CKEditor disappearing!
 

I am having problems with my CKEditor disappearing on my site. I can't find any reason why. For example, my development site was working properly at 2 am this morning after installing all my mods and add-ons. Repeated testing of the forum proved it was working. By 10 am when I came back to the site to prepare to deploy the code to my live site now the CKEditor is missing, again!@$*&@~! I have had this problem repeatedly. I have searched and found a number of "fixes" but none of them work for me. I have created a new style and that fails too. The only way I have ever fixed this is to delete all the code, reload from my download source and start over. The frustrating part is the problem does not appear at any time after I install each mod or plugin. As I mentioned earlier, I ran the site for over two hours after the last mod/plugin was made and the site was working well in all respects.

I don't want to have to start again. The lack of useful editing tools is making our forum look like a joke. I am starting to question whether the joke is vBulletin.

Just to be clear, the sprite.png file does exist in the images/editor folder. The new style should be using that location, though I don't see on my site where custom styles ever created unique file locations for data. I think that whole line of inquiry is a smokescreen. In the new style there are no customized stylevars or custom templates. The only custom stylevars and templates exist in another style named BigDog's that is not currently set as the default for the site.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hfX...ew?usp=sharing

In the developer tools (F12 in Chrome), check the "console" tab for red errors related to the editor when it's not displaying.

I highly doubt it's an issue that comes with vBulletin though, could be a third party script, plugins, etc.

I am seeing the errors below. Thank you for reminding me to look there. I don't understand what is causing this error though.

GET http://XXXXXXXX.org/vb/clientscript/...=A7HG4HT&v=425 net::ERR_ABORTED
vbulletin-core.js?v=425:11 Creating array vBulletin.elements["vB_Lightbox_Container"]
vbulletin-core.js?v=425:11 vBulletin.elements["vB_Lightbox_Container"][0] = post_preview, 1
newthread.php?do=newthread&f=466:408
GET http://XXXXXXXX.org/vb/clientscript/...=A7HG4HT&v=425 net::ERR_ABORTED
vbulletin_textedit.js?v=425:11 Uncaught ReferenceError: CKEDITOR is not defined
at new vB_Text_Editor (vbulletin_textedit.js?v=425:11)
at newthread.php?do=newthread&f=466:412

Hard to say what's going on, but have you tried it on vBulletin's default style with all plugins disabled? Does it work properly there?

It's possible that a third-party JavaScript file is causing a collision with CKEditor.

Yes, I have tried the default that came with the db, and a new fresh style. No change. I have disabled the plugins except the vB ones with no change.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EH...OAMd-rLjMRqWkB
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EH...OAMd-rLjMRqWkB
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hf...PjkLrtB9HjFRYJ

Apparently images don't appear even though I can link them here. Not sure why.

Does it not work in another browser either such as FireFox and Edge? If it does work properly in another browser, maybe one of your browser extensions is causing it?

If it still doesn't work, it will be a guessing game and we'll need your forum URL and the login info of a test account.

I've been working in Chrome. It doesn't appear in Firefox either. I am working on backing up the test database and code so I can blow it all away yet again. This server is not exposed to public access. I will see if I can get you access to the live site with the exact same problem.

Have you tried going to members.vbulletin.com download a version & upload/replace all of the files?

My edge browser on my laptop returned a different result in the developer tools.

HTTP403: FORBIDDEN - The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
GET - http://XXXXXXXX.org/vb/clientscript/...=A7HG4HT&v=425
SCRIPT5009: 'CKEDITOR' is not defined

Did you properly upload the clientscript folder?