Incomplete Dashboard

  • A couple of months ago, strange things started happening to my blog dashboard. I would try to edit a post, only to see a blank page. Disabling certain plugins helped, but didn’t completely solve the problem.

    I thought that upgrading to 3.0 would help, but things are only getting worse. Now, for example, the Import subpanel is completely blank and the Export subpanel only loads halfway.

    I have:
    (1) Disabled all plugins
    (2) Repaired the SQL database
    (3) Changed to a standard theme (Twenty Ten)
    (4) Replaced the wp-admin and wp-includes folders

    Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • Have you tried:

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    – increasing the available memory?
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/253495#post-1017842

    Thread Starter cordobatim

    (@cordobatim)

    Yes, I’ve been pretty thorough with the plugins, renaming the folder and creating an empty plugins folder. Hadn’t tried the memory bump, but it didn’t seem to help either.

    Thanks for the suggestions!

    I have had a similar problem before.

    The way I fixed this was to ensure there were no blank lines at the bottom of any of the wordpress php files. This is a very tedious job however it did help me and it did fix my problem.

    Be careful! Make sure you don’t do anything other than remove blank lines at the bottom of the file!

    Don’t bother with the memory bump plugin if you’re using WP 3.0. That code is already part of the core. However, the “bump” approach doesn’t work on all servers, so you might want to have a look at some of the manual methods of increasing your memory allocation.

    Thread Starter cordobatim

    (@cordobatim)

    Tried RichieC19’s suggestion… phew! That was mind numbing. And ineffective, unfortunately, but thanks for the suggestion.

    Can’t get the memory allocation to have any effect, either.

    Apparently when BlueHost migrated from 2.9 to 3.0 we lost our admin dashboard page. Site is fine, the LH column of options is fine, as is the header. But:

    1. Search Engines Blocked appears next to our logo
    2. The rest of the screen is blank. If I select an option from the LH list it appears to work (i.e., loads for several seconds), but screen does not change.

    Any suggestions would be welcome, as we can’t change the site until this is resolved. ;(

    @shlomster: Don’t highjack another poster’s thread. Please post a new topic.

    @cordobatim: Try:

    – re-uploading all files & folders from a fresh download of WordPress 3.0 in case you have some corrupt files

    – checking & running repairs on your database in case that’s damaged.

    – adding define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false ); to the bottom of your wp-config.php file (just before the require_once line).

    – contacting your hosts to see if they can help. At the very least, you may be able to find out if you can raise your memory allocation (not all hosts allow it).

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