SMF gives administrator newbie status
January 15th, 2007
How to stop SMF administrator being given newbie status
When first setup, SMF gives the administrator the status ‘newbie’
To get around this problem, simply go to your admin menu, select ‘members’, select the admin member, and click on ‘account related settings’ in the menu to the left.
Then simply change the ‘posts’ to a much higher number – a minimum of 500 posts can make you a geek like me, instead of a newbie 
Here’s to a new year as an administrator with ‘hero’ status in SMF, instead of Newbie!!
P.S. It doesn’t matter whether you are running SMF in a standalone configuration or using the JoomlaHacks SMF to Joomla Bridge – this advice still works!
Duck
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8 Comments Add your own
1. Willie | February 17th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
You can also go to Admin>Configuration>Current Theme and then check the box that says “Hide post group titles for grouped members.” 🙂
2. Paul Conway | April 14th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Hi
Its great to see that there is help out there for the Newbie. Thanks for sharing this advice.
Best Wishes
Paul Conway
Newbie
3. Jay | December 24th, 2008 at 8:54 am
A better solution is to edit the MySQL database. Using phpmyadmin or a similar program will make this an easy issue to resolve.
Simply find the smf_members table and open the ID_MEMBER 1 table to edit it. Change ID_POST_GROUP to whatever you like (1 is Administrator, 2 is the next group down and so on). I changed mine to 2 because it already shows Administrator under my name. Make sure you save the changes (in phpmyadmin chose save from the drop down and click “Go”).
Now instead of:
You_Display_Name
Administrator
Newbie
You’ll Have:
Now instead of:
You_Display_Name
Administrator
Global Moderator (or any other group you chose)
Now all your titles make sense and your post count is correct, all without turning off the titles
If any one needs help, email me..
4. Jay | December 24th, 2008 at 8:56 am
CORRECTION:
Now instead of:
Your_Display_Name
Administrator
Newbie
You’ll Have:
Your_Display_Name
Administrator
Global Moderator (or any other group you chose)
5. ROM | March 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I’m not very good at hand editing the database, so I just changed my post count per the instructions in the article. Hey Jay, if you’re still around email me. Maybe you can help me out and I can change my post count back.
6. Zen-Money | July 31st, 2009 at 2:23 am
Thanks Willie, your suggestion is the best by far.
“You can also go to Admin>Configuration>Current Theme and then check the box that says “Hide post group titles for grouped members.” :)”
7. Jewelry Auction | August 21st, 2009 at 1:56 pm
your suggestion is the best. Maybe you can help me out and I can change my post count back.
8. Peculian | December 8th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Very good explanation Zen-Money !
I did and it`s ok now.
Thank you…………………………………..
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