just wanted to let you know that the screencast can’t be seen for some reason, it’s just an empty squere. It’s a bit old maybe an update would be in place!

Cheers!

- Might be a recently installed/upgraded extension? Try disabling to test.
- If you recently upgraded Joomla itself make sure the extensions used are also supported/updated.
- If you have made any changes to the extensions or template it could be a JavaScript conflict. Check for js errors (use FireBug if you don’t already)
- See if it works correctly with a different browser. Potentially could be a browser issue. (only makes sense if all your users use the same browser)
- See if it works correctly on a different computer. (you mentioned multiple users with the issue so this one is unlikely)

Note: Please do a backup before making any changes!

My site has been up and running for a while, with front end editing available for three users – the rest are barred.

Suddenly, today, I can’t edit through front end – the edit icon is still there, but when the editing page comes up, the text area is blank – can’t be clicked into, typed into etc. The only way to get out is to CANCEL rather than SAVE.

I run a blog and forum on the site too – and the users with permission cannot add blogs etc at the moment – same blank text box issue.

I’ve checked to see if any articles have a padlock alongside them, but can’t see any.

Am now stuck.

The other thing I noticed today was that, while all my articles have the TITLE enabled, they appear, then vanish once the entire page has loaded.

Too strange indeed!

I know there are 3rd party add ons that provide various front-end capabilities for Joomla, but for a relatively simple website are they necessary?

A very helpful and well made video to help front end editors.

J

I’m pretty new to Joomla, this page came up as the top rank when googling “joomla publisher frontend” (congratulations); referring to your answer to starsky re: publishing on the front end:

“You’ll need to set your user as Publisher or higher and link to a category page in the user menu.”

This made no sense to me. There’s no such option in the user manager. Alternatively, if you were referring to adding an ARTICLE > USER link in an existing menu, I still can’t see what you’re talking about. I’m interested in providing a link that a publisher can click on to display ALL articles that need publishing, no matter what category or section (or uncategorised) they currently belong to. Otherwise, going off your second suggestion, it just seems you publish only as you encounter them whilst perusing the site (which sounds too random to be true) and the universe hates randomness.

I know there’s a simpler answer in there somewhere, can you take a crack at this? Much appreciated.

@Paul: this is the second time I’ve seen someone vent their frustration at one individual who’s trying to help. Granted there’s a bit of a steeper learning curve to get up and running with Joomla, but there’s way more complex products out there with worst documentation, ain’t fair to be taking it out on guys like Dustin. There’s no conspiracy or elitism-by-design at play, just takes persistence (things finally clicked at 12:30am after three/four sleepless nights figuring all this stuff out). On the bright side, you were very nice about it (you should’ve seen the other guy).

Cheers,

Harley

thanks for posting this great tutorial. I am still wondering about one thing: How can I activate the frontend editing functionality whithout having to login in the frontend. I have created a site for a friend of mine and he doesnt need a login box. When i log in as the administrator and switch to the frontend view the symbols for editing do not appear. How can I make them appear?
Thanks for your help and best regards from Germany…
Stefan