my message boards were getting some foul language on them, so I downloaded a list of banned words, copied it into the banned words section of the admin/preferences module, saved it... and now nothing will post on my website.

I feel that the site is timing out before XOOPS finishes checking against the banned word list... but I can't even go in and delete the banned word list.

What do I do now ??

You can delete the banned words by finding the entry in the "yourprefix_config" in your database.

HTH.

John.. thank you for the guidance.. I looked through my databases and found the following.. but not "yourprefix_config" Where would i look ??

lsradmin_xoop1

xoops_ams_article
xoops_ams_audience
xoops_ams_files
xoops_ams_link
xoops_ams_rating
xoops_ams_spotlight
xoops_ams_text
xoops_ams_topics
xoops_ann_annonces
xoops_ann_categories
xoops_ann_prix
xoops_ann_type
xoops_articles_cat
xoops_articles_main
xoops_articles_rating
xoops_avatar
xoops_avatar_user_link
xoops_banner
xoops_bannerclient
xoops_bannerfinish
xoops_bb_categories
xoops_bb_forum_access
xoops_bb_forum_mods
xoops_bb_forums
xoops_bb_posts
xoops_bb_posts_text
xoops_bb_topics
xoops_block_module_link
xoops_config
xoops_configcategory
xoops_configoption
xoops_debaser_files
xoops_debaser_genre
xoops_debaser_mimetypes
xoops_debaser_player
xoops_debaser_user
xoops_debaserradio
xoops_debaservotedata
xoops_donations_config
xoops_donations_financial
xoops_donations_transactions
xoops_donations_translog
xoops_group_permission
xoops_groups
xoops_groups_users_link
xoops_image
xoops_imagebody
xoops_imagecategory
xoops_imgset
xoops_imgset_tplset_link
xoops_imgsetimg
xoops_lastseen
xoops_modules
xoops_mylinks_broken
xoops_mylinks_cat
xoops_mylinks_links
xoops_mylinks_mod
xoops_mylinks_text
xoops_mylinks_votedata
xoops_myref_query
xoops_myref_referer
xoops_myref_robots
xoops_newblocks
xoops_online
xoops_phpads_acls
xoops_phpads_adclicks
xoops_phpads_adstats
xoops_phpads_adviews
xoops_phpads_affiliates
xoops_phpads_banners
xoops_phpads_clients
xoops_phpads_config
xoops_phpads_images
xoops_phpads_session
xoops_phpads_userlog
xoops_phpads_zones
xoops_pical_cat
xoops_pical_event
xoops_priv_msgs
xoops_ranks
xoops_session
xoops_smiles
xoops_tplfile
xoops_tplset
xoops_tplsource
xoops_users
xoops_xcgal_albums
xoops_xcgal_categories
xoops_xcgal_ecard
xoops_xcgal_pictures
xoops_xcgal_usergroups
xoops_xcgal_votes
xoops_xoopscomments
xoops_xoopsfaq_categories
xoops_xoopsfaq_contents
xoops_xoopsheadline
xoops_xoopsnotifications
xoops_xoopspoll_desc
xoops_xoopspoll_log
xoops_xoopspoll_option

xoops_config

(it just dawned on me that I have pulled a Homer Simpson -- I can't find the "any key".. John, my apologies)

Herko.. I agree with you.. inside that table are the following fields...

 conf_id 
 conf_modid 
 conf_catid 
 conf_name 
 conf_title 
 conf_value 
 conf_desc 
 conf_formtype 
 conf_valuetype 
 conf_order 

Which one should I clean out ?

Herko.. found it.. It worked !!

THANK YOU JOHN !!

THANK YOU HERKO !!

YOU GUYS RULE !!!!!