Edit Posts: Clicking "Edit" Button Does Nothing

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In summary, Some users are experiencing difficulty editing their posts. This issue was previously encountered during a server move and has been reported by others as well. Some users have found success in clicking the post number in the top right corner and then clicking the "edit" button, while others suggest refreshing the page before trying again. Clearing the cache has also been suggested as a solution.
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I'm not able to edit my posts. Clicking the "edit" button does nothing.

I had this problem before (around the time of the server move)- and I recall it coming up with others as well - but neither can I remember how I got around it, nor can I find the thread that talks about this problem.
 
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Gokul43201 said:
I'm not able to edit my posts. Clicking the "edit" button does nothing.

I had this problem before (around the time of the server move)- and I recall it coming up with others as well - but neither can I remember how I got around it, nor can I find the thread that talks about this problem.

I'm having that problem too. What I found to have worked, and still does, is to click on the post number (top right hand corner), have it display the post in the window, and click on the EDIT button. That seems to work.

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
I'm having that problem too. What I found to have worked, and still does, is to click on the post number (top right hand corner), have it display the post in the window, and click on the EDIT button. That seems to work.

Zz.
Yup, now I remember reading this bit of advice before. :wink:

Thanks Zz.
 
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Sometimes if it doesn't work, I refersh the page and then it works.
 
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I had this same problem around the time of the server move (not anymore though).
What I did was to clear the cache, refresh the page, and then click the edit button again.
 

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