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Topic: Administrator login and other stuff
Posted By: Kalibravo
Subject: Administrator login and other stuff
Date Posted: 18 August 2009 at 6:14pm
Hello everyone,
 
I'm new to the WebWiz forums. I've read a lot the past week on this forum and that helps a lot. Thank you all for this. But I still have some questions. So, I hope I haven't missed a posting where these questions were possibly already asked.
 
First. My forum setup had a standard admin user. It's no problem to use this user and log in to the admin control panel. That works okay.
But, I registered a new user and made this user member of the adminstrator group. When I login as this user, I can see the admin icon (for log in to control panel) in the upper right of the forum. But, when I use this icon to login, I get the error that username or password is wrong. I use the same password with this user as for login into the forum. So, what do I do wrong here?
 
Second, a small question.
In the Private Messenger the first screen gives an explanation about Inbox, Outbox and New Message. But below the Outbox explanation there is an explanation about the Buddylist. I can not understand why this explanation is on this place. To me, it should be with the Buddylist option. Am I missing something here?
 
Third. I don't want to use the ranking system. So, it would be my wish not to display the star icons below the username / group. Is this possible?
 
Thanks in advance for your help.



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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 19 August 2009 at 9:31am
1. There should no issue with logging into the admin area using another member placed in the admin group. It could be something to do with the username or password you are using. However it is recommended that you only have one admin account as the admin area doesn't need to be accessed often and the more admin accounts you have the bigger the chance a hacker could crack one of the accounts get into the admin area and delete your forums!

2. The buddy list used to be part of the Private Messenger system. It looks like the text did not get fully removed when the buddy list was moved to the member control panel.

3. You can turn off the ranking system (ladder system) by editing the Group in the admin area. You can also change the stars in the same place to your own image or use a blank image if you don't want to display anything at all.


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Posted By: Kalibravo
Date Posted: 19 August 2009 at 10:44am
Thank you. Also for your advice about multiple admin accounts.
 
About the admin login, perhaps it indeed has something to do with the username.
The username here is 18 characters long.
Because I noticed that when creating a private message and using the option to get the name from the buddylist, and choosing this 18 characters username, only the first 15 characters were copied. And this gives the errormessage that the username could not be found.
 
I have made a new translation of all the text used.
In the Control Panel with editing the Profile there is a short text with the Signature box that I can't find to translate. It is the "(max 200 characters)" text. I couldn't find this in the language files.
The same for the Memberlist. The username "Guests" I can not find it to transate in my own language.
 
 
 
 


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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 19 August 2009 at 11:26am
All text should be in the language files.

The Guest Account name is taken from the Guest Account in the database. You would need to rename this member account to change the name that appears in your forum.


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Posted By: Kalibravo
Date Posted: 19 August 2009 at 5:23pm
Originally posted by WebWiz-Bruce WebWiz-Bruce wrote:

All text should be in the language files.
Sorry, this line isn't. I scanned all language files for this textline, couldn't find it.
 
And how about the issue only 15 characters of the username being copied from the buddylist?
Is this possible related to my admin login problem?
 
 
 
 


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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 19 August 2009 at 5:25pm
There should be a 15 character limit on usernames, you may want to correct your username to 15 characters.

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Posted By: Kalibravo
Date Posted: 19 August 2009 at 7:18pm
Originally posted by WebWiz-Bruce WebWiz-Bruce wrote:

There should be a 15 character limit on usernames, you may want to correct your username to 15 characters.
That's a pity. But this indeed solves the problem with the login as administrator.
I never got a message that the username must be 15 characters or less and it gave me no problem with normal login. Shocked
 
Please your response on the one textline I can't translate because I can't find it in the language files. If it is there, can you tell me where to look?
 
Sorry, another question.
Is there an option to make the admin account not to show up in the memberlist? I didn't see it in the memberlist of this forum, so what did I miss to make it not visible?
 
 
 
 
 


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Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 1:29pm
I believe the admin account does still show up in this forum too kalibravo

Quote In the Control Panel with editing the Profile there is a short text with the Signature box that I can't find to translate. It is the "(max 200 characters)" text. I couldn't find this in the language files


On your forum file register.asp about line 1833 (use Araneae text editor) you should see:
'If new reg don't show everything
   If ((blnLongRegForm AND strMode = "new") OR strMode <> "new") then

%>
   <tr class="tableRow">
    <td valign="top"><% = strTxtSignature %><br /><span class="smText"><% = strTxtSignatureLong %>&nbsp;(max 200 characters)
     <br />


That is where max 200 characters is


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Posted By: Kalibravo
Date Posted: 20 August 2009 at 2:19pm
Originally posted by MrTWS MrTWS wrote:

On your forum file register.asp about line 1833 (use Araneae text editor) you should see:
'If new reg don't show everything
   If ((blnLongRegForm AND strMode = "new") OR strMode <> "new") then

%>
   <tr class="tableRow">
    <td valign="top"><% = strTxtSignature %><br /><span class="smText"><% = strTxtSignatureLong %>&nbsp;(max 200 characters)
     <br />


That is where max 200 characters is
Thanks.
 
I don't want to make changes in other ASP files. So I think it's best to request the Web Wiz people to put this specific text also in the language files.


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Posted By: Kalibravo
Date Posted: 07 September 2009 at 9:38pm
I think I found another short peace of text that's not in the language files and thus can not be translated. In the calender next to the options how to display the calender (week, month, year) is the button GO. This GO I can not find in the language files. So is that hardcoded also somewhere?

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