are you sure this is an install issue and not your browser? I've heard of people having similar issues if particular fire fox extensions are installed, including but not limited to some of the advanced ad blockers...

I don;t think this issue is related to the browser, I have tried using both Firefox and Chrome and this issue occurs on both.

Another thing i tried that I had'nt mentioned in my earlier post that i tried to modify the Green Salad Template and the TinyMCE does not show up in edit mode when this particular template is in use. Whenever i switch theme to the default one and try editing pages, the TinyMCE editor works proper.

I am also attaching the Green Salad template that I have modified and activating this does not get the TinyMCE to show-up in Edit Mode.

Still struggling... :(

Please pardon my ignorance in regards to Javascript, but after digging some more posts i could get certain after checking the error console in FF that this is related to javascript, i am attaching the screen shot of the error console. Hope this could be easier for someone to point me in the right direction.

I tried uninstalling the FF plugins, tried emptying the cache through the dashboard, This does not work on Chrome either.

I did a fresh install herehttp://www.intheframestudio.com/Natu... , it worked for sometime , and eventually the editor started the same thing.

Another peculiar thing worth mentioning is that if i change the theme to the default plain yogurt theme, the editor works proper.

Feel lost !!

This line of style in the Green Salad main.css

#page #central #sidebar p {
line-height:24px
}

here's the link to the installation http"//www.intheframestudio.com/Natu

The tinymce editor does not show up when i set the line-height: none, however the line-space gets messed up in both the columns like you'd be seeing on the link mentioned above.

today to see what i could find. i noticed it wasn't a js or php issue. i installed your template here:

http://usewordpressasacms.com/development/...

i have several templates on that test site. all other templates loaded the editor just fine. your style continued to try and load tiny mce, but without success. i swapped the main.css file from other styles to your template and the editor loaded properly. i knew it had something to do with your stylesheet. i just didn't have time to isolate the issue.

i would be interested to know why a css style definition can block tiny mce. i suppose one could namespace styles with unique classes to avoid tiny mce name collisions. i suppose this is an interesting issue with the platform.

Hi Nick,

Thank you for trying the template, and you're absolutely true that the issue lies within the CSS and specifically this line-height style that i have mentioned in the above posts.

There are two things happening when i set the line-height to none, the content formatting displays properly, that is the content in both left and right bar show up a proper line height however the editor does not work.

But, If I leave the line-height style un-touched i.e., to 24 px the editor loads up properly.

Could anyone recommend a run-around through this kind of situation.

yes, i tried to identify the error source.

i'm just speculating here, but here's what i think causes this...

the css classes for both the lightbox-type pop-up box and tiny mce clash with custom css template definitions.

i've run into this situation before with jquery thickbox--where the thickbox plugin css classes were overwritten by custom template styles. this would cause the thickbox to render bottom right of the screen.

maybe we can just come up with a list of css layout rules that are not compatible with the edit box.

My issue - posted 10-31-09 - outlines the exact behavior. In my case, I have repo with the first action being calling the editor.

Add my name to the list.

I have experienced the same problem as the OP.
I have multiple c5 installs on a linux server. The editor will not appear 100% of the time. I get the rounded popup window with some xhtml code visible in a frame. It seems like the editor has problems completing full execution of the script. I also noticed the problem is hit/miss with FF and IE 7/8. When I use chrome, the problem does not occur. Right now, I am using chrome to edit these sites.

Any ideas why the editor will now work? I'm using XP SP3 with all latest updates. My browsers are FF, chrome, IE 7/8.

can you check to see if the javascript files are fully donwloading? depending on your browser there may be a built in activity monitor that lets you see all the files that are being downloaded to render any page...

sometimes on a slow connection, tinyMCE doesnt download all the way.