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Lock Forums
Return to the the Administration Menu

From here you can Lock Down the Board, this is useful for maintenance.

Important - Please Read First!

If you Lock the Forums the entire board will be locked and anyone entering any part of the board will receive the message, 'Sorry, the forums are presently closed for maintenance'.

This will mean no-one will be able to register, post messages, send private messages, or even login.

This will also mean that if you logout of this admin area you will NOT be able to login through the main forum.

To log back into the admin area to un-lock the forums, point your browser at this admin folder and login into the admin area through the admin area login page.