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posting from dashboard does not work (no preview or settings)

  1. xizar
    Member

    While on my blog, when I click on the big button on the top bar that says "New Post", I get sent to http://wordpress.com/#!/post/ and am then told I don't have the necessary privileges to access the dashboard for wordpress.com (apparently the overall wordpress site).

    When I go specifically to my dashboard or navigate the menu dropdown from my blogname in the top bar, I get sent to the "Add New Post" page but am unable to preview my post (it tells me the page doesn't exist).
    If I publish a post and then go back to edit it, previewing the changes only shows the original post.

    Further, if I try to alter the "status" or "visibility" nothing happens.

    I have experienced this in Safari, Firefox and Chrome, and have made sure that 3rd party cookies are enabled.

    The blog I need help with is xizar.wordpress.com.

  2. xizar
    Member

    I was messing around in Windows (under Bootcamp), and found the problems above were not present.

    Is there something fundamentally different about the OS X browsing environment that breaks wordpress?

    Is there something I can do to resolve this? (Other than "use Windows to post blogs from."

  3. raincoaster
    Member

    We need to know the URL of your blog before we can help.

  4. xizar
    Member

    Oh! My bad. I thought the dropdown menu where it asks which blog made that clear.

    xizar.wordpress.com

  5. raincoaster
    Member

    Thanks. We always need the URL because the dropdown is only visible to staffers.

    It sounds like a problem that a number of people are reporting. Someone has flagged this thread for staff attention, so hopefully they will have a fix for you.

  6. xizar
    Member

    Thank you very much! :)

    Have a good day.

  7. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Can you please tell us which browser (and version of) you're using?

  8. xizar
    Member

    Safari 5.1.5
    Firefox 12.0
    Chrome 10.0.1025.151

    All in OS X.

  9. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Hm, that Chrome is a bit out of date. You might want to update to the latest version (18) ASAP.

    Specifically, what is the URL of the blog giving you trouble?

  10. xizar
    Member

    I horribly mistyped. Make the 10 an 18 for Chrome. Sorry.

    the blog I was trying to adjust is xizar.wordpress.com

  11. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    It's definitely working properly for me.

    Please try clearing your browser's cookies and cache: http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/

  12. xizar
    Member

    I have done this to no effect.

  13. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Do you have third-party cookies enabled?

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

  14. xizar
    Member

    Yes, I do.

  15. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Do you have another network that you could check this from, like home, work, a friend's house, café, etc?

  16. xizar
    Member

    Unfortunately, no.

    The closest I can come to that is rebooting into Windows, where I had no problems.

  17. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Ok, so the problem is only under OS X?

    Which version of OS X are you running?

  18. xizar
    Member

    Lion (10.7.3). "Software Update" tells me everything is up-to-date.

  19. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Do you have any luck if you check or uncheck "Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages" at Users -> Personal Settings in your Dashboard?

  20. xizar
    Member

    Yes.

    Toggling that makes it so that things seem to work. I turned it off to try again, and things were broken. Turning it on fixed it.

  21. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    Perfect! I actually recommend keeping that on, as it will keep your connection more secure.

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