Art and Skins site down!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE READ CONSERNING E107 Security!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <br /> <br />Security has been a primary concern since the first released versions of e107, and for this reason there are some very easy measures you can take to make your site more secure ... <br />Rename your e107_admin directory: this will make it less obvious to other e107 users where your admin files are. <br /> <br /> <br />The procedure to change your directory names has changed. The definitions have been moved to e107_config.php. <br /> <br /> <br />If you are UPGRADING from a very old version of e107 (e.g. less than v.615), you will need to open class2.php and find the following lines. <br /> <br /> <br />// If you need to change the names of any of your directories, change the value here then rename the respective folder on your server ... <br />$ADMIN_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_admin/&quot;; <br />$FILES_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_files/&quot;; <br />$IMAGES_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_images/&quot;; <br />$THEMES_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_themes/&quot;; <br />$PLUGINS_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_plugins/&quot;; <br />$HANDLERS_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_handlers/&quot;; <br />$LANGUAGES_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_languages/&quot;; <br />$HELP_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_docs/help/&quot;; <br />$DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_files/downloads/&quot;; <br /> <br /> <br />Cut these lines from class2.php and paste them into e107_config.php. Now you can change the folder names from here. <br /> <br /> <br />If this is a NEW INSTALL the folder names are already in e107_config.php. <br /> <br /> <br />This procedure depends on you completing the steps above and making sure the file paths are located in e107_config.php now. <br />To rename your e107_admin directory (or any of your other directories), first rename the folder in the usual manner using your FTP client. Then open e107_config.php from the root directory of your e107 installation in a text editor, and find the following line near the top of the file ... <br />$ADMIN_DIRECTORY = &quot;e107_admin/&quot;; <br />... and change e107_admin/ to the name you&acute;ve renamed it on your server <br />You can change the name of all your e107 directories using this method <br />There are some security settings that you can change from your admin area. Go to the preferences page and you&acute;ll see a section marked Security <br /> <br />

Hmm... go to Pixart.net :D the new one :D

adni it was set to close forever, when I got home from work from a long hard day and thought I would have some fun around ANS, I come thru the site and guess what it was hacked into AGAIN, I was very upset and exhausted to the point that I didn&acute;t want to do it anymore to it, that I give up..I&acute;m sure everyone goes thru this at one point of time..if you remember how long ANS been around? Well it&acute;s been around for over 4 yrs, and been hacked into how many time? more then twice! <br /> <br />I would love to keep ANS alive if people would just stop hacking into it. <br />I have someone looking into it right now to see if they can restore the database, since I couldn&acute;t myself, if not then I have a plan B with a new portal. <br /> <br />After I calmed down and rested I have talked with great friends, I have decided to try again for the last time. <br />I love ANS and I have dedicated members who wants it back up again, if It wasn&acute;t for them then ANS would be close forever. <br /> <br />Thanks for your dedication and your support! <br />Just keep checking back :D <br />

Why the text on <b>Art and Skins</b> site are black on black background Pearl? :what

lol@PearDrop I like how you say that Marshall, your a sweetheart.. ❤️ <br />This information is very helpful thanks so much, never too young I mean too old the learn something new..lol <br />I will keep this in mind...don&acute;t know if I will use this portal yet, I guess its going to take time for me to get over the hurt and being upset for awhile. <br />Thanks guys! <br /> ❤️

Hmm.. i dont have any poblems now.. only site who is running e107 is DigitalBin.org :) <br />IPB its muuuch Better :D

I made thease same mistakes too....It wasn&acute;t untill I heard someone mentioning the security problems that I looked into it......Kenneth you&acute;ve got the same security issue,...maybe that is why you had problems in the past......I&acute;m working on fixing my site..I&acute;ve just been too preoccupied to get to it till now. 😮 <br />It should look more like this... <br /> <br /> <br />$ADMIN_DIRECTORY = &quot;97n89v63t5n89p7589n7w4mpw45876/&quot;; <br />$FILES_DIRECTORY = &quot;bm0aw356890b6pwb4m5890w4m8n7m/&quot;; <br />$IMAGES_DIRECTORY = &quot;3b06n8056n7b745wb4m5906b56bmw459/&quot;; <br />$THEMES_DIRECTORY = &quot;b90q3680ym75890y7690n7w490/&quot;; <br />$PLUGINS_DIRECTORY = &quot;ps59nm8w49b8590y85n77i870459/&quot;; <br />$HANDLERS_DIRECTORY = &quot;048nmw4905y8b90y8w97i70w/&quot;; <br />$LANGUAGES_DIRECTORY = &quot;658we568e568ke568ke5787kw/&quot;; <br />$HELP_DIRECTORY = &quot;7ie6789,678946789k689/7i867i7i7i/&quot;; <br />$DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY = &quot;e678768r6k78j7u8r6/894696895895789578905/&quot;; <br />

