[SOLVED] New widget areas can't be deleted

paulae · #1 Oct 8, 2009, 05:22 PM

ATA 3.4.4, Firefox and Safari, WP 2.8.4

I've removed the bfa_widget code I had added. I click the tick boxes for ad1, ad2, ad3, and I get the green text confirming deletion. But they are still there in the widgets admin area and also still there in the Add new widget area admin.

http://www.aghca.org

juggledad · #2 Oct 9, 2009, 05:14 AM

did you do it in that order ie: Delete the code, then click the tick boxes for ad1, ad2, ad3 and press the 'Delete Checked Widget Areas'?

I just ran thru this scenario and the areas are deleted for me.

paulae · #3 Oct 9, 2009, 05:29 AM

Yes, exactly that sequence.

juggledad · #4 Oct 9, 2009, 06:05 AM

is there anything on the page showing the issue or is this just in the backend?
Did you have any new widgets before upgrading to 344?

paulae · #5 Oct 9, 2009, 08:41 AM

This was a clean, fresh installation of WP and the theme, on Hostgator, using Fantastico.

I decided to put the whole thing in the root after all, so I uninstalled everything and reinstalled, and now the add/delete new widget area function is......functioning! I don't know what the problem was before. At the moment, no plugins at all. I'll report if there are problems once I do load some plugins.

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juggledad · #6 Oct 11, 2009, 06:39 PM

I did a little digging on the wordpress support forums and users of thesis are having this porblem also. A solution given is

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go to WP Dashboard-Widgets, click on "Screen Options" in the upper right-hand corner, and select "Accessibility Mode" from the box that drops down.

This allows you to edit the plugin and decide where it should be, not as easy as drag and drop, but there may be an hidden bug with the drag and drop.