Or… When javascript isn’t working in wordpress, you probably have a funky piece of code in the template somewhere.
I hate it when I get a new blog going and then a piece of code from the template decides to break on me.
I hate it worse when I haveabsolutelynocluewhatsoever what piece of code that is!
That’s what’s happened to me over the past day or so as I was trying to get www.HomeschoolFever.com going (it use to be “Homeschool From Birth” but I found a new redirection for it). Anyway, none of my javascripts were working at all. I use self-hosted wordpress, google analytics, sitemeter, 1&1 hosting, and numerous plugins. SO, that means that my problem could be coming from ANYWHERE.
Google wasn’t googling hits, Site meter wasn’t sitemetering uniques (when I knew I was getting them from internal WordPress stats), MyBlogLog wasn’t bloglogging visitors, adsense wasn’t adding any cents, and everything just seemed to be out of whack.
To make a long story short, I transferred my entire homeschool blog to 3 different MySQL databases, hoping against hope that the original database was corrupted and a fresh install would solve everything.
It didn’t.
I was BEYOND frustrated.
Finally, I came home tonight from visiting some relatives and low & behold and wonderfulawesomeperfectlysweet blogger lady over at The Gluten-Free Homemaker left me a comment letting me know that the comment box seemed to be missing when guests viewed the page.
The COMMENT BOX! BINGO!
That was the only file I hadn’t dug myself into because the comment section looked perfectly fine on my end (I was logged in as administrator). Who would have guessed that a funky line of code was breaking everything for my arriving guests?? Phew.
I ran as fast as I could clicked over to my theme editor in the admin panel, found the broken code, removed it, and BAM. Javascript is now working fine.
Analytics are now analyzing, adsense is adding cents, and site meter is once again metering it’s little heart out. Booyah!
Glad that’s all behind me now…
So anyway (beware of upcoming shameless blog promotion) why don’t you head on over and assure me that the site looks fine, and while you’re at it pick up some free Greek Alphabet flashcards I made. 
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Tags: Google Analytics, greek, Homemaker, homeschool, Javascripts, Mysql Databases, Site Meter
Oh don’t I know how frustrating that is. YOu are a blog master girl. Where do you find the time to do all of them?
NOW, come and play on my blog today. It will boost your hits too:-) Okay that was a cheap shot, but I knew it would get you thinking.
http://www.homeschool-diva.com/2008/11/14/photo-fridaymy-breakfast/