I actually am having the same problem. Can’t type in the reply box.  Updated all plugins  – and then this happened.

Ok – I just fixed it by deactivating the tiny rich editor ..

no such luck for me ><

Daniel: Could you try an experiment. Deactivate woo commerce… refresh your browser cache and try the tinymce editor again. See if that makes any difference. Of course you don’t have that editor activated at the moment so hard for me to see what might be happening.

Yellow Swordfish…  i am happy to say that did the trick.. the editor is now there..  and by all accounts seems to be functioning properly..

does that mean i am unable to use woocommerce?  i am not using it at the moment, I did plan to use it.. in the near future.. but id rather have the forum working .. and find an alternative to woocommerce

thanks

-Dan

We have encountered Woo Commerce before. The problem with is that it bundles a bespoke version of the jQuery library and, I believe, some jQuery plugins in it’s own script file. I am afraid this then stomps all over the WP protocols for the correct load of scripts and you end up with various copies of the same library – different versions and all hell breaks loose for any plugin properly using the libraries.

This codex article explains what this means:

http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/faq/troubleshooting/what-is-this-jquery-conflict/

Of course the best option for everyone would be if the Woo Commerce guys could construct their plugin properly and it would be very simple for them to do this…

i am wondering then.. if other jQuery issues i have had in the past boil down to woocommerce.. we have managed to find alternatives when those issues came about..

on another note.. can you point me to a resource that can show me how to change the layout of the editor .. right now its stacked in a very inefficient manor.. taking up more room than it should and it seems no matter what i do with the options .. whether i move things to toolbar 1 or two.. nothing changes.. i am able to get he skin color to change.. 

-Dan

That could be the case. Any plugin that uses jQuery and the UI libraries in accordance with WP standards and the WP API are likely to have problems.

Now – to the toolbar. Did you add those extra buttons in the editor UI (Components) because we certainly do not define all of those. Or three toolbars for that matter. Or – do you have one of the WP plugins installed that adds extra buttons…?

ahh yes.. so your saying that its reading the settings from the WP site?

If you have something like the WordPress Advanced TinyMCE plugin installed the forum will try and use the same settings and Tiny plugins.

If you don’t use the advanced Tiny plugin you can deactivate and Simple:Press will use the ones you have set in the Forum Components Tiny settings.

If you want to keep the Advanced Tiny plugin then you probably will need to edit it’s settings and maybe some CSS in the forum to get it to display properly. If that’s the case I would start with removing any buttons from the Advanced Tiny plugin that you currently don’t use and then go from there.

yeah.. this is really starting to get . mind numbing..

So the issue of the text editor not showing up just started happening again.. here is the strange thing.. if i log in as myself admin.. i am unable to see the editor.. if i log in as a test user.. basically a standard access user.. the text editor is there..   and functioning..

any idea?

started showing up again??  did something change?  dumb question I know since you are working issues…

are you running any caching plugins?

and do you have any wp plugins that give admins special permissions on the front end?  ie more js loaded?

OK.. just checking back in..

I did get this resolved.. essentially there was an conflict with the WP tinyMCE editor and the SP TinyMCE.. I didnt really use the TinyMCE on our blog posts.. so i just deactivated it and uninstalled it.. and reactivated it in SP admin..

all is well.. we have the functionality that we desire.. i did read there was a work around if i wanted to use both .. but i had to evaluate it.. and after 100+ blog posts.. we realized we just didnt need it in WP.. but really wanted it in the SP forum

all is well .. i am very happy with the quick response we get here.. and its worth have this in depth resource.. when my 2 month comes up ill be adding a year..

Thanks

Dan

good news!  not sure I follow the details, but if you are happy – we like that!

thanks for the kind words!