johnr123
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Image upload not working in WordPress 2.8Image upload function not working here also,
I have 3 sites running 2.8.5. One is an old site that has been upgraded to 2.8.5 (has always been upgraded regularly). This one is a live site on BlueHost. The other two are brand new sites on my local apache2 server. These new sites have no plugins enabled, no content added, and they use the default theme.
All 3 sites have the exact same problem — I cannot insert images into posts.
When I click on the image upload button, the uploader loads below the footer portion of the page instead of superimposing over the current screen as it should. What’s worse, is it is also offset to the left so that most of it is off the screen and inaccessible to use. I try to load into a new tab in FireFox (3.5.5) and I get all the functions working except “insert in post.” after hitting that, I get a blank white screen and nothing is inserted in the post.
I have created a ticket on this, but so far it is unassigned and no response. This is a shame really. I cannot use my site due to this and cannot develop the other two on my local server until this is resolved. It’s been two weeks now.
I have tried all the usual solutions, read maybe a hundred posts on the problem, and played with permissions to no avail.
I have installed a couple Joomla isites on my local server as a result. I can’t wait for WordPress forever. I may switch. I don’t want to, but what choice do I have?
Maybe WordPress has gotten ahead of itself with the latest releases.
Best,
JohnForum: Requests and Feedback
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Highly recommended!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Wamp server and local copy problemI have solved the problem.
In case it helps anyone else out there, the problem I had in connecting properly to my local copy of WordPress was caused by using Notepad to edit the wp-config file.
My Son solved this for me. He said that Notepad should never ever be used to edit config files, since it can delete the hidden carriage returns, among other things. He was right. He suggested that I instead use the file manager in cPanel on BlueHost where my site is live, to copy the file to another convenient location for editing; edit the file ensuring the language is set properly (cPanel will guide you there), then save and download the file to your computer (then of course delete the copied file from the live site server).
As soon as I did that, the site came up properly with the login, the same as the live site, and everything is exact and working correctly.
So the moral of the story is: do not use Notepad to edit config files. I hope that helps someone out there (and by the way, Notepad seemed to save correctly, in that it saved the file as a php file, so don’t be fooled by that).
Cheers,
John