Confluence: Unable to Edit Blog Post Area even though can edit Subject Area

Question

I have permissions, am an administrator, and just tried to post a blog.  I am able to edit the Subject of the blog, but not the Blog Display area itself.  I can even update the subject, and save the blog.  I tried IE and Chrome.  Does anyone know if this is a browser or Confluence configuration issue?

Sean King1 · Answer

By blog display are you talking about the default sidebar with the calendar and recent blog posts? Or the regular page content like any other page?

Sean King1 · Answer

Make sure you don't have any css that could be messing up the edit box.

Petch · Answer

You shouldn't be able to open the editor unless you have permissions to edit the blog, so it sound like there's another problem (probably a Javascript error).

Have you tried contacting Atlassian support, you will probably get this fixed much quicker.

Until then, you can try a view things:

* Do a full page refresh (e.g. shift-refresh) or clear your browser cache.
* Disable third party plugins (a plugin may be causing a scripting issue affecting the editor).
* Check the browser console for any Javascript errors which may give a clue as to the source of the problem.

I do think the best course of action is to contact support as this is not normal behaviour.