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Blog to Wordpress is Broken

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AccessWinnipeg  Pro User  says:

I used to be able to do it before, but i can no longer blog pictures to wordpress...

the content just becomes a > sign on my blog.
Posted at 4:23PM, 18 March 2008 PDT ( permalink )

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happylolday says:

Me too, same thing.. my kitty pic has no restrictions on it and I cannot blog my own picture to my blog.. I am on Blogger so it's not working there either.. :(
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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AccessWinnipeg  Pro User  says:

i just tried to resave my layout and it says 'invalid page'
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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happylolday says:

Isn't Flickr's own blog on Wordpress? They probably know.. hopefully.. about this and will fix it.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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csullens  Pro User  says:

"Blog this" to blogger is broken too
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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DanIzzo  Pro User  says:

Having the exact same problem as AccessWinnipeg.

After posting all I get is >
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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mpeeples says:

me too! I just set up my blog, so I thought I was doing something wrong, but just found this, so maybe it's just broken right now. flickr or wordpress, get it fixed please!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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majorchange  Pro User  says:

I can't do it either, trying for about 2h....
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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AccessWinnipeg  Pro User  says:

Any updates yet on this?!?!? Blogging is huge for my flickr account :(
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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borealnz  Pro User  says:

Same problem here with Blogger.
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waferbaby says:

Can someone send me to a sample post on their blog that's come from Flickr? Wordpress or Blogger, doesn't matter.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Ken Atanacio  Pro User  says:

waferbaby, here is a sample

(url deleted as requested)

please delete the url from this post when you are done with it.

thanks.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
waferbaby (staff) edited this topic 5 months ago.

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Silly Luis  Pro User  says:

I've just tested mine and it's happening the same with both Wordpress and Blogger.

: This is in a standard Blogger account:

onlyflickr.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-lucky-star.html

I just made a Flickr test post in the same blog:

onlyflickr.blogspot.com/2008/03/flickr.html

and it worked!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
Silly Luis edited this topic 5 months ago.

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Photosensitive.ca  Pro User  says:

When I try to blog to Wordpress in the usual way (it's worked dozens of times for me before) I get this: www.photosensitive.ca/wp/archives/159
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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kktp_  Pro User  says:

i just test "blog this" on this photo to blogger and here's the result

blog.kktp.biz/2008/03/just-test.html

So i only got a single "<" in it !
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Oldmaison  Pro User  says:

same here!!!!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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colorfulexpressions  Pro User  says:

yes...the test post from Flickr works...but I am also getting the <
Is this happening to people who have been able to post pictures before? I FINALLY accessed the drop down menu to post my sites, but now can't upload my photos from flickr.

I also wondered why all my text under the photos was highlighted to go over with the photo......so I deleted that on a "sample" pic, but it still didn't work.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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knockoutniki  Pro User  says:

Sounds like I am having the same problem as everyone else. Only a ">" shows up in the post on my Wordpress blog... Flickr - Any updates???

Please advise ASAP.

Thanks.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Brenden D  Pro User  says:

Same thing here, with Livejournal. Hopefully it will be fixed soon?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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sgcallaway1994  Pro User  says:

I'm getting the same thing. The "test post" works but when I try to upload one of my pictures I get "<" and that's it! :(

Blogger
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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theartofmegan  Pro User  says:

Yep, Livejournal with this one too. Too bad I realized this after blogging a whole dang tutorial! I went to my livejournal account and saw 7 empty posts with just the "<". Man, was I grumpy! So much for 45 minutes of writing.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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waferbaby says:

Hey, thanks kids! I'm going to take a look into this, and will post when I have an update. :)
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Omega it's jameth  Pro User  says:

SAME PROBLEM HERE
this affects my quality of life :( SO SAD :(
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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mkecupcakequeen  Pro User  says:

I am having this trouble with BLOGGER...since about 8 pm central time.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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mkecupcakequeen  Pro User  says:

mkecupcakequeen.blogspot.com/2008/03/like-rabbits_4454.html
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waferbaby says:

Can you guys try again and let me know if it's working now?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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John©  Pro User  says:

I get a try again message, but going to my blog it has worked
garageflower.org/blog/

Odd...
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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happylolday says:

Blogger just worked for me! Thank you Waferbaby for the hard work, hope it works on Wordpress..
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Silly Luis  Pro User  says:

Yes, it's working for me. Boy, that has been quick. Now if you could repair the other problem with Blogger authentication .... :-)

Big thanks, waferbaby
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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waferbaby says:

Yay! Glad to hear it.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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bjncopeland  Pro User  says:

I have a blog on Wordpress, and all my pics from flicker are gone. There is just white space where the photo was and the message "This photo is currently unavailable." Then the Flickr name is in the lower right corner.

