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By: K8 the GR8 » Blog Archive » September’s Dog’s Bollox

K8 the GR8 » Blog Archive » September’s Dog’s Bollox — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:33:03 +0000

[...] surprising I suppose. Anyway, he deserved the extra bit, if not for the blog itself, then for the excellent wordpress advice he doles out in dire [...]

By: Kirk M

Kirk M — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:14:37 +0000

English Mum,

Got your email, sent one back.

By: Kirk M

Kirk M — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:14:07 +0000

K8,

Of course you’re inconsolable. Means your a fine mother. However, you have an excellent outlet for your anguish…you’re a taxi driver. Abuse your passengers, it does wonders for your attitude.

By: English Mum

English Mum — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:40:08 +0000

K8: Fancy havin’ a Dad that’s everyone’s Grandad! Headwreck indeed. Aw, Puppychild off to school? She looks so teeny! Bet she’ll have that whole school thing sorted in two ticks – seems a together sort of girly! Oh and thanks,I have absolutely no internet savvy either! x

By: K8

K8 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:16:26 +0000

My dad, I mean. Not Grandad. Except he is. Headwreck!

By: K8

K8 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:15:00 +0000

Good ole Kirk M! Thanks matey, I felt awful that I couldn’t help… Grandad’s genius in that department hasn’t rubbed off on me much. Low attention span I supp… what was I saying?

Oh yeah. Puppychild is leaving me for the big bad world on the 3rd. I’m inconsolable!

By: English Mum

English Mum — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:23:20 +0000

Ma: It’s all good – 2 days in and he’s very enthusiastic – has made friends and not stopped talking so far. Let’s hope it continues! x

Kate: Well it looks like Kirk might have come to my rescue! A knight in shining…erm..code?! xx

Kirk: My saviour! Email on its way.

Baino: Oh no! You know I’m no good at pastry

By: English Mum

English Mum — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:21:21 +0000

Wee One: Oh yes, and the sixth form girls, well, let’s just say they were obviously wearing the same skirts they wore in the first form!!! Aw poor little nephew – isn’t it a shame when they wish their lives away (God, I’m old) x

By: Baino

Baino — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:58:35 +0000

Ahh no matter how much you tell them that schooldays are the best days of their lives, they’ll never believe you . . until they start work! Nice lunch by the way . . that would definitely be wedgey worthy in our schools! Tough boys eat pies!

By: Kirk M

Kirk M — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:03:38 +0000

Hi English Mum,

Although he might not admit it readily, unless he’s in a good mood or had one pint too many, I’m a friend of Grandad’s in a bloggish sort of way and one of those rather strange WordPress/computer geeks to boot albeit an old one.

Sounds like some basic troubleshooting is needed here:

Since other folks are commenting (logged out) I assume that your trouble lies when you’re logged in. This means something is keeping the page from refreshing after you submit a comment or an edit to a comment. Is that using WP’s built in comment editor or using a plugin like Ajax Edit Comments? I take it things grind to a halt when you attempt to save the edit. If so…

This might be caused by one of 3 things:

1. Corrupted cache in IE.

Close IE. Clear all IE browser history, temporary internet files and cookies*, start IE and log back into your Admin. Try doing another edit. If it works you’re good to go. (*Under IE’s “Internet Options”, “General” tab depending on version).

2. Internet Explorer in general. (should be using Firefox M’lady. WP doesn’t like IE very much though this probably isn’t the problem).

Give Firefox a try. It won’t rupture Windows or beat IE into a pulp no matter what you may have heard. That plus if you run into trouble using IE you can eliminate the browser as a problem by trying the same thing using Firefox and see if it works then. Anyway…

3. A plugin problem.

a. If you just installed a new plugin prior to this problem happening then deactivate that plugin and give it a test. If it works then that new plugin’s the problem, otherwise…

b. Deactivate all your plugins with the exception of Akismet (if you use it) then test by editing a comment and saving or replying to one…either way. If it works okay, then it’s one of your plugins causing the problem. If so, reactivate each plugin one at time, doing the edit test between each one (yup, pain in the rear but troubleshooting is and all that). When saving an edit fails, the most likely culprit is the last plugin activated.

If you’ve already tried any or all of the above solutions then I suggest beating the thing with an old cricket bat.

Feel free to give me a holler using the email address I used for this comment. I’m always happy to help others out of PC/WordPress jams. Grandad might even vouch for me…if he’s in a good mood that is.

Maybe we should call Wallace. He’s inventing mostly.