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1. Altstatten
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Using the plugin. I approved a comment and the Comments Page went blank. Uninstalled the only obvious db table for the plug-in but every time I reinstall the plugin I get the same settings I originally had, in the setup area for the plugin. That tells me there's probably another table with settings in it that I've not deleted.

   What I'm after is, how do I tell what tables a plugin creates for itself, after the fact, so that I can go delete them and start afresh?

2. Altstatten
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Come on!! Don't leave me hanging...show me some plugin love!!!

3. DanielSchurter
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Altstatten

   Did I understand correctly that the Comments Page in your WordPress admin section went blank after approving a comment when DMSGuestbook plugin is installed?

   Which db table did you uninstall, "dmsguestbook_options" or "wp_dmsguestbook"? And how? manually with a tool like phpmyadmin or with "DMSGuestbook -> Database settings"

   DMSGuestbook creates two tables in your database: "dmsguestbook_options" and "wp_dmsguestbook". Both of them have no influence on WordPress comments.

   Or have I misunderstood you?

   Greetings,
   Dani

4. Altstatten
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, you understand correctly. Approve a comment, Comments Page goes blank!

   I'm in PHPMyAdmin and I only see one table for DMSGuestbook. wp_dmsguestbook

   I deactivate the plugin, uninstall it, manually delete the table above. Then I re-install the plugin but some of the old settings are still hiding in there somewhere.

   Why don't I see the other table you mention??

5. Altstatten
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Clarification: NOT the comment area in the admin section; the actual Comments Page goes blank. What a visitor will see.

6. Altstatten
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay. I got enough clues from your response to figger out that the settings are buried in wp_settings table. So I deleted them from the plugin's db interface and all appears to be well.

   apparently something got catywompus in the settings, causing the original problem.

   Thx!

7. Altstatten
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Well apparently I was wrong. I reinstalled EVERYTHING. Input a test comment.

   If I don't mark it to pre-approve the comment, the comment shows up on the Comments Page just fine.

   I marked the settings to allow me to pre-approve it. Then I approve another test comment and the contents of the Comments Page disappears.

   Any ideas?

8. DanielSchurter
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   DMSGuestbook creates two tables in your database: "dmsguestbook_options" and "wp_dmsguestbook".

   Sorry, "dmsguestbook_options" isn't a table but an entry of the table "wp_options". The DMSGuestbook widget settings will be find in the same table under the name: "widget_dmsguestbook"

9. Altstatten
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yeah, I figured that out. :)

   But I'm having the same disappearing content problem. See my last entry. Any thoughts?

10. DanielSchurter
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I think this isn't a DMSGuestbook problem but this things could help to find out where is the problem:

    - Update the latest WordPress
    - Deactivating all plugins and switch the theme to default
    - Re-install WordPress or install it as second instance on your server (e.g. wordpress2) or on your local machine (e.g. xammp.org)

    Greetings,
    Dani

11. Altstatten
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I AM running the latest WP.
    Deactivated ALL plugins and tested them this morning. Nothing.
    I'll attempt to reinstall and see.

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