One of the photos has been totally deleted from my Flickr account. It is very safe....no notice or anything...it's just gone. The other photos are still in Flickr, but just not in the blog post.

I have a pro account......any help would be appreciated.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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AccessWinnipeg  Pro User  says:

awesome!!! Thanks waferbaby!!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dr. Keats  Pro User  says:

"One of the photos has been totally deleted from my Flickr account."

Deleted by who? Wordpress can't delete from your Flickr account, only you. Might be worth sending Staff a Help by Email request to find out when and how it was deleted.

As to the other images being "currently unavailable", that happens if you change them in any way - rotate, edit, replace. It breaks all links... Try re-blogging them to the same pages and see what happens...
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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shandara  Pro User  says:

Same problem to upload pics to my wordpress blog... hope that it will work soon!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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waferbaby says:

Shandara, are you still having the problem?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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malanalars  Pro User  says:

just tried it on my blog (wordpress, but not hosted by wordpress), no problem here.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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jamie goldenberg  Pro User  says:

I am having the same exact "<" problem. I can't access my menus either. I tried adding my photos to my blog manually through html, and they disappear. I am using wordpress and blogsome.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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waferbaby says:

Jamie: This is still a problem for you?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Toki~ says:

I'm having the same issues trying to blog directly to blogger. Had no problems for a year and then today.. just empty posts.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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borealnz  Pro User  says:

Yes it's doing it again -the same problem as the other day but no < this time.
Here is a link to the Blogger post that I just made, I have title but no photo or text.
twtme-icon-of-the-day-winners.blogspot.com/2008/03/andy-b...
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Toki~ says:

Yup, I have the exact same problem, Borealnz. Just the title and no photo or text on blogger.

And this happened pretty quickly. Everything was working fine on Monday, March 17th.

Today, nothing. Did something happen in the interim that I'm missing?

Also, let me add that I've tried doing the BloggerAPI approach that other people mentioned and it didn't work for me.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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kyjast says:

The exact same thing was happening to me in Blogger yesterday. Today, any photo I try to blog is just blank post.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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PrairieFlower  Pro User  says:

The same thing is happening when I try to blog to LiveJournal.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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siuyee.com  Pro User  says:

I got the error "no support for xml-rpc param type 151734"
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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PrairieFlower  Pro User  says:

siuyee.com -- I got the same kind of message this evening.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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birdyboo  Pro User  says:

No error message but no photo either just the photo title with my Blogger blog just now.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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judy_n  Pro User  says:

I got a > only, was it two days ago? Yesterday it worked. Today I get "no support for xml-rpc param type 72157603397522411" from www.flickr.com/blog.gne
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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knockoutniki  Pro User  says:

I got that same error messge just now... weird. I wonder why all the problems all of a sudden.

Is there any update from the staff about what is going on?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Kevin says:

Hey there- we fixed a different blog issue a few hours ago, and I asked our devs to check to see if it broke something else in the process. So, we're looking!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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waferbaby says:

We're changing a lot of things around at the moment - I'm looking into this new bug now, never fear!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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ranzino  Pro User  says:

Ditto on comments above:

"no support for xml-rpc param type 72157594343108865"

Blog This > Wordpress Blog
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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laci_loo  Pro User  says:

I'm getting the same error trying to post to my EE blog using a Metaweblog API. It's worked before, but not working tonight.

no support for xml-rpc param type 72157603590424099
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Soubrause  Pro User  says:

I'm getting blank posts on blogger
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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waferbaby says:

Hey kids, how's about now? Any better?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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laci_loo  Pro User  says:

