jojo0507

This problem is repeated when I used the third party blog poisting software as well!

How bizarre!
Perhaps it’s something to do with how the code gets stored in MySQL. Or maybe some obscure WP function does some kind of processing of the html code. Weird. I really haven’t a clue.

I solved the problem by using a customised P class. I would have preferred a div though.

Thanks Moshu! I checked that thread.. My problem is a dupe of that; reproducible by editing in the HTML editor (after having disabled the wysiwyg). Save a div called mydiv. Refresh. View the code again and find a p class called mydiv!

Also my closing of divs and p classes does not seem to get properly saved.

I have definitely turned off the wysywyg editor. The tabs are gone and the relevant tickbox is uncheced.

The post you refer to seems to have been solved by the user turning of the wysiwyg editor!

It doesn’t work in my case. I’ll double check one last time, but really I already have, several times.

I am not good enough at HTML to be cocky and shout “bug” with confidence. But it looks like it to me. Can’t think of any reasonable explanation for this behaviour.

Hi,
I am pretty sure I turned it off. I followed your advice.
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“Use the visual editor when writing” = unchecked
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But the problem remains, as I said.
It’s correct that the tabs go away though, and only the “html” option remain.

(Also, the fact that the actual html appears in the text are a for composing the post is a sign that it is not the wysiwyg editor…)

Unless there is some kind of misunderstanding I guess I need to find out how to post without using the WP interface, at least until it is fixed, or this behaviour (if intended) gets changed.

I can’t be the only person who has experienced this!

Hi!
Thanks for posting the list. I will definitely check that properly tomorrow

It should be possible to nest HTML code right?
Well it doesn’t seem to be possible from the WordPress HTML editor!

I turned off the wysiwyg editor, but the problem I was having was in the HTML tab anyway, not in the wysiwyg.

I’d prefer an html entry that was just like notepad over what is there right now.

It is extremely irritating to save a Div and discovered that I am being patronized by a piece of software that reckons I ought to have a <p> and over-rides my save without even telling me… !

Thanks Dr Mike! That solved the problem!

Thanks!

Forgot to post a follow up until now.
I think some of the path issues went away with that fix, but I still don’t *feel* that WP finds scripts and some pictures where I think it ought to…….

I think it would help if I understood WPs file hierarchy better. Is this explained anywhere on the site?

For example, I found a folder containing a number of Javascripts in WP_includes.. What are these scripts, why are they in that particular dir, does WP look there automatically? If so, should I put x.js there, and what relative path should I use to call it…

I guess this post answers your question about whether I am a newbie to web development….. ??

(ask me about IT project management, or client/server apps though….! the problem is, these things are so boooooring! )

Hi! thanks for the suggestions. I made the changes but that’s not the problem.

I noticed that the stylesheet IS actually picked up, but IE7 appears to be ignoring what’s in it.

I know that the sheet has to be called AFTER the original css instructions.

Other instructions are to call the stylesheet in every html file. I am not clear how this applies to php. My best guess seems to be wrong.

I have also read that the call should be made in the head section, just after the call to the main css sheet.

However IE 7 doesn’t correct fixes in the sidebar. Also, when the IE7 css sheet is called, the left column magically moves 50px to the right. Despite there being nothing in the stylesheet that could cause the behaviour. It appears to be happening even if I comment out every single correction in the IE7 stylesheet.

I am beginning to give up with this and find some more crude hack, something similar to the star html hack.

Has anybody reading this actually successfully implemented an IE7 stylesheet with a WP site?

Oh, ok. I stumbled across the solution.
The path to the fix has to be pasted into EVERY SINGLE PHP FILE of the theme. Unlike the msin CSS file which is only referenced once, from header.php.

oh that’s just a cut and paste error. Like I said, I tried both commented and uncommented. ??

To the rescue again! Thanks VKaryl! ??
Are any of the homepages you linked to yours?

(Maybe one of these days I’ll finish this theme and start actually blogging! Oh well! )

I’ve uploaded the file you mentioned, but I don’t know how to ‘activate’ it? The instruction says to activate..
Regards
Jo

Hi! Good suggestion! I just did exactly what you suggested and the problem disappeared. Thank you very much! ??

Solution:
Delete the entire wp-includes folder from your installation, and upload an entire new wp-includes folder from a fresh download of the 2.0.5 distro (see top of page, Download link).

I found that there is a setting on the “User” tab in WP admin that is relevant for this problem.

The setting is

Personal Options
Use the visual rich editor when writing.

If I untick this, a different menu is available in the Write Post tab.

This meny has buttons for tags instead of Rich type edit style icons.

I guess that means I CAN manipulate the text I upload to the blog, so it is a step in the right direction.

I think that the Rich text icons are broken for me, possibly because of some bug in that WP page which that I have triggered.

The problem occurs regardless of what browser I am in, or what theme I use. It continued after I rebooted.

“You’re saying that regardless of if the “Visual Rich Editor” is on or off you don’t see any of the editor buttons?”

Yes, that’s what I am saying.

It cannot be interference of a security suite.
I use next to no security on my machine.
I have worked in IT for quite a while and know what a snake pit such apps usually are.
Common sense and knowledge protects better, and I do use the Windows firewall.

I don’t use any other security and never have security problems other than dodgy cookies according to online virus scans.

Based on a number of posts by a member called Ahhh, I am getting the impression that this must be some kind of bug or bug-like behcaiour in WP. There seemed to be no logic in how and when the problem was happening for that user.

There is some kind of connection with a setting for RSS feeds, so I’ll try toggling a few settings on and off.

If there are alternative ways of posting to the WP blog while still having access to things like Categories and features on the ‘Write ” and Edit” post pages from WP I’d really like to know about them.

Not to keen on that wysiwyg editor

Haha well I really only used it to add CSS classes to non-text items that I wanted to add to the post, like pics and table. (I hate silly web based wysywyg editors too, but I am not aware of alternatives in this situation? )

Anyway, I am finding that some other people had similar problems to what I am having. You helped somebody here..
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/89728?replies=18

I am researching and trying to understand….The behaviour smells like corruption because it displays the little jpeg icons for various editing tasks, then decides not to load them after all and displays very small buttons with no icons and no associated action.