Chimmyville

A few weeks ago I’d been experiencing blank/white pages in my wp-admin panel when submitting content: posts, pages, changes to plugins, you name it. I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to fix it – all the usual fixes worked but only for a short amount of time. The following is a list of what I tried to fix this error and what eventually was the route cause!

The first place I tried for help on this error was obviously the WordPress Codex and Support areas, I had some luck. The WordPress Codex had an article on Login Trouble and most of the support area posts seemed to point you towards this or copied information from it, so that’s where I started.

I went down the list and tried everything I felt was relevant to me personally, as follows:

Enable Cookies

I cleared my cookies and cache from my browser (the latest version of Firefox, if you’re wondering) and ensured cookies were enabled. It somewhat fixed the error, I was able to login as the login page was no longer blank but upon hitting submit the wp-admin area was still just a blank page.

Disable Plugins

According to the article I read some WordPress Plugins may interfere with the login process. So, I disabled all my plugins, as I couldn’t access the admin panel yet I did this through my ftp server by removing them from the /wp-content/plugins/ folder.

This worked in that I could now access the admin panel but whenever I submitted something it wouldn’t process and I got another blank page!

Deactivate Theme

I renamed the active theme folder (in wp-content/themes) by using FTP, so that WordPress reverted to using the WordPress Twenty Twelve theme.

I then tested it was working by submitting a couple of test posts. it worked! Except until I changed back to my custom theme and then I could no longer submit anything.

… And when all else failed

I then did a fresh WordPress install and tried the above again but still nothing.

This led me to the conclusion that it had to be a problem with my theme itself. So, I started googling for possible theme errors that could cause this and found this:

Turns out if there are random like breaks or spaces in functions.php then it can cause the blank pages in the admin panel.

I opened up my functions.php file and got rid of the couple of line breaks that were then, re-uploaded the file using FTP and tried to access the admin panel. It worked! I also tried a test post and that worked too. So, looks like I’m all up and running again.

I’ve posted the in case anyone else experiences the same issue.

On another note, my host server was recently hacked and I’m having to start a few things from scratch!! Starting to hate WordPress. Luckily for me I had a full back up of all the important stuff.

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it and happy Monday to those that don’t.

I’ve just had a lovely four day weekend. Here’s a quick run down of what I did:

Good Friday

Traditionally in the UK we eat fish on Good Friday (so my mum tells me), usually smoked haddock. I’m not a fish lover so skipped that tradition! Instead mum and I went to the cinema to see The Host, really enjoyed it, very accurate to the book. After the cinema we went to KFC for food then to Dunelm Mills (home and ware shop) as I needed a pastry brush and Pets at Home (pet shop). Doesn’t sound very exciting but it was nice to spend time with mum. I got the pastry brush and some oven gloves.

Saturday

Artur and I took a trip to Bovington tank museum with my parents. I’d not been for 10 years and he’d never been at all and he’s a bit of a military fan, like my dad so I knew he’d enjoy it.

There was an event on known as ‘Tiger Day’ in which the Tiger tank, among others are out on the track for a display. Artur did a video of the day, I’ll ask gim id I can share it.

We also saw F1 commentator Murray Walker having a ride in one of the tanks and chatting outside the Tiger exhibit later on. Here’s a sneaky pic we took:

We finished off with dinner at Brewers Fayre on the way home. It was a good day

Easter Sunday

Usually this is family day and involves a yummy Sunday roast but my sister and her boyfriend were busy, but we did go visit them briefly to exchange Easter gifts.

Here’s what they gave me:

We arranged for family day to be Easter Monday, so instead Artur and I went for a ride on his motorbike around the local countryside and small towns.

Easter Monday

Today, we spent at my parents house, with them, my sister and her boyfriend. We have a yummy “Sunday roast”, playing some board games and watched a few Blu Ray’s. We also exchanged Easter presents. It was an enjoyable day.

Easter Monday is known as Smingus Dyngus in Poland, in which traditionally the men wake up their partners by pouring a cold bucket of water on them and spanking their legs with willow branches! Nowadays they have a water fight, usually with buckets of water, apparently they aim to get the “most attractive” girl soaked… Hmm… Sounds a bit sexist to me! Haha.

I thought I’d got away with it this year, but he threw water at me when we got home from my parents later on.

How did you spend your Easter? Do you have any traditions?