It worked!! YAY!! :)

Thanks wafer!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Paula Wirth  Pro User  says:

Thanks for fixing this... I was really worried something was wrong with my blog!!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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ranzino  Pro User  says:

just checked. All better. Thanks flickr magic.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Paul Morgan  Pro User  says:

Still not working for me - says invalid end point
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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brandysmile_2 says:

Blogging to wordpress is not working for me. This is so frustrating! Mine says invalid end point as well.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Koalajoe / PJ  Pro User  says:

Me too. Blogging to wordpress is not working for me neither. I think it has been broken at least for a month now... :<
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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deKay01 says:

Flickr can test-post to my Wordpress (2.5 now) blog, and the Blog This button works too, but photos I email to Flickr (the mail2blog address) rarely show up on my blog. If I reset the email address to use, then it works again for a couple of posts then stops working again.

Any ideas? Has been like this for a couple of months, and I hoped upgrading WP to 2.5 from 2.3.3 would fix it. It seems not.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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poolski  Pro User  says:

I upgraded to WP 2.5 and ever since then I can't send blogs (or indeed insert any flickr pictures manually) to the blog.

The endpoint is correct since it picks up the right details once I enter the username, password and location of the xmlrpc.php file.

When I try to post, it throws an error.
If it's a test post it'll say:

The test post to mindwalk failed. Maybe your username and password were wrong?


They are clearly not because I entered them and it accepted them (also I am the admin of the site, I should know)

edit: flickr reports a failure, but for some odd reason the posts still show in my blog.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
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jjklocke  Pro User  says:

not working for me.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Farruska  Pro User  says:

not working ..... :S
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Flickr Staff

Kevin says:

jjklocke- your web server is sending back an error message:

fatal error: Call to undefined function printr() in /home/(your ID here)/public_html/xmlrpc.php

Farruska- nothing in our error logs for you. What happened when you tried?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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brandysmile_2 says:

Still not working for me.
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waferbaby says:

brandysmile_2: What's happening/not?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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Devilman says:

I have the same Poolki´s problem.
The test post to Oscar failed. Maybe your username and password were wrong?

Still the test post shows at the blog, but no other picture can be posted.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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brandysmile_2 says:

waferbaby: it just tells me that the endpoint is not valid. I tried deleting my blog from flickr then then resetting it up--but it still won't accept the endpoint as valid. Ideas?
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tmeinberg  Pro User  says:

I too have upgraded my wordpress to 2.5 and can no longer post, it says wrong user name and password. whats up?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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big_chocolate_monster  Pro User  says:

I've got this problem with a fresh install of Wordpress 2.5 (and an older blog too).

I can see the file exists and get:

Not Acceptable
An appropriate representation of the requested resource /joseph/xmlrpc.php could not be found on this server.

Flickr tells me i don't have a valid endpoint when i enter the URL.

Any suggestions?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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ColleenM  Pro User  says:

Here's a solution that worked for a lot of WordPress folks

www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/64018/#reply420104
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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kerusdotorg  Pro User  says:

interesting... i tried this using firefox on my new laptop and it worked
safari still fails though.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
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jetrotz  Pro User  says:

Hmmm. Jumping in here. I am having a similar problem. I have used the 'upload to flick from mobile to blog' feature, which as of today seems to only work for the upload to flickr portion - but now Flickr can't connect to my blog, which hasn't changed in forever (self-hosted Wordpress 2.5). I confirmed I can publish posts on my side via WP's interface, but the external connection from Flickr seems kaput. Any ideas?
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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kerussojc  Pro User  says:

I am having the same problem with my WordPress blog hosted on my own site. I already had the fix mentioned by ColeenM but no go. This just started very recently. On Feb. 20th I did it just fine.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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deKay01 says:

@jetrotz:

Almost the same problem I'm having. I can email from my phone to Flickr, I can Blog This from Flickr to my (now 2.5.1) Wordpress blog (so everything to do with the connection and permissions must be correct), but things I email to Flickr don't get published on my blog automatically. Or rather, they rarely do, but sometimes it works fine. It's really annoying.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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deKay01 says:

