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1. Nikki
   Member
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   Hmm, I noticed recently that upon trying to Edit an Imported Entry (imported from MT), the post completely disappears. I was just trying to shorten a post title and when I hit Save, the entry just disappeared. I tested another Imported Entry and the same thing happened.
   I've no problem editing regular entries, however.

2. Nikki
   Member
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   Ah, see- I hadn't checked the database, but they've disappeared everywhere else for certain. Very odd.

3. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   Looks like it might have something to do with the comments and pings settings on the post options. On my imported entry's those are not set to on or off.
   If I set them to one or the other before I resave the post it doesn't vanish.
   I've imported from Movable Type, if that makes a difference.
   --Jeremiah

4. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   Just checked, and if I go back into the database and manually set the comments and pings to "open" the post returns from the ether.
   --Jeremiah

5. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   here's what phpMyAdmin is saying that it's doing if I just 'edit' and 'save'
   without actually changing anything:
   UPDATE wp_posts SET post_lat = NULL ,
   post_lon = NULL ,
   post_status = 'publish',
   comment_status = 'open',
   ping_status = 'open' WHERE ID = '38' LIMIT 1 ;
   so it looks like if the comments and pings aren't set then the post status gets set to a null value when you resave.
   --Jeremiah

6. NthMike
   Member
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   Well, that works. Guess I'll have to go hack the database tomorrow. ;) Thanks, Jeremiah.
   Mike

7. Jeremiah
   Member
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   No Problem.. just wish I new enough php to actually affect a solution.. lol

8. Nikki
   Member
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   Thank you, Jeremiah! That was incredibly helpful information. :)

9. tontamoo
   Member
   Posted 9 years ago #
   

   Can someone tell me how to solve this issue? I tried turning all the pings and comments on via
   update wp_posts set comment_status='open';
   update wp_posts set ping_status='open';
   and they are open, but my missing entries haven't returned.

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