Saving drafts erratic, unable to preview posts
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Since mid-morning today, it’s taken multiple attempts to save a draft, and sometimes they won’t save at all.
In addition, the “Preview” function is not working. When I click on “preview”, nine times out of ten all I get is “about:blank”.
Both problems occur from the text and visual editor tab. I’ve done the usual cookies/cache routine, and re-started my computer.
This is happening both in IE and in my favored browser, updated Firefox with no add-ons.
Thanks for checking on this.
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Are your sure you have third party cookies enabled?
I’m asking because that’s the usual solution to what you have posted. -
I do have them enabled. I just double-checked, to be sure settings hadn’t changed somehow.
I was in the middle of working on a new post when the problem started. I’d been working with no problem, and then it started getting glitchy.
I just tried again, and was able to save my draft 3 out of 4 times, but when I try to preview, it tries to connect for a second, and then I get only “about:blank”.
It’s a mystery, but I do need to be able to preview my post before I put it up. Thanks for stopping by!
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it tries to connect for a second, and then I get only “about:blank”.
Okay are you using the https:// login? It doesn’t sound like it to me. Try enabling HTTPS: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/
Add both *.wordpress.com and *.wp.com to your list of trusted sites under the Security tab. Make sure to uncheck the box for “Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone.” http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/#frequently-asked-questions
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Yes, I’ve had https enabled in my personal settings for some time.
What I’ve been searching for and can’t find is any place to add *.wordpress.com, etc., to a list of trusted sites. Does Firefox do it differently? The support page instructions for Firefox don’t match anything I see in Firefox. They simply say:
Manage in Firefox:
Go to Firefox menu > Preferences > Advanced > Certificates
Choose your preference.I have no “Preferences” in my FF menu. If I take the Tools>Options>Advanced>Certificates route, I can’t make heads or tails of anything. If I choose to “view certificates”, I can’t find anything that looks like WP in “servers” or “authorities”, and there certainly isn’t any list of trusted sites (that I can find.)
And now my draft isn’t saving again, even though the https is enabled.
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I’m so sorry butcan’t recall where to set this up and I’m limping along today because I misplaced my glasses without even leaving the house last night. I’ll tag this thread for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.
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Thanks so much – I’m going to go work with another draft in the meantime, just to see if there’s something with this particular post that’s a problem.
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Unbelievable. I think I found the problem.
I tried saving three other drafts, with no problem at all. I could preview them, too. That meant the problem had to be in the post that was giving me trouble.
I couldn’t see it in the visual editor, so I went into the text editor and started combing through it. Buried in the middle of the text was this:
<img title="More..." src="https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt="" /></span>Looks to me like a “More” tag. How it got there, I haven’t a clue, but it clearly shouldn’t have been there. I removed it, and <i>voila!</i> I could refresh and preview without a hitch.
I’m going to work on the post tonight, and if everything keeps working fine through some revisions and previews, I’ll mark it “resolved”.
Thanks, TT!
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I’m marking this “resolved”. I’ve not had a single problem tonight, and everything is functioning as it should.
Thanks again, TT. Much appreciated.
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