Incidentally, I'm using 1&1 for my webhosting. Is anyone else suffering from the same problem also using 1&1? There are some 1&1 specific issues with things like Drupal, so I wonder if this is related somehow.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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kerussojc  Pro User  says:

I found a solution. On my blog it was the plugin Image Scaler that was blocking things.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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deKay01 says:

I've tried disabling all my plugins and still no-go.
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Juan Pablo Castel  Pro User  says:

kerussojc:

you were right man. It was the plugin, i disabled it and now it works. somebody let know the developers what's wrong with that plugin.

thank you!
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jetrotz  Pro User  says:

@deKay01 - I'm also on 1and1 - wonder if it's an issue there? I'm going to reach out to them and see if they have any input. I know they have been upgrading servers so there may have been a change to permissions or something.
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jetrotz  Pro User  says:

From the 1and1 support team below. Tried this, but to no avail. As an experiment, also tried setting up Ecto (application blog editor) which also fails to connect with a 'parse error. not well formed.' message during setup. I suspect that there is a new level of PHP security on my hosts system which is causing this issue. Totally hoping someone has ideas about how to edit .htaccess to get around this, otherwise I'm completely bummed out.

>> Something is blocking XMLRPC.PHP from executing. The latest version of php seems to be blocking access to XMLRPC.PHP.
>>
>> To fix this, rename the XMLRPC.PHP file in the root of your wordpress install to something else. Rename it to XML-RPC.PHP. Then edit the file: WP-INCLUDES/TEMPLATE-FUNCTIONS-GENERAL.PHP.
>>
>> Down near line 96 (this could be different for different versions), you'll see a reference to XMLRPC.PHP. Change that line to be your newly chosen filename(XML-RPC.PHP). This is the only reference to XMLRPC.PHP in all the files that are included with Wordpress.
>>
>> Then go back into your RSS to Blog project and in the WordPress/Movable Type box, make sure to change the name in the PATH field to reflect the new name you've chosen.
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jetrotz  Pro User  says:

OK. Call me stupid. Not sure how, but I decided to go back to basics and upload a fresh version of my xmlrpc.php file to my server. That did the trick for some reason. The version I had live on my site had this at line 16:

>> $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = mysql_escape_string(trim($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA));

However, the clean new version (also WP 2.3 I'm using) had the following:

>> $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = trim($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);

Quite worrisome, really. No idea how that could have changed. There's a thread on a similar issue for users of Ecto that I found on this as well. wordpress.org/support/topic/168814

You can download the legacy versions of WP here: wordpress.org/download/release-archive/
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deKay01 says:

Whaaa? I was just about to try your fix, and the bloody thing is working fine now.

Have Flickr fixed something? Or have 1&1 been alerted to a config problem at their end and fixed it themselves?

Anyway. Thanks for your digging, jetrotz :)
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deKay01 says:

Well, I spoke too soon. It's broken again.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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queenkv  Pro User  says:

Hi,
I can't blog pictures to WordPress. I used to be able to blog pix from my phone to Flickr and WordPress. Now they're only posting to Flickr. I also can't blog from the Flickr web site.

I get this error: "Your blog posting failed. If your configuration details have changed, update them now."

I've checked my domain's permissions, WordPress settings and my flickr blog config details.

Anythings else I can tweak?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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queenkv  Pro User  says:

OK - this Flickr thread fixed my problem: www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/30854/

The Bad Behavior plugin was thwarting my efforts to auto-blog from Flickr. Everything worked after I deactivated the plugin.

Yeah!
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shutterjunky  Pro User  says:

jetrotz's fix worked for me. I had same line of offending code in the xmlrpc file in my Wordpress blog installation folder. I use Yahoo! Small Business to host my Wordpress blog, so I just used their file manager replace the line of code with the new code jetrotz provided, near the top of the text file (not line 16 in my case). I have no idea why it works being a complete ignoramus on how php works, but it works!!
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jonathanhstrauss  Pro User  says:

Using WordPress 2.5.1 with my WP installed in a subdirectory, the fix that worked was to create a new .htaccess file in the WP subdirectory and include the data:

<Files xmlrpc.php>
SecFilterInheritance Off
</Files>
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