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theunbiasedeye on "Text editing option, javascript"

theunbiasedeye — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:06:41 +0000

The whole interface is weird, inconsistent, and poorly explained. But someone will object that it's also free.

raincoaster on "Text editing option, javascript"

raincoaster — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:55:33 +0000

Yes, I can't say enough bad things about the New Post button. It does not work, it simply doesn't work.

theunbiasedeye on "Text editing option, javascript"

theunbiasedeye — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:41:03 +0000

I found away around this problem. In the past, there was a button to start a new post right after signing in, and that gave me an editiing window with mode options. That button was replaced by a different button, not exactly a giant leap forward for mankind but it's ok with me, except that it did not give me the same tabs. When I went to put in a title, I hit the spacebar first and the cursor failed to advance. Silly me. I should have known to type characters first. Finally, when I inserted the picture with this new and improved option, I had no choice about placement.

The solution was to ignore that giant button at the top level, figure out how to get the "dashboard" and from there select a new post. That still gives me some control over the look of the thing. I suppose it, too, will disappear in the coming months, but maybe, maybe if you pay extra ...

theunbiasedeye on "Text editing option, javascript"

theunbiasedeye — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:44:59 +0000

Because I no longer have that option. There used to be two tabs at the top of the editing window, now I have none. Trust me, if I could "use" the text editor I would. I do not see where I have that option.

The one window I get is a visual window.

Plus, I cannot put in a title in the title field, nor can I put in tags in the tags field. The cursor appears in those fields, but keystrokes are not picked up.

Plus, I cannot choose the layout of images. They are plunked into the post as centered images.

I couldn't find a setting that gives me these choices back. If you can tell me where, great. The posting interface seems to have changed in the last few weeks. I had not posted or logged in since before Christmas and I don't see any explanation.

raincoaster on "Text editing option, javascript"

raincoaster — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:16:17 +0000

Why don't you just use the Text editor instead of the Visual editor?

theunbiasedeye on "Text editing option, javascript"

theunbiasedeye — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:09:07 +0000

I'm stuck in the visual editing mode, and the text editing option I had in December and earlier, is gone. I normally write in my own html, but that doesn't happen. I see the interface changed since I last entered a post, and in general it seems much restricted.

The text entry in the optional title field isn't working ,-- on Linux (Firefox -- no add ons), or Mac OS (Safari). Nor does the text entry in the tags field work.

The option to place images in custom location.