legolad

Ah ha! I see what I did wrong. I confused the [record_link] variable with a shortcode. I didn’t use it as part of an href tag.

Thanks again! I’ve left a review for you and will be sending a small donation when I get paid again.

Agreed. I found your design to be extremely easy to use – very intuitive. I wouldn’t change it all. I was actually thinking that adding some sort of identifier that allows for differentiation between tables might be all that’s really needed. And yes, I realize I’m probably oversimplifying it because I have no real understanding of how your plugin is coded.

Of course, I’m assuming that no two tables would ever share data.

Yep. I tried it out last night. I got a simple tables plugin for doing the contact list (it’s pretty static as data goes).

Now I’m recreating the DB as the gaming db I wanted to do. Thanks for your help.

I’ll be donating to you at my next payday. I think your plugin is fantastic.

For what it’s worth, I think there’s a gap in the plugin space for a quick and dirty database tool that allows you to create and manage multiple simple databases on a single web site. There’s a My Treasures plugin that is similar to what I have in mine, but it’s not configurable like yours. If you’re ever interested in exploring this, I’m a software Product Manager with deep experience in UX and software requirements. I feel confident I could put together a good set of simple requirements/use cases to define this sort of plugin. I’d enjoy working on it with you.

All the best,
David

Thanks for the quick reply. And thanks for making such a great plugin. It’s nearly everything I want.

So here’s what I was hoping to accomplish:
1. Create a Family database to track family names and contact information.
2. Make this available to my family on a password-protected page.
3. I maintain this database myself – nobody else adds records.
4. Create a separate Gamers database for specific games.
5. Players of a particular game can add their player ID and provide specific information about what they offer (and what they need) in the game.
6. Make this Gamers database available on a public page (no password or sign-in required).

Basically these are two completely unrelated databases. And now that I’m describing it for you I can already see the flaw in my logic.

I originally chose this plugin because I didn’t see how I could add simple tables to my WP pages. Now I think maybe there are plugins for adding tables that would be better for handling the family contact info.

Then I can use your plugin for the Gamers database.

What do you think?