I use a program from Coffeecup software called "Coffeecup Website Access Manager". It allows you to password protect any directories easily. I'm sure there are other programs out there that will do the same thing.
Hahah
I found the kids YouTube channel by the username he left on the defaced page and contacted him. Soon we started chatting on MSN and it turns out it was his buddy whom I also talked to that did the hacking. They somehow decrypted my password and got access to my admin cp where one of them messed with my usergroups, admin etc. Fortunately they didn't delete anything, gave me the admin login and helped me get everything back to normal. After that I followed the tips they gave me to secure the forum.
Great idea! Will do that too.
They didn't decrypt your password,they used a keylogger..Probably something you clicked on in your emails..Or downloaded..