Final update: unless I hear otherwise I’m going to assume the comment bug is fixed. Let me know if you have any further problems anywhere on the site, and thanks to everyone who helped me troubleshoot.
Update: I just installed an updated version of WordPress from scratch. It may have fixed the comments bug. . . if anyone wants to give it a try, go ahead!
Sadly, a number of things on the site went haywire in the process, which is why I hate updating and delay as long as possible. Please bear with the various problems with site layout, until I can go through and fix them all (the most obvious being the lack of page links at the top of this page and a few 404 not founds). I think the feed is working ok.
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I’ve had several of you tell me that you can’t submit comments. I have tried repeatedly and can’t replicate the problem myself – all my own comments go through. So I can’t discern if it’s my server, WordPress, or MySQL.
I’ve repaired my MySQL database; that may have fixed it. If you’ve been trying to post a comment, would you please try again, and let me know if it still doesn’t work? Either comment on this post, just as a test, or on the original post you tried to reply to (but please, if you write a long comment, save your comment text before submitting just in case! I know how irritating it is to lose a long comment and I’m really sorry!)
If comments still won’t submit, would you please email me (cicada (at) bioephemera.com) with the exact wording of the error you get? And if anyone more WP-savvy has a guess what the fix is, let me know that too.
Thank you so much!
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Hey, I got back to you on the page links thing. Sorry if it’s not much of a help, but it’s what I did when I was still using this theme.
Hopefully, you can understand it and make it work for you, but if not, get back to me and I’ll see if I can get it done for you
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Thanks so much, ChrisD! It seems to be working again. . . for now
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