It sounds to me like you need to export your WP site via Tools -> Export, then completely remove the installation, install it again from fresh, import your exported XML file, and then try again within WP. If that works then give Contribute another go. Something somewhere has got corrupt or a setting in the database has gone wrong. Your export won't include these settings, just your posts, pages, comments and links. Of course you can also back up your entire database using phpMyAdmin or using the WP Backup plugin. However, that's going to be your best option.

It's not contribute because it worked while I was using contribute. Adobe contribute is part of the adobe design suite used for updating the blog direct from the web. it's not a widget.

I've tried taking off all the widgets and it made no difference, still had the problem without any activated. I also did an upgrade from 2.7 to 2.7.1 just to see if that would clear the problem but it didn't.

Not sure what else to do or try apart from uninstall the whole thing and reinstall, which I really really really don't want to do.

My fuse is running short as they say.

Regards

Andy

If you don't have a plugin for contribute look at your other plugins and deactivate them all, try posting, see if it works. If it does then one of those is the culprit and you'll have to turn each one on individually, test a post, then move on to the next until you find which one is causing the problem.

Let me know if any of that is of use. However, it sounds like the connection for contribute is the potential problem.

Thanks for the reply. Happy to tell you as much as I can about my problems, in the hope that someone, just someone (hopefully you!) might be of help.

Exactly as it happened then: First, I took a download of my database when it was hosted with my old host Lycos. At the time I was on version 2.3 I think.

I wanted to upgrade anyway and I thought there would be all sorts of problems if I uploaded and then upgrade (boy I wish I'd have done it that way now!), so I installed version 2.7 as a fresh installation. My new host Justhost, then uploaded the data dump from my old version and after a bit of messing about, getting it to point to the right places, it was up and running just fine.

I started adding a few more posts and it all worked nicely. Then I tried to upload a post through adobe contribute and it wouldn't connect. I sorted that, but it wouldn't allow me to publish a post. I tried it through the admin screen in wordpress and it just wouldn't work.

The rest is pretty much as per my last post. I haven't done anything fancy to it or added any widgets. I'd be happy knowing I'd done something stoopid and undoing it but I can't even think of anything I've done.

Well you asked for it and there it is, as full as I can remember.

If you can help I'd be eternally grateful.

Andy

Ideally you should have uploaded your site and database as it was on the old server, once that was running then upgraded WordPress. Have you tried installing a fresh version in a secure directory and just see if it works fine out of the box? If so then it's either something missing on the upgrade, depends whether you did the upgrade by FTP or via the automatic upgrade in the admin, or whether you've altered the database and broken something.

You'll need to let me know a few more details before I can give a more accurate answer

I am at the end of my tether with WordPress 2.7.1. I recently upgraded to this new version when I had to change webhost due to them closing the service down.

I upgraded, uploaded my previous posts and bingo, I was up and running. I managed to create some further posts through Adobe Contribute. Everything was rosey!

Then, a few days ago I went to create a post through the dashboard screen. I entered all the info, pressed publish and the page refreshed leaving me with a new blank post screen. The problem is, the post wasn't on the post list screen and it doesn't show up on the internet. I've since tried it a ton of different ways i.e. using the html and visual editor, deleting all the widgets, changing various settings, changing themes and nothing will get it working!

I am desperate for help as I use it for my business blog and if I can't post, I can't do my newsletter which is a major source of communication with my clients.

If anyone has any ideas or experience of this issue then please please please let me know. I don't know what else to do!

Regards and happy blogging

Andy