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Forum posts gone!! - Posted By goldigga (goldigga) on 3rd May 08 at 6:09pm
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All the boards and categories on our forum have disappeared

this just happened one minute they was there the next the whole lot gone {Shocked}
Re: Forum post gone - Posted By Ross (admin) on 3rd May 08 at 6:35pm
Your forum has 10 recently deleted boards (which can be restored) but I only see 1 deleted category. I don't suppose you can give a brief description on how the boards/categories are laid out?

And out of this list, which are supposed to be active?

gen Benal and Arroyo General Board
diary Benal Diaries
benalnews Benalmadena News
ann Forum Announcements
joke Jokes
general Welcome
poll Poll
staff Admin
new New Members
places Places of Interest
Re: Forum posts gone!! - Posted By goldigga (goldigga) on 3rd May 08 at 6:37pm
those recently deleted was us testin to see if we could get any on when we did we deleted em in case the other appeared back
will get back you in a moment
Re: Forum posts gone!! - Posted By Ross (admin) on 3rd May 08 at 6:40pm
The other deleted boards are as follows, are these the ones that disappeared?

hotel Hotel and Apartment reviews
photos Photo and video albums
welcome1 Welcome
live Benal Live Reports
news Benalmadena News
fund fund
general1 Benal and Arroyo General Board
diaries Benal Diaries
newmembers New Members
admin1 Admin
interest Places of Interest
food Benal Food and Drink
admin Admin
owners Property Owners
weather Weather and Webcams
walks Benal Walks
announce Forum Announcements
lounge Benal Lounge
transport Transport Information
newmem New Members
Re: Forum posts gone!! - Posted By goldigga (goldigga) on 3rd May 08 at 6:42pm
yes that looks like em all

no one deleted em tho they just vanished
Re: Forum posts gone!! - Posted By Ross (admin) on 3rd May 08 at 6:52pm
As far as I can tell, they were deleted when the category they were in was deleted. But like you say, the security log shows no sign of that being deleted. I'm going to restore all of them now.
Re: Forum posts gone!! - Posted By goldigga (goldigga) on 3rd May 08 at 6:55pm
many thanks from us all {Grin}

you any idea how this could of happened?
and is there anything we can do to prevent it happening again?
Re: Forum posts gone!! - Posted By Entold (silentassassin) on 3rd May 08 at 7:13pm
Have a secure password, and what i do, is back up everything on my board. You can do that by going to your admin panel and follow what it says to backup your forum.
Re: Forum posts gone!! - Posted By Ross (admin) on 3rd May 08 at 7:14pm
Posted By goldigga on 3rd May 08 at 6:55pm
 
many thanks from us all {Grin}

you any idea how this could of happened?
and is there anything we can do to prevent it happening again?


You're very welcome {Smile}

I'd recommend just changing your password to something which is long and random consisting of both letters & numbers. The same should apply to any other staff members with the power to delete boards/categories {Smile}