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. . . in light of recent events. :) Is there some kind of coincidence going on here :?: Since my previous post stating " it doesn't happen to me " I have been hit by three spammers and I've not checked today. They didn't get past the approval stage I have to add but I figure the CAPTCHA w...

I have never had spammers trying to log in before but just now I found three that had tried and obviously not got past the CAPTCHA. The one that caught my eye was 'CheappOemSoftwware' as I had seen it crop up on a discussion here. Are these auto or are they individuals, I presume they are automated ...

OK, it looks as though there is a corrupted file. You could try uploading a fresh version of /forum/includes/acp/acp_board.php or have a look at the line as reported and see if you can see anything such as a ')' missing.

Are you using FTP to upload/download?

Have a look in: common.css: body { /* Text-Sizing with ems: http://www.clagnut.com/blog/348/ */ font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #828282; background-color: #FFFFFF; /*font-size: 62.5%; This sets the default font size to be equivalent to 10px */ font-size: 10px; margin: 0; p...

Hmm, very strange, I never get any spam but then again my site is small. Is there a pattern to what sites get affected? Is it a particular sort of site? Is it a forum on it's own? Is it a website + forum? Have you got commercial advertising? etc. I just wonder why certain people get spammed and othe...

If you want what I think you want

Create a new category - no parent
Create a new forum - parent = new category as above