Back in February when I first made the cut over from DotNetNuke to WordPress, the basic installation went without issue, but upon occasion, while I was trying to add blog entries, for some reason I had problems posting a new entry.
Initially, I thought it was just the revision of the WordPress software I was using, and waited for the next iteration which I installed, and the problem seemed to disappear.
For a period of about 4 to 5 weeks, I was able to post to my blog and continue on as if nothing had occurred.
Then on May 9th, when I was trying to post a new blog entry announcing that one of my photos had been selected as VisitPA profile picture on Facebook, the Posting issue resurrected itself, and cause me much grief.
What should have been 5 minute Post, ended up taking nearly 30 minutes as I fought to get my blog entry online.
Thankfully, I was busy with several other projects, and my posting issue dropped onto the back burner.
Then last night, as I was watching TV and surfing the net, I ran into a posting on WordPress.org, that sounded very similar to what I had been experiencing.
With this new information, I started a live chat with technical support at CrystalTech, and asked if they would check out the settings for my site in regards to their firewall blocking packets of data thinking they were a SQL injection attack as mentioned in the posting.
The technician was quickly able to find and confirm that my site was indeed being blocked by CrystalTech’s SRX firewall, and created a ticket, requesting that my site be added to the white list.
I have since been able to confirm that posting issues seems to have disappeared even with posts that I had issues with in the past!
Needlessly to say, I am now very happy to be able to post again!