Houston, we have a problem! - Can't login to admincp

[Agent0]

First of all, hello to the community.

I like this forum and I've spent a lot of time as an anonymous reader here. And as you will read further, I'm using one or the other vb.org's excellent hacks (yes buddies, I've clicked on Install :bunny: but now there is a problem.

After finalizing the latest modification, I was surprised when I tried to login again to the admincp. It says invalid username or password.

I've already opened therefore a support ticket at vb.com but they say

This login info does not work:

It says:

"You have entered an invalid username or password. "

Please provide the correct info.

This answer can't help me because I know that username and password are correct and that it has to do with the recent modification.

So here is the object

[Short Version]
After modifying some templates (mainly FORUMHOME, FORUMDISPLAY), the admin cp becomes inaccessible
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[Extended Version]
Recently 3 vb.org Plugins were properly installed and worked fine so far.
1. Latest Threads in Home which I have modified to Latest Posts
2. Latest Threads in Marquee
3. Marquee System 1.1 which is set inactive to not interfere with the above Plugins.

Plugin 1 and 2 were further modified to appear on every page instead of just forum home, by entering the following at the beginning of each PHP Plugin code:

PHP Code:

if (!function_exists("fetch_iconinfo"))
{
require_once('./includes/functions_forumlist.php4');
} 


The Hook was changed from forumhome_start resp. forumhome_complete to parse_templates for both Plugins.

Then I've edited the FORUMDISPLAY template by chosing a suitable location for the code. Until here everything was ok and both Plugins were visible at forum home and on every other page and at the desired position. Actually I should have stopped here as everything was working perfectly to that moment.

But then I saw that in a subforum which uses another style, Plugin 1 wasn't visible. I then opened the FORUMDISPLAY template of that style to move the Plugin code (which I tried after $navbar) to the bottom area, to see if it will appear there. Again, it wasn't visible. So I placed the code somewhere in the middle of the text but can't remember anymore after which variable.

And that was the last action I did on admincp. When I tried to login again now, it says wrong password or username. When trying to request a new password, it says that this email doesn't exist.

After browsing the vB forum I did all steps that were recommended for that problem.

1. Disabling Plugins in config.php4 by adding on top:

PHP Code:

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); 


The superadministrator value was already set to '1', and the usergroupid to '6' too.

2. Reuploaded the entire vBulletin package

3. Cleared both Cookies with tools.php4. Made a Reset of Style, Settings, Options and Cache and deleted tools.php4 afterwards.

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After all. the problem still remains the same and my knowledge comes to an end.
Please, can someone guide me into light!?
:knockedout: