The contact plugin shouldn’t have anything to do with your database.
Did you delete the plugin file(s)? That would automatically deactivate the plugin.
Did you check which plugins are compatible with 2.1 BEFORE the upgrade?
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Plugins/Plugin_Compatibility/2.1
(although I don’t trust that list 100% – different servers may produce different results)
BTW, since there are several contact plugins, it is always a wise thing to mention what plugin are you talking about (eventually, with a link to it).
Thanks for the clarification
wp-contact-form 1.4.3
http://ryanduff.net/projects/wp-contactform/
It is listed as compatible.
You are correct – the database is still there, however it does contain a reference to the dodgy plugin in wp_options . active_plugins
Here’s the field……
a:3:{i:0;s:53:”../themes/3ColumnK2-0.9.5.1/app/includes/sbm-stub.php”;i:1;s:48:”../themes/k2-095rc1/k2/app/includes/sbm-stub.php”;i:2;s:34:”wp-contact-form/wp-contactform.php”;}
I tried deleting the folder of the contact form plugin but the site is still dead.
http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com – however I have added a landing page so as to avoid the white screen of death. without the index.htm it returns nothing.
View source – completely empty.
Any more ideas?
Thanks
Ken
OK – here’s what I did.
I manually edited the wp_options . active_plugins field to show the default value as leeched from these forums http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/41131
I then reinstalled WordPress, tweaked the themes that were deleted by messing with the database and voila
http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com is working again.
Boy am I glad I had a good backup.
Of course I dare not reactivate the contact form plugin so will have to manage without for a while.
http://ryanduff.net/projects/wp-contactform/ I can’t access this page. It seams to work but it is blank
I believe that blank page has been there for a while now. Why not try the link vkaryl provided?
Is there any other kind of contact form people can use now?
I use Contact Form ][. It’s a simple contact form based off of Ryan Duff’s work with some basic anti-spam measures, and it’s compatible with WordPress 2.0 and higher.
According to the ReadMe:
Note that Contact Form ][ is a drop-in replacement for Ryan Duff’s “WP-ContactForm” plugin. By installing Contact Form ][ , you’re essentially upgrading to this plugin.
