Title: Javascript errors on clean install
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Javascript errors on clean install

 *  [converting2wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/converting2wp/)
 * (@converting2wp)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-on-clean-install/)
 * I’m posting this in “trobleshooting” since the problem cropped up on a running
   system. It was only because I was trying to reduce it to the simplest case that
   I tried it on a fresh install. There have been a couple of other notes here about
   similar errors, but since those referred to plugins or other complexities, this
   seemed to warrant a new thread.
 * Note: the system *is* working, but I’m wondering if these errors are a symptom
   of an underlying problem. Posting does seem slower than it was on 1.2/1.5, and
   I’m wondering if error processing is part of that problem. If I should be reporting
   this some other way, please let me know.
 * Environment:
    Server: Dreamhost shared hosting One-click install of WordPress
   2.01, taking all the defaults; Firefox 1.5.0.1
 * Steps taken:
    1. Login as admin 2. Go to Write screen. 3. Enter “test” into the“
   Title” and “Post” areas 4. Clear the Javascript console 5. Hit “publish”
 * The publish succeeds and the following is in the Javascript console:
 * Error: Unknown property ‘zoom’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.1](http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.1)
   Line: 605
 * Error: Unknown property ‘-khtml-opacity’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: 
   [http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.1](http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.1)
   Line: 922
 * Error: Unknown property ‘filter’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.1](http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.1)
   Line: 923
 * Error: Error in parsing value for property ‘cursor’. Declaration dropped.
    Source
   File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css](http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css)
   Line: 19
 * Error: Error in parsing value for property ‘cursor’. Declaration dropped.
    Source
   File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css](http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css)
   Line: 24
 * Error: Error in parsing value for property ‘cursor’. Declaration dropped.
    Source
   File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css](http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css)
   Line: 29
 * Error: Error in parsing value for property ‘cursor’. Declaration dropped.
    Source
   File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css](http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css)
   Line: 37
 * Error: Unknown property ‘filter’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css](http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css)
   Line: 41
 * Error: Error in parsing value for property ‘cursor’. Declaration dropped.
    Source
   File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css](http://example.org/wp/wp-includes/js/tinymce/themes/advanced/css/editor_ui.css)
   Line: 49
 * Error: Unknown property ‘filter’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php?post=-1140203799&action=upload](http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php?post=-1140203799&action=upload)
   Line: 288
 * Error: Expected end of value for property but found ‘px’. Error in parsing value
   for property ‘width’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: [http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/post.php?posted=true](http://example.org/wp/wp-admin/post.php?posted=true)
   Line: 0 =============
 * Other notes:
    1) I first took the step of turniing on the Javascipt console when
   a different error popped up after the publish. I have not been able to reproduce
   that.
 * 2) My first debugging step was to turn off the visual rich editor, and similar
   errors still appeared. In the clean install case, the errors are the same, except
   the ones referencing tinymce do not appear (not surprising) and that last error
   referring to “Expected end of value…” is also missing.
 * Thanks for any pointers or suggestions!

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-on-clean-install/#post-340186)
 * I see those errors on a 2.0.1 blog if I have the js checker going.
 * If posting is slow and you have pingomatic in the Update Services box, remove
   it. That should help.
 *  Thread Starter [converting2wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/converting2wp/)
 * (@converting2wp)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-on-clean-install/#post-340201)
 * Thanks, podz. That does seem to speed things up significantly.
 *  [goldfish654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldfish654/)
 * (@goldfish654)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-on-clean-install/#post-340433)
 * I have the same problem – it’s preventing the RTE from showing up. I’m running
   2.0.2. Errors are pretty much identical. I’m running Firefox 1.5, but the errors
   show up in IE as well.
 * Is there a fix?
 *  [Happyworker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happyworker/)
 * (@happyworker)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-on-clean-install/#post-340472)
 * I’m getting similar errors…
 * Error: Unknown property ‘zoom’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: [http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.3](http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.3)
   Line: 605
 * Error: Unknown property ‘-khtml-opacity’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: 
   [http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.3](http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.3)
   Line: 922
 * Error: Unknown property ‘filter’. Declaration dropped.
    Source File: [http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.3](http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin.css?version=2.0.3)
   Line: 923
 * Error: Selector expected. Ruleset ignored due to bad selector.
    Source File: 
   [http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/](http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/)
   Line: 48
 * Error: Unexpected end of file while searching for closing } of invalid rule set.
   
   Source File: [http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/](http://www.jgsprintmedia.com/blog/wp-admin/)
   Line: 49
 * I’m not sure but I think this happened when I got the idea to have a spell checker.
   Go figure, a spell checker for blogging? Well I downloaded and installed a plugin
   called Editormonkey. I had a hard time getting this plugin to work, and eventually
   wanted to uninstall it, this is when the problems really started.
    My buttons
   got all screwed up…..so I found some support in WordPress and found I wasn’t 
   the only one. I ended up taking all instances of editormonkey out of mysql, and
   getting my buttons to return, but now I have a whole new set of problems *see
   above.
 * I’m also having problems with FF. FF doesn’t want to play nice when I go to edit
   a post or write one. I tried taking off the Rich Text Editor, but it keeps showing
   up. I also try changing text within my post, but it doesn’t work….just goes back
   to the way it was. I also try opening up my post using the HTML button on the
   Rich Text Editor, but the pop up comes up blank. Arg….
    I can however change 
   all of this through IE, but I don’t always like using IE.
 * Quite the domino effect I’m having. When is WordPress 2.1 coming out, so I can
   upgrade this mess and have a spell checker??
 * Has anyone else run into these problems, and if so….have you fixed it?
 *  [toewsrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toewsrus/)
 * (@toewsrus)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-on-clean-install/#post-340510)
 * Has anyone fixed this problem. I installed WP 2 a couple of days ago. the wysiwyg
   editor was working fine and then just dissapeared after 3 and one page. there’s
   a complete tinymce folder in the js folder, but not sure how to get it called
   into action again.
 * thanks
 *  [treepour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/treepour/)
 * (@treepour)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-errors-on-clean-install/#post-340513)
 * I “solved” the problem by attempting to follow the advice here: [http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3572](http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3572)
 * In the tiny_mce_gzip.php file (in the tinymce folder), I commented out the following
   lines (starting around 137):
 * if ((in_array(‘gzip’, $encodings) || in_array(‘x-gzip’, $encodings) || isset(
   $_SERVER[‘—————‘])) && function_exists(‘ob_gzhandler’) && !ini_get(‘zlib.output_compression’)){
   
   $enc = in_array(‘x-gzip’, $encodings) ? “x-gzip” : “gzip”;
 *  // Use cached file if it exists but not in debug mode
    if (file_exists($cacheFile)&&!
   $debug) { header(“Content-Encoding: ” . $enc); echo file_get_contents($cacheFile);
   die; }
 *  if (!$diskCache)
    ob_start(“ob_gzhandler”); } else $diskCache = false;
 * Who knows, this might break something else, but at least the editor is back for
   now. :-/

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