Hmm..PearlDrop have the mind to figure out what the problem is..;) <br />and you have the info.. and it should be Easy 4 here!!tyty Jamie

...typo, PearlDrop. :Happy

Jamie, this is PearDop&acute;s site. Thank you for the information. I hope it helps her. :Happy 👏 👏

Hi guys! <br />I would like to take the time to share with you all that our teams are are seriously thinking what is best for ARTNSKINS, right now we have a poll setup on which portal system is best. <br />Pease take the time to check it out and cast your vote! <br /> <br />http://www.artnskins.net/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?84.last <br /> <br />Back to watch American Idol! :D <br /> ❤️

ahh....realy nice :D

Well thanks for posting the link contractartist and letting everyone else know. We are going to fix this ;) <br /> <br />Thanks etype2 and everyone else! ❤️ ❤️

Great news PearDrop! Great job,Magid Media. :Happy 👏 👏 👏 ❤️

one last time....but if you don&acute;t rename your admin folder and place the changes into the e107_config.php you just might get hacked again.......your admin is still..... <br />http://www.artnskins.net/e107_admin/admin.php <br /> <br />is still open to attack......consider changeing your amin folder name.......and if you want to be thourough all folders with e107 in its name. Sorry for pointing this out but I thought I had made this clear that this is a mistake!

Hi Guys! <br />I am proud to anounce that Artnskins is backup! <br />Thanks to Magid Media, he did a fantastic job in restoring ANS! 👏 <br /> <br />http://www.artnskins.net <br /> ❤️

!!!!!!!!!!!!......Oh and make sure to put the changes into the INSTALL.PHP file before you install it won&acute;t see the changes when you try to install.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hehe ;)

Awww, *eyes watering* THANKS guys! ❤️

oh kenneth yes you were....I was lucky you found it in the first place, or I would still be codeing my web pages by hand ...

We all care very much, specially for kind people like you in ANS! ❤️

...we do care,PearlDrop. :Happy ❤️

I do care.. :D but im not into e107

Thanks contractartist! <br />I am glad to see people do care! ❤️ ❤️

Oh and one more thing <br /> <br />$FILES_DIRECTORY = &quot;samefolder/&quot;; <br /> <br /> <br />$DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY = &quot;samefolder/downloads/&quot;; <br /> <br />the downloads folder is in the files directory so make sure they are the same name when you make your changes....I goofed again on this one. and save a copy of the DIR&acute;s for your own record. <br />

Wow ... THAT was alot of reading!!

Oh, my host even sent me details to how to&acute;s ... to see If I can do the restore my self and it didn&acute;t work on my end.

The site is not ready yet for public viewing yet ;) <br />I could not set anything to the site, like setting it to maintence. <br />My host even had a current backup database but they have tried to restored it but no success :( <br /> <br /> <br />CRITICAL_ERROR: <br />Line 304 /hsphere/local/home/pearldro/artnskins.net/class2.php <br /> <br />Error reported as: [3]: Core settings saved - backup made active. <br />CRITICAL_ERROR: <br />Line 306 /hsphere/local/home/pearldro/artnskins.net/class2.php <br /> <br />Error reported as: [4]: No core backup found. Please run the Reset_Core utility to rebuild your core settings. <br />After rebuilding your core please save a backup from the admin/sql screen. <br />

I guess I wasn&acute;t clear Pearl, my question is why the text in the ANS site <b> now </b> is black on black background? <br />I mean the existing following text: <br /> <br />ARTNSKINS.NET <br />GOOD NEWS! <br />We are working hard to bring ANS back! <br />Please keep checking back! <br />Any questions please email pearlcu@msn.com <br />Option: If anyone would like to donate <br />On another note I like to tell everyone Thank you for your dedication and support and I really enjoy everyone! <br />I had look forward seeing each and everyones artwork, and made many new friends! <br />Thank you! <br />

Damn im Kind to PearlDrop :D hehe <br />Good Luck with ANS :D,, i dont know what system u are useing.. but WoW he who made the portal is great :D