Can I open the forum from cpanel?

[mudmaudy]

I have access to the cpanel but I don't have access to an admin account on the forum. And the forum is closed. I'm running a forum for someone and I only got given the ftp information, and I can't get into the forum.

Is there a way I can open the forum?

[Lynne]

You probably could (I think I once posted about how to do this and someone told me I really shouldn't be posting it, I forget what their reasons were, but due to what is going on in another thread here, it makes me very, very reluctant to post the query!), but I would try to contact him and have him give you admin permissions. What if you need to do, um, admin type stuff? He can't actually expect you to run the forum through the database, can he?

[snakes1100]

As your not a license holder of vbulletin, i dont think anyone will answer your questions.

Except for Lynne lol

[mudmaudy]

The only thing I need to be able to do is open the forum and register. I can then add myself to super administrator. Am I correct? He's not online much, he's very busy but i'm going to be running the forum with payment.

And Snakes, I am not the license holder no but I am listed on a license owners account.

[snakes1100]

Well, you should contact him and inform him that his forum is closed and he needs to open it and set you up an admin account.

[mudmaudy]

Well, you should contact him and inform him that his forum is closed and he needs to open it and set you up an admin account.
I will be doing that, but as I said he is a very busy and i'm trying to get things rolling.

[snakes1100]

Sorry, but your not a valid license holder of vbulletin.

[Wired1]

Hint: RTFM, and I do mean that seriously. While we won't answer your questions, you can find some of the answers you are searching for in the manual.

[Lynne]

As your not a license holder of vbulletin, i dont think anyone will answer your questions.

Except for Lynne lol
Well, I didn't totally answer his question. That other thread about the person turning the guys forum on and off has got me very nervous about posting the query!

I do think that if someone expects you to be watching over their forum, then *they* need to make sure everything is all set for you to do so. Expecting you to somehow run it from cPanel is totally stupid. This is a vbulletin forum and he should know that he needs to give you access to the Admin Panel.

[snakes1100]

I was just teasing u Lynne :)

[Lynne]

I was just teasing u Lynne :)
Ah! OK. I wish teasing and sarcasm were easily detected over the internet/forums. Those two things have caused many a problem on my site! :D

[Boofo]

Sarcasm tags work wonders. ;)

[Lynne]

Sarcasm tags work wonders. ;)
Except my users don't use it as a sarcasm smilie, they use it more as a wink, wink, nudge, nudge type of thing.

[Boofo]

I was referring to the tags. ;)

I really like it here

[Lynne]

I was referring to the tags. ;)

I really like it here
Oh, OOOHHHH! Some days, I just really need someone to sit and explain everything to me. I guess I never got my full dose of coffee this morning. I wonder if my husband put decaf in my coffee container without telling me. :cool:

[Boofo]

It's ok Lynne, I got you covered. ;)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

@mudmaudy

You should understand the responses by some members:

If your friend wanted you to have Admin control over the board, he should have given you access to the ACP. But it seems he only gave you control over FTP.

Yes there are ways to gain admin access, but nobody on this forum can tell if that is the intention of the board owner (ie. your friend).

You just can not simply accept it because someone (you now) on the internet claims this is what his friend intends. Not saying you are doing anything wrong, but we just can not be sure.