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It’s fixed! I made a new wp_comments table using a giant MySQL Create Table statement. I used the MySQL command shell, so I wouldn’t say phpAdmin is best necessarily.

The create table statement was worked out by somebody at this URL, which I really appreciate:

https://www.crazybulb.com/blogging/wordpress-blank-page-after-posting-a-comment-wp-comment-post-php/

I think it was gone before I backed it up… maybe I can find something on Google about how to recreate it.

I use mysql.exe (or something like that) from a command prompt – to execute MySQL commands. How do I run phpAdmin?

Keep in mind this is an IIS server and php was an add-on. It felt like a juryrig.

Well, I installed an SMTP plugin and set it up, and now it will email me when I do a comment. It knows a comment got entered, and sends a link to view the it, but there’s nothing there!

Meanwhile, over in the Comments section in wp-admin, as I mentioned above, it says No Comments Found, but over on the right it says it’s displaying comments 1-20 of 39 total. I think are the comments that got imported from Blogger. They do show up on the imported pages, but not in the admin panel.

And, none of the comments posted via wordpress since the import have been saved. I’m thinking maybe that broke it, but unfortunately I didn’t try it before I did the import. I’m getting a headache.

Thanks, but no luck disabling plugins and changing themes. I can enter a comment, but it won’t save it.

I also posted regarding some comment problems, so far no response on that – will try this and advise.

Anybody?? Help please!!

Here’s how one of the imported posts plus comments looks,

https://www.gigascanner.com/index.php/current-stock-market#comment-

you can see the comments that got imported, but the header says No Comments. And, if I try to post a new comment it won’t take. This is really blowing my mind, it’s like something got cross-circuited somewhere.

More strangeness – The Comments page (in wp-admin) shows No Comments Found, but then over on the right it says it’s displaying 1-20 of 39 comments!

Presumably these are the ones that got imported along with the blog from Blogger. I can see them if I pull up the individual posts, and the wp-admin knows there are 39 of them, but then it can’t show me them. No Comments Found.

I sure hope somebody knows what’s going on or can show me how to troubleshoot it. Please! Thanks.

Actually, does anybody know a better way to do this than an html redirect? It’s kind of clunky. Thanks.

Fixed it –

After copying and renaming the first template, I edited the redirect url, but neglected to change name of the template in what I thought was a comment,as in:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Gorfnagle
*/
?>

Thanks, one confusion factor is the “stock market blog” page I created. Right now it’s just a generic page, whereas I want it to be the container page for the blog posts, as index.php is now.

Ummm.. I’m thinking I need to move the WordPress installation back to it’s own directory?

If so, how do I create a dummy page “in the root” as you mentioned above?

I created the dummy home page called “root” – and a redirector template. Access it from mysite.com/index.php/root and it redirects to the aspx page as expected.

I already use a filename.aspx for the default page. IIS is set up to load it as the default page. I guess I need to have it load index.php/root instead? That’s easy.

I also created another page called “stock market blog” which I’d like to be the front page of the blog – which is now brought up with index.php. How do I get it to do that? So far it’s just an ordinary page.

I hope I’m getting this right.

Yes I was being dumb – somehow the wp_options.frm file (in the MySQL database) got erased. Put it back and it saves the settings fine.

Still have the broader quandary of where to put things, and how to address them in a combo dotnet and php site.

Haven’t really changed anything since last night, but now it’s refusing to save any settings. The save button refreshes the page, but with the original settings. I did check to be sure I can still do a new post, and that works ok. Just the settings are stuck. Am I just being dumb?