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Problem logging into dashboard. Please help.

edited February 2012 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8

Hi,

I've recently installed VF at http://www.photography.net/community/

I used to be able to get to my dashboard at http://photography.net/community/dashboard/settings It no longer seems to work and I cannot login to edit my settings. I'm new to all this. Help appreciated.

Thanks,
J.D.

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  • MVP
    Answer ✓

    You have to select the database first or

    UPDATE `DatabaseName`.GDN_User SET `Admin`=1 WHERE `Name` = 'YourUserName'

    grep is your friend.

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  • MVP
    edited February 2012

    Do you remember who is the default admin?

    You can execute this query in phpMyAdmin:

    UPDATE GDN_User SET `Admin`=1 WHERE `Name` = 'YourUserName'

    grep is your friend.

  • edited February 2012

    x00 said:
    Do you remember who is the default admin?

    You can execute this query in phpMyAdmin:

    UPDATE GDN_User SET `Admin`=1 WHERE `Name` = 'YourUserName'

    @x00 Thanks for the response. I'm not sure how to do what you suggest. I do know my User name, Database Name, and Password. The problem is when I try to go to my dashboard which I think is at www.photography.net/community/dashboard/settings it just takes me to the forum user sign-in screen instead of my dashboard.

    I tried doing a query in phpAdmin but clearly don't know what I am doing.

  • MVP
    Answer ✓

    You have to select the database first or

    UPDATE `DatabaseName`.GDN_User SET `Admin`=1 WHERE `Name` = 'YourUserName'

    grep is your friend.

  • edited February 2012

    OK. I found what I needed in phpMyAdmin. Thanks for your help.

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