I can't tell you how thrilled I am that we figured it out! Thanks for giving us a heads up about it.

Thanks everyone for your help at this end.

Your issue may very well be caused by a different issue, as this one appears to be unique. Could you please start a new thread and we can address it there?

Thank you!

I believe that you may have found the culprit. We provide a smartphone app which works great for most things that you might need to do for your site, however the unreliability of mobile-phone tethering may cause issues, not just with our site but with any number of other sites across the internet.

So how do I figure out what is keeping my machine/network/browser from working? I can boot my laptop into Windows, and I have another old Linux laptop. I can go to the Library and try a different network. I have several browsers. I will experiment with different combinations to see if something works, and I am open to further suggestions also. Thanks.

It was the other two threads that lead me to believe that there was a global setting on you machine, such as JS being disabled or restricted for WordPress.com.

There is not anything wrong with your account. We've tested it on a user level and have not been able to replicate any of the issues which you have been describing.

At this point I would recommend trying a completely different computer or a different network or both. Make sure that you are not behind any firewalls, as that can also prevent certain types of scripts and content from loading.

Something seems to go wrong as soon as I log into wordpress, regardless of browser or platform. What could be wrong with my account? Is it something that I have control over? It does not help that all I see on https://wordpress.com/#!/settings/account/ when I am logged in is the blue banner and an otherwise blank white screen.

Looking through the other threads which you have open, it's sounding like nothing is really working on WordPress.com for you.

A very good portion of our site relies on Javascript in order to function correctly. If you have Javascript turned off or if you have some sort of JS-limiting application in place (whether anti-virus or a browser extension), then it would explain why all of the specific items which you mentioned would fail to work.

I would recommend that you check your system to ensure that Javascript is enabled and allowed for WordPress.com.

Same problem: Widgets don't drag, and ones already in the sidebar don't "open" for maintenance.

I will try downloading Opera, a completely different browser than I have tried previously, and see if any of these things work there.

I took a look at your site's Dashboard and I wasn't able to replicate any issues with dragging and dropping widgets in to your sidebar. I took the liberty of adding the Text widget for you since you mentioned that you were specifically wanting to add that one to your sidebar.

I did want to mention that if you are having issues with holding the widget against the top of the screen and it not scrolling up, you might want to grab the widget and then scrolling up with your mouse wheel. It's a trick I use when I'm in a hurry!

What script could possibly be common to four browsers across two OSes that I have failed to turn off, that is preventing this from working?

If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.

Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

If you are running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com please do these four things:

1. Try clearing your browser’s cache:

http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

2. Make sure that you have third-party cookies enabled: http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

3. Try with all browser extensions or add-ons temporarily disabled.

4. Try enabling HTTPS: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/

If it’s still happening, let us know exactly which browser (and version of it) you’re using by checking here if necessary http://www.whatbrowser.org/ and also post any error reports you get.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors#Step_3:_Diagnosis

Other options would be to check there are no updates outstanding for WordPress or your theme, and to try a different theme and see if you still have the same problem.

Let me know how you get on.

The problem occurs in both Chrome and Firefox on Linux Mint Mate Maya.

Most of the help I have turned up for the problem of widgets failing to drag to the sidebar suggests "turning off the plugins" but my wordpress.com blog doesn't have any plugins, so far as I can tell.

Suggestions appreciated, thank you.

Add this to your custom CSS though, and it will fix the issue.

#access ul ul {
top: 24px;
}

The things I've tried include:

*:{
margin: 0;
margin-bottom:0px;
padding: 0;
}

Thanks for all the feedback!

I am using the 3.4.2 wordpress.

That means you're using WordPress.org, but this forum is for WordPress.com questions. See http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ to learn about the differences.

I checked http://injuryupdate.wordpress.com/ and there are no dropdown menus. If you are referring to a WordPress.com blog, please post a link to the blog you are working on. If you are using WordPress.org 3.4.2, then you should ask for help in the volunteer forums at http://wordpress.org/support/