25 Jun
Posted by Wayne as Blogging Help & Tips
After I migrated to WordPress, I opened a post and was unable to create a hyperlink. When I tried, I selected some text and clicked the Insert/edit Link button and instead of getting the insert/edit link screen, I was presented with a download dialog. For some reason, the form would not display in the window that was so clearly defined for it.
Whenever I try to edit an image, I also receive the same treatment.
This same failure occurs on different browsers, however in IE I don’t get a file download, just a blank, white area like you see in the image above.
This failure also occurs on different computers, which leads me to believe that there is something wrong with my install of WordPress, or perhaps one of the plugins I’m using is causing this problem.
So while I’m continuing to work on this problem, I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone who frequents my blog knows how to resolve this issue.
I’ll give $10 to the first person that can tell me exactly how to fix this. Leave a response below if you think you know why this happens. If that leads to me fixing the issue, I’ll give you $10. Simple. Ask anything you need to.
UPDATE!
I made a video to show the issue in better detail







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Brady Bonk
June 25th, 2009 at 9:55 am
5I do know that IE tends to hang up on this function, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Your anonymous commenter above gives sage advice. You might also check for a newer version of the theme you’re using? I’ve installed the same theme at different times and had them behave very differently because they were different versions.
In the meantime, you’ll just have to do it the old-fashioned way.
Demeur
June 25th, 2009 at 10:06 am
61. Open window
2. Pick up computer
3. Throw computer out window
4. Buy a Mac
David Cooley
June 25th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
7Put my $10 on a plugin not playing nice. Uninstall all plugins, test link, if it works, reinstall one at a time to find the problem child.
If that is not the case, well, I just don’t know……
Wayne
June 26th, 2009 at 8:41 am
8Quick update, I’ll be comparing the files to see if there is a difference on the installs. It’s possible since my host offers an auto-install option, so that could be a potential reason.
David is also spot on, it could be one of the many plugins I attached to the install afterwards.
I’m going to do all this tomorrow morning, so we’ll see what happens.
Demeur, lol, I ain’t buying no mac, final answer. No way, no how. That one button mouse just creeps me out…lol
Kikolani
June 26th, 2009 at 10:29 am
9I don’t think it is related, but one time I created a WordPress page called Sitemap. Every time I went to view the post, it prompted me for a download. Then I remembered that there was a sitemap.xml in the main directory, and I guess it couldn’t have both being in the root directory.
~ Kristi
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Wayne
June 26th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
10Thanks for the idea, but yeah, that’s unrelated. Although I will say that it’s important to remember that what you brough up could be an issue in any case.
All pages on the net need to have a unique URL reference of some sort.
You would know that the problem is centered around that particular page, and depending upon way WordPress (or any other website/blog platform for that matter) handles duplicate URL references will also be part of how hard it is to locate the true issue and correct it.
There’s some solid over-analysis on that issue..lol
Wayne
June 26th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
11Here’s what I’ve done:
Compared a fresh version of 2.8 to what I was running. The original code I used came from an automated install routine. I noticed there were several folders that I had under the wp-content area named “cache”, “upgrade” and “uploads”. These aren’t default install folders…or they occur after migration of the 2.8 download files.
Other than that, everything is identical. I wasn’t able to tap the file date to compare on that since when I downloaded this site, the timestamps all changed to the current date. No matter. I’m performing a wipe and replace of all the sites files.
We’ll be back in just one moment…
Wayne
June 26th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
12Nope….a fresh install didn’t change anything…hmmm crap. I would have sworn that would resolve this…
Perhaps it has to do with the database and a faulty plugin install? But something makes me think that a file association issue is more the culprit…
Demeur
June 29th, 2009 at 1:00 am
13Wayne – Sorry to report that I’ve checked a couple of other bloggers who have had the same problems with Wordpress. They were so frustrated spending hours and getting nowhere that they went back to blogger or some other blog program.
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Wayne
June 29th, 2009 at 8:38 am
14I have a lead. I’ve found another WordPress blog that I’ve set up where the links work. So I’m going to compare this one to that one and hopefully find the culprit.
I can’t give up on issues like this, as much as I might like to. I wouldn’t be much of a web developer if I did. Besides, this one is easy compared to some issues where I’ve banged my head against it for weeks, sometimes months, lol
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