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# sthe9

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Responsive Menu - Create Mobile-Friendly Menu] ‘shortcode deactivated’ when creating menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-deactivated-when-creating-menu/)
 *  Thread Starter [sthe9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlis/)
 * (@tlis)
 * [11 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-deactivated-when-creating-menu/#post-18659307)
 * ‘shortcode deactivated’ issue is now sorted out — I delved deeper into your knowledge
   base and discovered the generic shortcode to use (the dashboard message confused
   me into thinking there should be a specific shortcode with a unique number or
   other identifier tied to the menu I was working with). Sorry not to have found
   this before I posted the original message!
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [Can't Connect to Second MySQL DB](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-connect-to-second-mysql-db/)
 *  Thread Starter [sthe9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlis/)
 * (@tlis)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-connect-to-second-mysql-db/#post-3884369)
 * (should have marked this as resolved — doing that now)
 *   Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/)
   
   In reply to: [Can't Connect to Second MySQL DB](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-connect-to-second-mysql-db/)
 *  Thread Starter [sthe9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlis/)
 * (@tlis)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-connect-to-second-mysql-db/#post-3884368)
 * Thanks — it turned out not to be a security issue, and I couldn’t get “$newdb
   = new wpdb(“DBUserName”,”Password”,”DatabaseName”,”HostName”)” to work no matter
   what, but adding new tables to the WP database worked fine.
 * I’d previously tried the “adding new tables” method as my very first approach
   on my local, test installation, and had ended up crashing WordPress entirely,
   so I’d been reluctant to go that route for the live version. But since nothing
   else worked, I reread the “adding new tables” info in the link Tara provided,
   and gritted my teeth and tried it in the real world, and nothing crashed and 
   I’m now in business.
 * Thanks again!

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