Forumer

The FAP (Forumer Admin Panel) system has been fixed and has been simplified.

There has been some serious problems with this feature such as users not able to register and many confusions about this system. Limez and myself have spent the last month testing throughly to find possible causes.

Now, I would like to take the time to introduce the changes made and guide you through the FAP as well answer some FAQ's...
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What is the FAP and what does it do?

The FAP stands for Forumer Admin Panel which you can log into here. This is a feature for all servers and both IPB and phpBB, which is used if your forum is hacked into or if you demote or ban your admin account. All Forumer boards set up within the past year will have automatically registered you for the FAP account.

What are my FAP login details?

Your log in details will be the same as your log in details you chose at the time when setting up your forum. If you still are unsure, you will need to check your e-mail account you used when setting up your Forumer.com forum. Please note that there is no way to change the owner e-mail address associated with the owner account of the FAP.
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Release notes:

Removed ability for forum admins to register for an FAP account. We have found out that this is a risk to take. From now on, only owners of the forum will be able to register an FAP account.

Added remove IP ban list option to the FAP account panel. If a hacker IP bans you, you can check the box. That will remove ALL IP's from your ban settings. We recommend that you keep a back up of IP's that you have banned just in case there are any trouble makers.

Added password auto generators for 'Make Admin' feature. Lets say that a hacker demotes, and deletes all of you staff and leaves himself, you can go to your FAP account, select the only account left (which will be the hacker), choose "Make Admin" and his pass word will be reset to a random password. Then, you can begin to reconstruct your board and get things back on track.

You can also use this to reset your password if you should forget it.

Please note: Although the FAP is a good source of protection, we still highly recommend that you keep a back up dummy account at your forums. We still ask that you take caution when accepting applications for staff positions and admin positions. Only hire staff that you know and trust, especially for admins.


For those of you who are using an older forum. (Created more than 2 + years ago), you need to register for an FAP account before your forum is hacked.