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    Taking ownership of forum

    Paull
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    Solved Taking ownership of forum

    Post by Paull September 15th 2018, 12:31 pm

    First topic message reminder :

    Re my previous post (now archived)

    https://help.forumotion.com/t151959-how-to-take-ownership-of-a-forum

    Six months are now well passed. Is there any way I can take over ownership without cooperation from previous admins (no response to emails / PMs) .
    I have been in touch with a few members that I have email addresses for and they are up for it.


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    Solved Re: Taking ownership of forum

    Post by Paull September 19th 2018, 10:07 am

    mpelmmc wrote:Try with Admin again and make sure to write yourself down the password that has been sent to you instead of copy/pasting it.

    I am assuming this is the forum in which you asked for the password, right? http://ryansengineforum.forumotion.com/

    Absolute correct. Now logged in a Admin.
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    Solved Re: Taking ownership of forum

    Post by SLGray September 19th 2018, 10:08 am

    You can change it if you want, but it will not change it in the utilities.



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    Solved Re: Taking ownership of forum

    Post by Guest September 19th 2018, 10:08 am

    Yes. Make sure to change your password due to security reasons Smile. Change it in the utilities as well as in your forum.

    Also if this problem has been solved don't forget to change the icon of the topic to Taking ownership of forum - Page 2 1_copy11.

    Best regards Wink
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    Solved Re: Taking ownership of forum

    Post by Paull September 19th 2018, 10:11 am

    SLGray wrote:You can change it if you want, but it will not change it in the utilities.

    Sorry - new to all this. What do you mean by ' but it will not change it in the utilities.'
    Am I safer just to leave the password as it is?
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    Solved Re: Taking ownership of forum

    Post by SLGray September 19th 2018, 10:17 am

    If you change the founder's account on the forum, it will not change it in the utilities.  This means after you create the forum the creation login information is stored in the utilities.  Since Forumotion changed the founder account, the information in the utilities should have been changed, too.



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    Solved Re: Taking ownership of forum

    Post by Paull September 19th 2018, 10:27 am

    mpelmmc wrote:Yes. Make sure to change your password due to security reasons Smile. Change it in the utilities as well as in your forum.

    Also if this problem has been solved don't forget to change the icon of the topic to Taking ownership of forum - Page 2 1_copy11.

    Best regards Wink

    Many thanks to all for your help and patience. No doubt there will be more questions coming
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    Solved Re: Taking ownership of forum

    Post by SLGray September 19th 2018, 10:32 am

    You're welcome.
    Problem solved & topic archived.
    Please read our forum rules:  ESF General Rules



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