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macmanx on "Dashboard doesn't work"

macmanx — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:25:43 +0000

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brooklynmusic on "Dashboard doesn't work"

brooklynmusic — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:57:14 +0000

Thank you for flagging!

absurdoldbird on "Dashboard doesn't work"

absurdoldbird — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:30:34 +0000

Please don't give your password here (or anywhere else). I'm a volunteer, like most people who answer questions here on the forums and could not get into your account (nor should we be able to). Staff can see inside your account providing they have the correct URL (web address).

I'm going to flag this for staff to look at, as I can't really help any further at the moment. In the meantime, someone else might be able to think of something. (You can tell who is staff by the word beneath their username - you and I have 'member'. If you see any that say 'inactive', just ignore that as it's a bug.)

brooklynmusic on "Dashboard doesn't work"

brooklynmusic — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:56:25 +0000

Still can't get these editing buttons to work.
Thought of trying it on Windows 7 with a newer version IE browser, but since I do all my work on a Mac OS 10.7 iMac and use Firefox or Safari . . .
would prefer to resolve the problem.

Would you like the password, to log in and try it at your end?

absurdoldbird on "Dashboard doesn't work"

absurdoldbird — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:19:00 +0000

My apologies for not returning to this thread - somehow I mislaid it! Are you still having this problem?

brooklynmusic on "Dashboard doesn't work"

brooklynmusic — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:40:59 +0000

Oh wise bird: thank you for replying!
I just went through and did everything in Timethief's suggestions from

en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unable-to-upload-images-as-of-yesterday?replies=5

Then, went back to try again. The "Upload/Insert" button above the visual formatting buttons applies to [Media] [Polls] and [Custom Forms]. It will work if I wanted to add a custom form, but not for images, or polls.

If I right-click on the Upload Media button, and then select "Open in a New Tab" or Open in a New Window" I can get to the promised land:

wp-admin/media-upload.php?

but when I then browse to the desired image in the media library and then click on "Insert Into Post" the page goes blank, I guess because the new window isn't really associated with the post I was editing.

Please (not absurd) bird.

absurdoldbird on "Dashboard doesn't work"

absurdoldbird — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:05:02 +0000

Have you tried the suggestions given by Timethief in the other thread?

brooklynmusic on "Dashboard doesn't work"

brooklynmusic — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:53:18 +0000

I'm having the same problem as

en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unable-to-upload-images-as-of-yesterday?replies=5 at my own blog brooklynmusic.wordpress.com/ on FF 15.0.1 and Chrome 22.0.1229.79.

Problem: I can create a new post, and edit, more or less, but when I click on post-editing buttons like Upload/Insert Media, or (over on the right) try to edit to edit the date for "Published On:", nothing happens.
Why are some Dashboard buttons inactive?