https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing Gravity Support Forums Topic: Form Editor not updating form after editing en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:41:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9913 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:54:53 +0000 monki 9913@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You are right. After my last post, I exported out the form in question and imported it into the subdomain site running Twenty Ten and no plugins except for Gravity Forms.</p> <p>I then proceeded to try to enter the same phrase "Are you available to work from November 2010 to April 2011?", and it did not work.</p> <p>Thanks for your help. Now off to the web server... </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9908 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:37:18 +0000 Carl Hancock 9908@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It's a mod_security firewall issue as I suspected. </p> <p>The firewall on your web host is rejecting the request because one of the terms used in the ajax request is "isSelected" and you are using the word "from" in the label for your form so what is happening is mod_security is seeing those 2 keywords and rejecting the AJAX request for security reasons. It thinks it's under attack when it is not because it's receiving requests that look like database queries because of the keywords it sees.</p> <p>You will have to look into the mod_security resolution that I referenced above, which will have to involve your web host. They typically will make mod_security changes for user sites.</p> <p>We are also going to look into any changes we can make to Gravity Forms to prevent it from triggering mod_security from rejecting the request. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9877 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:27:31 +0000 monki 9877@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Update that, I cannot use the word "from" with the word "November"... </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9876 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:18:59 +0000 monki 9876@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Well. I performed the checks of activating the Twenty Ten theme, and removing all plugins.</p> <p>Now, the strangest thing is occurring.</p> <p>The domain site (goodfolks.com.au) with Twenty Ten and no plugins. Editing and updating a form works. Therefore, it must be the custom theme, and or a plugin that is causing the problem.</p> <p>Next, I reactivated the custom theme and tested the Gravity form. Editing and updating a form works.</p> <p>Next, I went through and reactivated each plugin, one by one, then tested Gravity Forms. Editing and updating a form works with every plugin, and with every plugin installed.</p> <p>Huh? So what is the problem. It now works...</p> <p>Well I decided to rebuild a form that I had lost from deinstalling and reinstalling GF.</p> <p>When I got to adding exactly (!!) the same multiple choice field, the form would not update.</p> <p>So I started messing around with word combinations in the Field Label of the multiple choice field in question. Believe it not, I could not update with the word combination "Are you available to work from November 2010 to April 2011?". But, I could update with the word combination " Are you available to work this summer?"</p> <p>What is with that? What do you suggest I do? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9868 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:11:45 +0000 monki 9868@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Great. Thanks for the info. I will try above and post up what happens. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9842 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:27:02 +0000 Carl Hancock 9842@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It still sounds like a mod_security issue to me. That is the only time checkbox/radiobutton/dropdown fields have prevented the form from saving. </p> <p>Otherwise if it works fine on one site on your server and not on another site on the same server... then there is something wrong with the site it isn't working on. In that case it would be either a theme conflict, a plugin conflict, or something wrong with the WordPress install itself.</p> <p>To test for a Theme conflict you would activate the default TwentyTen theme and then test to see if Gravity Forms works properly. If it does, then something in your theme is causing a conflict with the admin.</p> <p>To test for a Plugin conflict you would deactivate ALL other plugins and only activate Gravity Forms. Then test to see if Gravity Forms works properly. If it does, then you activate each plugin one by one and test Gravity Forms after each and every one until you encounter the plugin that is causing a conflict with the admin.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about the mod_security issue is described in these 2 posts along with the server fix:</p> <p><a href="http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/cannot-edit-any-forms-stalls-at-saving-form-please-wait#post-9531" rel="nofollow">http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/cannot-edit-any-forms-stalls-at-saving-form-please-wait#post-9531</a></p> <p><a href="http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/cannot-edit-any-forms-stalls-at-saving-form-please-wait#post-9534" rel="nofollow">http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/cannot-edit-any-forms-stalls-at-saving-form-please-wait#post-9534</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9820 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:33:00 +0000 monki 9820@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for getting back. Yes they are both on the same server. </p> <p>The new site (the one that works) has its own database on the same MySQL server. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9792 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:04:45 +0000 Carl Hancock 9792@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>So just to be clear, the form isn't saving properly on one site but is saving properly using the exact same steps on another site on the SAME server? </p> <p>I ask because what you described sounds like it could be a mod_security firewall issue. Which is known to happen with checkbox/radiobutton/dropdown fields depending on your server firewall settings. But you say it works fine on another site... but is that site on the same server as the first? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/form-editor-not-updating-form-after-editing#post-9777 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:53:05 +0000 monki 9777@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi there, </p> <p>I just want to say I have read and re-read many posts in this forum to find the answer. However, it seems that this really is a case by case problem, albeit quite common.</p> <p>I am running WP 3.01 and GF 1.4. I am using PHP 5.2.10 and MySQL 5.0.77 and custom a WP Theme.</p> <p>The problem occurs in the following steps:</p> <p>1. Create new GF form. Edit details.<br /> 2. Update Form. ---------- WORKS<br /> 3. Either continue editing or edit form from Edit Forms menu<br /> 4. Add a Single Line Text and/or a Paragraph Text and/or a Number and/or Section Break.<br /> 5. Update Form ------------ WORKS<br /> 6. Either continue editing or edit form from Edit Forms menu<br /> 7. Add a Drop Down and/or Checkboxes and/or Multiple Choice and/or Hidden.<br /> 8. Update Form ------------ DOES NOT WORK</p> <p>It doesn't matter what browser I am in. Same steps, same problem.</p> <p>So to work out whether it is a plugin issue, or server side issue, I clean reinstalled WP and GF on a sub domain with Twenty Ten Theme and No plugins - hero.goodfolks.com.au</p> <p>I then went through the above steps to create a GF form, and it works perfectly! No problems at all. </p> <p>Therefore, there is no problem server side. So does this mean there is a conflict with the custom theme or a plugin. Or both, and if so How do you suggest I go about working that out?</p> <p>Thanks for the help </p>