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2017-03-25, 04:33 PM
A whole category/section of forum has 'disappeared' from home page - still shows in Admin control panel, but whatever I do (ticked 'active' box, tried adjusting display order etc) it won't show.
Any ideas please people? Thanks if you can help.
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2017-03-25, 04:37 PM
would you like to PM me temporary access to forum admin panel & your web host control panel
(with access to database) - if required, you can give your own credentials & change them later
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2017-03-25, 04:41 PM
I'd love to .m. but am just about to go out! Could it wait till later, or tomorrow pls?
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2017-03-25, 04:44 PM
^ yes, you can PM me tomorrow. Also now it is late night for me ..
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2017-03-25, 04:46 PM
(2017-03-25, 04:44 PM).m. Wrote: ^ yes, you can PM me tomorrow. Also now it is late night for me ..
Oh right, sorry! Are you west (US?) or E of UK?
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2017-03-28, 03:42 PM
(2017-03-25, 04:44 PM).m. Wrote: ^ yes, you can PM me tomorrow. Also now it is late night for me ..
Sorry .m., completely forgot about this next day; and Monday had to visit dentist urgently for abcess on tooth, spent nearly all day in town, too late (your night-time) when I got back.
However, thought if I added a reply to one of the threads in the category (Archive) it might somehow 'appear' it. Was on my way to do that, but looked at permissions first - noticed that all were ticked apart from "allow html" so ticked ('checked', for Americans!) that too - and hallelujah, the category magically appeared again!!
So, appreciate your kind offer, but all is now sorted, thanks!
(copy posted on other thread also, as I commented on it also in the 'myBB older versions' location.)
I'll mark myself as best answer then
Hope others in same predicament might find it helpful.
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2017-03-28, 04:42 PM
^ it looks good to have the forum back
however disallowing html could not be the reason for its disappearing !
moreover we do not recommend to allow html in posting.
if html posting is a necessity then only trusted users & trusted user groups should have that privilege.
we use a plugin (eg. HTML in Posts) for such requirement.
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2017-03-28, 07:40 PM
Oh, right, ta! What's bad about html then?
Luckily, all our members are trustworthy I'd say, otherwise they'd not be allowed to remain members.
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2017-03-28, 09:03 PM
Layouts can be completely broken; external applications, which may not be safe, can be embedded. There are probably other reasons as well that I can't think of right now.
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2017-03-28, 11:53 PM
OK, thanks for the info.
Why would the category suddenly re-appear as soon as I did that though, if it wasn't the cause?
Our members wouldn't do anything damaging intentionally.
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