Really Must I?

In this case it is not a TinyMCE issue.

Even when you DON’T switch back and forth, as I said above, the link disappears – but now I have a hint as to why –

In Visual the icon to create a link is not live until you highlight what you want to make a link of. Not so in HTML – the word ‘link’ is always live even if you have nothing highlighted. So it let’s you create a link, but there is nothing chosen as the link, therefore it drops it when you save or update.

To me? That’s a HUGE issue – If you tell me we have a link, I take your word at it. Not everybody, and certainly not my clients, delve into HTML as deeply as we do.

@ryan Williams

I totally concur with you regarding the Simplified Editing Bar – I want to use full screen writing, but since there is virtually no formatting/editing capabilities I can’t/wont.

It really was a useless change as far as I am concerned.

Thanks, Triple P >>

I tried the code from your link, but it is frustratingly not clear exactly how to place this in the functions.php file (for the theme, correct?)

I guess I will have to go to my clients theme (iTheme) page and see if they know how to do this.

Do you know what the author means here? Where do I place this code? At the end of the theme’s functions.php or in some other file?

anywhere you want to display this post number, use the following line:

<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID,'incr_number',true); ?>

Thanks again for the reference.

@mistermist – I just tried it again after your post above with nothing but the JS and it worked fine. No hesitations, nothing.

Then I tried it with extra text – again, no issues. I even tried it by saving the title first, then by placing text and JS in the body before typing a title.

No issues, and, like you, I had done nothing. No upgrades, no DB repairs, nothing.

An absolute mystery.

But I am glad it works because I am pretty sure that Transpose Email thing works… we’ve had email links up for a year now and no spam.

@mistermist and @ddavisphoto – are you using any javascript?

I fixed my issue on that one post by deleting line by line until I discovered it was the Transpose Email js code. But I have had no issues with it on any other blogs.

Also, I determined that if I try a New Post and add content first, then the title, the error occurs but the draft isn’t saved.

I still think it might be a javascript issue, but if yo folks determine it’s a word or phrase that hags you up, please post the details here.
This is the JS I am using – again, it works fine elsewhere on the site and many other sites.

<a href="javascript:Transpose_Email('sponsors','calsafetyconference.com','Info on Being a Sponsor Or Exhibitor') ">email us.</a>

Thanks, Heather.

I deleted a javascript callout in the body text used with the “transpose email” plugin and the preview then worked fine.

I use that javascript call all over the blog so why, how, does that become an issue? The quirks of tech, huh?

Following up I checked database and cPanel says all good, but I ran the repair anyway. No change. I deleted javascript callout in the body text used with “transpose email” plugin and the preview then worked fine.

I use that javascript call all over the blog so why, how, does that become an issue?

Heather, it looks like you got the site to work as I see a new post on your blog dated after you made this inquiry. Could you share with us how you fixed it? I think I am not the only one that needs to know.

Thanks!

@doug and Matt –
Thank you both for your replies. I, too, thought the API suspension was for developers only.

I tried another plugin as well, PingPressFM, which purports to be the original but is no longer truly supported either. The setup was confusing – you have to be able to read the guys mind…

So, if I find anything that works I will let you know. I think I am going to talk to Lester Chan and my contact over ate ShareThis to see if either of them have anything in the works. I will let you know.

@matt – I too am having the same problem – even reset my API key and nothing gets through. I ran several tests on ping.fm yesterday – all good. Today? Their site is down. Ever since seesmic bought them the service seems to have gotten worse.

What alternative plugin is there?

Did you ever find a solution to this? If so, would you share?

I used the Clean Options plugin some time ago and as I recall the ShareThis functions are in the table as

st_***

(*** being wildcards I use here as an example)

Also, if you are using the Thesis theme, and put the ShareThis code into Site Options >> Additional Scripts or Stat Tracking Software box then odd things happen. I suggest using the hooks in Thesis and modifying the custom_functions.php file to place the code exactly where you want it.

Seems that DaddyDesign has Google ads scripts and they may be the source for whatever reason. When you view his code in Notepad++ and search for ShareThis a couple of Google scripts show up as the source (I think).

I, too, would love to get away from Feedburner. Even if it means going to another feed aggregator. Google’s handling of this whole thing, including instructions, is rather haphazard. It’s great for the really techno people, but if you just want to get on the air it sucks.

And you have to know to look at the XML Feed to get the link to the email feed. Which requires a separate button anyway. Almost usless.

I use Feedburner as well, but I instinctively want to get away from it for some reason… would still think that an email feed would be part and parcel of WP.

Okay, I give up. I went ahead and created a new directory and uploaded WP to that one.

BTW, here’s a good resource for this…target=”_blank” title=”Quick and Easy Install”>