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Simple:Press Administration panel not working

NW NITA Webmaster
NITA Webmaster
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Hello,

I would like some help to figure out what is wrong with the links/buttons on the administration panel of Simple:Press on my website. I’m not able to make any changes when I click on any of the buttons (i.e., Edit Forum, Edit Groups, Manage Groups and Forums, etc.). I cannot add any other admin or user with administration permission to access the administration dashboard of Simple:Press either. Every time I press on any of the links (left hand side) or buttons, it jumps to the top of the page and nothing else happens.

This is a membership website and only paying members have access to the forum. I’ve deactived other plugins one by one to see which one could be causing the conflict, but all to no avail. I’ve been reading several related posts on this support forum, and I can’t pinpoint the issue either.

WordPress version is 3.9.2, and Simple:Press version is Version 5.5.0.1.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!

NITA Webmaster

www.nitaonline.org

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MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

probably a js conflict… I do notice on the front end, your site, likely from wp theme, is loading a very old version of jquery rather than using the version that comes with wp… if doing something wrong like that in the admin, could be the problem…

I tried to log in with the credentials you sent us, but afraid they do not work…

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

well, as mentioned, something is loading an old version of jquery ui from an external source instead of the more current version from wp which is expected by other plugins…

<script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.min.js?ver=3.9.2′></script>

So I would try to resolve that…

Additionally, you have 22 plugins that are out of date and have updates available (including simple press plus even more simple press plugins)…  and your wp is out of date…  its always best to keep things up to date…

NW NITA Webmaster
NITA Webmaster
Member

Thank you for looking into this. I will make changes/updates and will keep you posted.

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

let us know how you make out… happy to look again if it continues after the changes…

NW NITA Webmaster
NITA Webmaster
Member

Hi again!

I have bad news. after updating all my plugins, updating the theme and the skin, the Forum’s Administration Panel is not working. I ran an Audit on Chrome and this is what the results show:

Error: Uncaught reference error: vtip is not defined.

I have also attached an image. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

NITA Webmaster

http://www.nitaonline.org

SimplePress_Code_Audit.png
MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

so did you correct the improper loading of jquery referenced in post #3?

NW NITA Webmaster
NITA Webmaster
Member

Mr Papa said
so did you correct the improper loading of jquery referenced in post #3?

I did. The plugin loading the old jquery version was WP-UI tabs. I deactivated and deleted that plugin. I also updated Nivo Slider since it uses jquery as well. However, nothing works on the Simple: Press Administration panel. Any other ideas?

IK Ike
Ike
Member

I’m not seeing any errors on the page. Are you getting anything in your error log when you try and use the admin panel?

Also, what exactly happens when you say ‘nothing works’… is it that you can’t click the buttons? is it just not displaying the right data?

NW NITA Webmaster
NITA Webmaster
Member

Ike said
I’m not seeing any errors on the page. Are you getting anything in your error log when you try and use the admin panel?

Also, what exactly happens when you say ‘nothing works’… is it that you can’t click the buttons? is it just not displaying the right data?

I haven’t checked my error log, but when I click on the buttons, i.e. Edit Groups, Edit forum, Edit permision, it jumps to the top of the page and nothing else happens. However, when I want to see the participants names in the specific group, the accordion tab rolls down ans shows the info. Basically I cannot make any changes, add or delete participants, change permissions, etc. I posted a picture of a javascript error on post 6.

Thanks again!

IK Ike
Ike
Member

Really the first thing to do is to disable plugins. Normally it’s best to take them all off, and add them one at a time until you find the problem.

Since it’s admin panel you could do that reverse, disable them one at a time until your admin panel works how it should..

Definitely should cross this off the list before looking any deeper.

NW NITA Webmaster
NITA Webmaster
Member

Ike said
Really the first thing to do is to disable plugins. Normally it’s best to take them all off, and add them one at a time until you find the problem.

Since it’s admin panel you could do that reverse, disable them one at a time until your admin panel works how it should..

Definitely should cross this off the list before looking any deeper.

Like I said on post 1. I already disabled all the plugins one by one. It didn’t work.

IK Ike
Ike
Member

Well the error is most likely going to be related to something not getting on with WP..

As Mr Papa suggested updating everything and fixing the older error, wondered if you had tried running just WP and SP since updating and removing the problem. If you have ruled plugins out since updating everything have you tried the WP theme itself? Maybe try default theme and if you have any admin panel themes try reverting to default there as well.

Sorry if you have already tried this, but as I said have to try the basics..