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TinyMCE not working – no editor appears

AL a_creative_life
a_creative_life
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Actually, when I click reply to a topic, I can see the TinyMCE editor toolbar appear for a split second. (Literally — if I blink, I’ll miss it.) Then I’m left with a blank topic body field, with no editor at all. 

It also takes several seconds for the body field to respond to a click — it’s just a blank white box for several seconds, then eventually the cursor “takes” and I can start typing.

This has been going on for a long time (weeks? months?), but I haven’t had time to troubleshoot til now. :(

The site is a protected membership site, but I can DM login credentials. 

Any help would be most appreciated!

Thanks,

Melissa

PS – TinyMCE is version 2.0.6. Simple:Press is version 5.2.6

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MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

how about a link to your site?

its going to come down to a js conflict or more likely you have a wp theme or plugin that is incorrectly adding buttons to tinymce… do you know if you have any that add buttons to the wp editor in the admin?  if they do it incorrectly, it causes issues for any plugin that uses the wp editor on the front end like simple press…  too many plugins and themes, make the false assumption the wp editor will only be used in the admin… but that is not how the wp api is set up…

AL a_creative_life
a_creative_life
Member

I PM’d you login credentials. The site is http://artempowers.me, but it’s a private membership site, so there’s no access to the forums except for paid members.

I’m checking plugins for incompatibility…

AL a_creative_life
a_creative_life
Member

FYI, I just disabled ALL WordPress plugins except WishList Member and Simple:Press, and TinyMCE still not working.

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

what about your wp theme? did you try switching to the default wp theme? did you send the pm to yellow swordfish? I wont be able to look before tomorrow and he might have a chance too…

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

so there are some tinymce errors…  and it seems that you have some plugins adding stuff to the tinymce editor…

one is wishlist.. perhapd an idcard plugin for it?  some shortcodes…  another is a pro player video, but it might be okay….

guessing the culprit is wishlist idcard…  its probably doing it wrong on how it adds the buttons or loads its plugin to tinymce…  makes that fatal, incorrect assumption its occurring in the admin…  we have seen another wishlist plugin that had same issue with tinymce…

can you temp disable the wishlist idcard thnig and see if any effect?

AL a_creative_life
a_creative_life
Member

As I mentioned above, I tried disabling all plugins, and that didn’t make a difference.

I just now tried disabling JUST WishList IDCard. Nada.

Then I tried disabling WishList Member. Still no change — TinyMCE simply does not show up (except for that split-second flash)

???

AL a_creative_life
a_creative_life
Member

Also, URL: http://artempowers.me

I sent admin login credentials to Mr Papa and Yellow Swordfish via DM.

Thanks.

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
Member

Yes – I did get the PM. But those credentials do not give me access to the actual site and the forum…

AL a_creative_life
a_creative_life
Member

Sorry! Go to http://artempowers.me/forum 

You can log in right there using the credentials I sent.

Thanks!

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
Member

Have you moved any of the CSS for the Simple:Press tinyMCE plugin?

Steve: Can you see any of the CSS being loaded for tinyMCE? I may just be missing it…

AL a_creative_life
a_creative_life
Member

FYI, I’m still having the same persistent problems with TinyMCE not working. The editor sometimes flashes for a SPLIT SECOND, but often I don’t ever see it at ALL — there’s NO editor. Period.

I’ve done nothing with CSS, so I’m not sure how to answer the question above.

I did send login info back when I started this thread, but will DM you again. We are tearing our hair out with this one.

Disabling ALL plugins has NO EFFECT on this, fyi.

Thanks for your help. I’m ready to throw in the towel. My partner is more persistent, but he’s not the one who handles all the tech issues, I am. 8-P

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
Member

no css because there is no css chosen for tinymce… also trying to set it in the options doesnt seem to work… not sure why…

also on the front end, their may be a conflict with other plugins… they may be incorrectly adding buttons to the wp editor…  the wp editor api fully supports using it on the front end.. however some themes and plugins make the assumption its only in the admin and incorrectly load their stuff…  I see something called proplayer and wilist stuff adding buttons and stuff to tinymce…  they may be doing it wrong keeping it from loading… cannot really tell…  perhaps deactivate them and see if it makes difference…

as to tinymce option not saving, confused…