side bar text is missing

nonnaluna · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 3:40 am
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Ahhhhhhh! All of my sidebar text in my text widgets are missing. They were there about an hour ago and when I went to the widgets page to check-Poof! Nothing!
thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 3:46 am
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Can we get a link, so we can see what’s going on?
thegridirongoddess · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:38 am
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I am having the same issue!
godseyes1980 · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:42 am
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I am trying to add a text widget and it goes in the widgets section. THen when I preview the page there is no image just a link when you click on it. But it links to the other badge that I have on my page. I think this is the same type of thing. It’s bugging me. I feel stupid! HHHHEEEELLLLPPPPP!!!!!!
beemeister · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:47 am
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Blogs across WordPress.com are having this problem as you can see here: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/categories-are-gone

You need to send a support ticket here: http://support.wordpress.com/contact/
tellyworth · Staff · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:47 am
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Sorry folks – there was a bug that caused text widgets to disappear when saved on some blogs. It should be fixed now.
raincoaster · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:47 am
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The site linked to your name is not a WordPress.com site and we won’t be able to help you with that.

If you want help for your WordPress.com site, please provide a link to it, starting with http, so we can look at it.
tellyworth · Staff · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:48 am
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beemeister, that thread you posted is unrelated – it was a category problem back in October.
beemeister · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:51 am
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tellyworth, sorry about that. A lot of folks were using that thread within the last hour to report that their text widgets were gone.
beemeister · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 5:57 am
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The text problem still exists. It says I have 11 widgets, and there are no text widgets showing with only 5 normal widgets showing.
tellyworth · Staff · Dec 9, 2008 at 6:08 am
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The fix doesn’t restore lost widgets, it means you can add and save them again now. If you need help restoring a lost widget please contact support asap and we’ll do what we can to help.
beemeister · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 6:12 am
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Ok, I will do so. Thanks.
nonnaluna · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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When I add text to the text widget that is in my sidebar it won’t save. Then when I try to add another text widget to the sidebar it won’t allow me to do that. Just incase, my site addy doesn’t show up it is: http://nonnaluna.wordpress.com
thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 2:12 pm
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Nonnaluna, I know it can be hard to follow everything being said, but as Tellyworth (staff member) said: The fix doesn’t restore lost widgets, it means you can add and save them again now. If you need help restoring a lost widget please contact support asap and we’ll do what we can to help.

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nonnaluna · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 2:31 pm
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I know it doesn’t restore them. I just disabled Gears and now I am able to add a text widget. I just tried a test and added two text widget to my sidebar and it allowed me to add it and save it. It wasn’t working last night or this morning. I think it may have been the Gear that I installed on my pc.
thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 2:32 pm
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Well, the problem got fixed last night. So, not so sure it’s related to Gears? Either way, glad you got it fixed. :)
nonnaluna · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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I am glad it got fixed last night, but just about an hour ago it still wasn’t working for me. Thank you for your help just the same. I appreciate it. :)
thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Dec 9, 2008 at 2:48 pm
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nonnaluna, if still not working, contact support :) There’s staff who will get back to you:

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