Title: Comments database
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Comments database

 *  [mdp716](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdp716/)
 * (@mdp716)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-database-2/)
 * I have created a ‘Contact Us’ form without any plug-ins or the use of a unique‘
   one use only’ template file which does data validation on both the front and 
   back end, e-mails the “info” e-mail address successfully and even writes an entry
   to wp_comments successfully.
 * However, I cannot find any documentation which indicates exactly what or how 
   to write to the database so that it would properly appear as a “new comment” 
   flag on the Admin Dashboard. I can successfully get that flag to appear but only
   as a comment which attaches as a reply to the original “Hello World” message 
   a fresh install does.
 * Can someone point me in the right direction for this? I do not want to write 
   a page simply to read and manage the comments database for “Contact Us” form 
   completions as that seems a lot of effort for little return.
 * Forgive me if I missed something simple – my first login as an admin to WordPress
   was less than three weeks ago so I am on a rather high trajectory learning curve
   as it is now having done very little PHP or Javascript coding prior to these 
   past few days.
 * FYI – The page I created is currently located at [http://www.emsroaddocsil.com/cu_test_iframe/](http://www.emsroaddocsil.com/cu_test_iframe/)
   if anyone wants to give it a spin and offer some comments. It will likely get
   moved once its been tested and approved for public consumption.

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## Tags

 * [Comments](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments/)
 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [form](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/form/)
 * [wpdb](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wpdb/)

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 * Last reply from: [mdp716](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdp716/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-database-2/)
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