Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
Mike,

Here's how configuration entries work:

- each "configuration" table record has 3 important pieces: configuration_key, configuration_value, and configuration_group_id
- the configuration_group_id must match an id in the configuration_groups table, else there cannot be a menu entry for it
- if the configuration_group record is deleted and recreated, it'll get a new number ... but the "configuration" table records will still have the old configuration_group_id assigned to them. If they aren't manually updated to be in sync, then the menu won't show those settings.

And then the Admin menu also requires a bunch of settings (they're in the SQL file you were using) to put the menu on the screen ... based again on the configuration_group_id being provided as the gID parameter.

(You could trick your admin menu to display by changing the URL's gID to the other group, as long as you're not logged in as a restricted admin user.)
G'day Doc - many thanks for the heads up on how the configuration entries work - knowledge is such a powerful thing, right. I will endeavor to learn a bit more about such things as time permits but your explanation now gives me a good grounding.

cheers Mike