genealogist1

Solved the issue myself

Thanks Alan,
I am a family historian using WordPress to publish my research. When I upgraded to WordPress 4.8.1 I had a lot of issues which took a long time to resolve. Most people I asked for advice said it must be one of your ‘plugins’.

To me Media Library Folders is the most important plugin I use because I regularily upload revised pdf file to replace previous ones and placing the new file in the same folder with the same file name means I do not have to recreate the links on the webpage.

As I now want to upgrade to 4.9.1 I thought it wise to as for your views before doing so.

Thanks for your advice
Regards
Brian

Hi Tom,
Many thanks for the explanation, which clarifies it perfectly
Regards
Brian

Hi Tom,
Many thanks for the push in the right direction
Regards
Brian

Hi linux4me2,
Thanks for your patience I was tired last night and started to make mistakes, so I left further testing until this evening.

I tried uploading and switching to theme twenty seventeen and the problem still occurred.

Hi zoeloumba
Re your comments the problem occurs on both themes 2016 and 2017 therefore probably not a problem.
All pluggins have been disabled
So what are the navigator problems?

Hi linux4me2 again
I do not know what you mean by ‘hotlinking protection’ can you please give me some guidance as to how I check that is not the problem?
I have already updated to 4.7.2 using the button on the dashboard but is this different from a ‘manual update’ ? If it is different then can you please give me guidance as to how to do a manual update?

I have searched around on Google and I don’ seem to be the only person with the same problem. The problem occurred very shortly after upgrading to 4.7.

Your help is much appreciated
Regards
The genealogist
PS In 1 hour I have to go out for 2 hours I do appreciate your help to try and resolve this problem

Hi linux4me2

When I go into developers’ tools in Firefox and it displays the Console tab I get the following message:
ReferenceError: tinymce is not defined

Could this be the cause and if so how do I rectify the problem?

Regards
The genealogist

Hi linux4me2

I have now deactivated all the plugins and cleared the cache in Firefox and this has not rectified the problem.
Whilst I do have white on white when editing; there are also no controls (formatting etc) above the editing area and I believe there are two options for editing ‘text’ and ‘visual’. The white on white text is in the option shows the page in HTML format rather than what the page actually looks like and I cannot select the other option.

How difficult is it to use the developer’s tools?
I normally use Chrome – how should I clear the cache when using Chrome?

Regards
The Genealogist

Hi linux4me2,
I have deactiated WPedit, logged out of WordPress, Logged back into WordPress and the problem is still there

Regards
Genealogist1

Hi
Many thanks for your reply, before I follow your instructions can I please ask one further question:

When I have deactivated and removed the plugin ‘Contact Form 7’ will I still have a working contact Form on my website or do I need to make alternative contact arrangements just in case version 4.5.1 fails to upload?
Regards
Brian

Hi tero2000
Thanks for your reply. I have looked at the .php file in the link you suggest and it appears to mach the shorter version on https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes.

This then makes me ask the question why does the codex have two options a short version and a long version.
Brian

Hi Eva,
I appear to have successfully updated to WordPress 4.6
Thankd for your help
Brian

Hi Eva,
Thanks for your reply I will now update to WordPress 4.6
Regards
Brian

Hi Tom,
Many thanks for your reply.
I have done what your link recommends and no everything is working great
May thanks for your help

Regards
Brian