Undisclosed Configuration Errors

  • Resolved psicop

    (@psicop)


    8 years, 9 months ago

    After years of using CT7, suddenly I find there are 3 “configuration errors” in my form. Strange that it could somehow know there are errors, to the point that they can be counted up, yet not be able to disclose what they are. My form is:

    `<p>Your Name (required)</p>
    <p> [text* your-name akismet:author] </p></p>
    <p><p>Your Email (required)</p>
    <p> [email* your-email akismet:author_email] </p></p>
    <p><p>Subject</p>
    <p> [text your-subject] </p></p>
    <p><p>Your Message</p>
    <p> [textarea your-message] </p></p>
    <p><p>[submit “Send”]</p>`

    Also, in Mail tab, From has [your-email] in it, Subject has [your-subject], and Message Body has [your-message]. The To line has my correct email address.

    I tested my form and it no longer can send email. So something is wrong with it. But going over the documentation, none of the above settings are invalid.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/contact-form-7/

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  • You also have quite few mismatched p tags. This can also cause problems.

    Thread Starter psicop

    (@psicop)

    Oddly enough, this was pretty much the “default” form that was part of the original installation. So the default form that comes with the plugin is not valid, is that what you’re saying?

    I still think it’s strange this came up as a major problem all of a sudden and that it stopped working. I got a correspondence generated by the form only about 10 days ago. I also think it’s strange that something is capable of detecting the errors specifically, but somehow can’t or won’t manage to disclose what & where they are.

    I’ll have to see what I can do to get this working, I guess. Or maybe just uninstall this plugin and add one that’s not so delicate.

    Thread Starter psicop

    (@psicop)

    Oh, and the mismatched paragraph tags were inserted by this board’s software. They’re not present in the form settings in WordPress. I have no idea why they were added, but they were.

    <<So the default form that comes with the plugin is not valid>>

    I agree. I have just updated to the latest version and now I have 2 configuration errors found on both my contact page and my contact widget.

    Something is wrong somewhere. Hoping for a fix soon.

    This is what I have for my widget, showing 2 config errors. What are they?

    <p>Your Name (required)
    [text* your-name]

    Your Email (required)
    [email* your-email]

    [submit “Yes, I want the workbook please!”]
    </p>

    Same here. I “updated” Contact Form 7 on 3 sites and all 3 give configuration errors but they’ve been working for years.

    I also agree that it’s ridiculous to say there are errors without telling us WHERE or which ones.

    I’ve always liked Contact Form 7. Now, a lot less. I’m not going to install the update on my other sites just yet, in the hope there will be a better version coming up soon (?) that tells us what the problems are (especially since the problems mentioned above have been created by the plugin ITSELF!)

    So this begs the question: why try to fix what is working real fine until we “fix” it?

    Marie

    Thread Starter psicop

    (@psicop)

    I was able, just now, to get it working. After having to go to a couple support pages, including one buzztone cited (thank you). But too many mysteries about this remain, including why, all of a sudden, an update to the plugin broke it.

    Among those mysteries are these 2:

    1. According to the documentation I read, the default form was never right, to begin with, and should not have ever worked. But … it did (as I said, as recently as 10 days ago, for me anyway). If CF7 should never have been functional, with defaults, at all, then why was it working until it was updated?

    2. This validator was able to find the errors, and could even count them up. But, it wouldn’t disclose their nature or where they were. It makes little sense that someone would provide such a detailed validator — for anything, not just CF7 forms — yet not include results which could help someone make the code valid.

    Unfortunately, while I was able to repair the damage, neither of these mysteries have yet been solved. I’m not sure I want to keep this plugin unless I get some answers, because I don’t want to have to wonder if something else is going to break it again. It’s just too delicate for me to depend on it.

    Thread Starter psicop

    (@psicop)

    Solved. But I’m still mystified as to what happened and why.

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