Thanks, Jason. Lets start over.
Just to confirm that we are using the right custom settings as there was some changes made after the initial request. user.data was changed to profile. (hinterlands.demo)
According to what we are aware, these are the settings that have been set up.
[hinterlands]
data :wc string 0 64000
[profile]
user.data :wcu string 0 64000
What is the difference between [hinterlands] and [profile]?
Given this is correct, we are able to print these settings out. We have set values previously as you can see below.
[logged in as hinterlands] (admin)
The problem we are having is that we can no longer set these settings by using the code supplied in the original post.
Does this code work for you on your system?
btw, we have tried them in a custom component and tested them in a page.
It is critical for us to set these settings.