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Hi

Iam Praveen. I have hosted WebWiz Forums in Websamba, I have some problems:
» The name of the forum is diaplaying as "~~WWW.MusicOnline.TO ~~Where Music ends ~~"
» The Title Image became default to WWF (but I changed to My OWN and placed in the same folder)
» The forum images got collapsed.

What is the problem and what should I do?
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Your on a free web server. You need to download and install the Lite version of the forum.
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Originally posted by megetron megetron wrote:

I didnt know that option 4 is unsecured..Confused
good to know. thanks.
Allowing people to upload is always risky.
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thanx borg for instruction it will help new webmasterThumbs Up
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When version 8.0 comes out, all MS Access users should probably switch to MySQL if they are able to.  MySQL is free and is more secure and robust.  And many Windows Web Hosts are now offering MySQL databases with their web host accounts. 

I think most people use the MS Access version because MS SQL costs money, but since MySQL is free and runs on Windows, typically there will be no reason to use MS Access anymore. (The possible exception being people who using sucky free hosting accounts.)

People switching to MySQL from MS Access would eliminate a lot of the security issues right there (as far as user set-up errors are concerned).
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My forum was hacked and someone locked the forum. Anyone know how I can I unlock it?

 

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1. Make sure you are running the latest version and if you are running Access you have secured your database so it doesn't happen again.

2. To unlock the forum, log directly into the admin area, by pointing your browser at the 'admin' folder.
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I am not sure what the link is directly to my admion folder. Can you PM or post an example?
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