Wordpress visual editor

@akraymond3

No such luck. However the HTML editing portion works without issue.

While I can't be certain, I believe this is due to the fact that when selecting "Visual" the HTML is rendered. Granted, a desktop browser can accommodate this, however given the touch characteristics of mobile Safari, it behaves differently thus preventing you from selecting text within an element.

I'm trying it right now, and although I'm not sure if I'm answering your question correctly, I believe you simply click the blue "Edit" button at the lower right corner and start typing away.

Seems to work for me ... does that help?

@DaMacNut

I think what he's asking is when creating a blog post, you are faced with choosing between the "HTML" and "Visual" tab. One is the WYSIWYG editor, the other accepts raw HTML. He cannot edit in the Visual editor, which I believe is due to the HTML being rendered and mobile Safari treating it differently than a traditional desktop browser.

However, that said, I just made a blog post using the HTML tab without any issue.

Gotcha ... after RE-reading his post, I'm sure you're right about that ... I use that feature when working with WP on my G5 desktop, but haven't yet encountered the issue with the iPad.

Thanks for the clarification!

I can look at the Wordpress source real quick for you and see if I can send you a workaround code snippet.

As for the issue at hand, I busted out the Wordpress app on my iPad and it seems to be working fine. Granted, I don't know exactly what you're trying to do within the Visual editor, but it does give you the option of adding photos, links, etc.

Just make sure you have XML-RPC turned on to use it within your General settings.

EDIT: I suppose I should ask if you are using Wordpress.com or a self-hosted install of Wordpress.

Message was edited by: gb KeyserSoze

I gotcha. That's good news. I was hoping that you were in control of the server.

Here's one final question: when you are routed to the iPhone friendly version of your editor, is it a different URL entirely, or simply different CSS?

Unfortunately, you cannot alter the user agent of the iPad like you can in Safari or Firefox. The problem here is that you have either a server side script like (PHP or ASP) or client side JavaScript detecting the agent and forwarding you on. The problem is clearly the iPad agent isn't defined in your site's code.

If you or a developer at your company can edit the main index of your forum and add the below code it will forward iPhones and iPads to your mobile admin URL. I've added a space to the script tag so they will show up in the forum and you'll need to replace the mobile URL.

< script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPhone') != -1) || (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPod') != -1) || (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPad') != -1)) {
document.location = "YOUR MOBILE URL";
}
// ]]></ script>