotherside.ca/subdomains/focuseye/httpdocs/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 433
```