I have lost my administration password

All passwords are encrypted inside 68 Classifieds database. So if you have lost your administration password you have three options.

Have a new one emailed to you from the sites frontend.
Manually go in the database and change it.
v4 now includes a file in the "do_not_upload" folder which you can upload to create a new one.

Number 1:
- Open a browser and visit www.yoursite.com/userforgot.php
- Enter the email address of the administrator's account and submit the form
- Check your inbox for the email

Number 2:
- You will need to login to your host's control panel and navigate to your database management system (probably phpMyAdmin)
- Once you have logged into your database you need to find the user table. (probably named 'class_users')
- Next locate the row with the administration account and click edit.
- You should see a row named password with a bunch of letters and numbers inputted. It will look similar to this screen shot:

- Now change that to your new password and on the left use the select list to choose "md5".

- Now locate the row that is named "level" and make sure it is set to 1. Which is the administrator user group.
- Finally hit submit and your new password will be encrypted in the database and you can then login with it.

Number 3:
Works in version 4 Only!
- locate the "do_not_upload" directory in the bundle you originally downloaded after purchase.
- upload the 'newpass.php' file to the administration directory of your site.
- open a browser and visit www.yoursite.com/administration/newpass.php
- fill out the form on that page and submit the changes.
- Please Note: You will be asked to verify your license key to submit the form

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I have lost my administration password

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