Could someone tell me what is wrong?

[Crowndefender]

I try to access my ACP in my forum but it wont work. Keeps saying 404 message.
What would that mean?

www.crowndefenders.com/forum

by the way thats my addy

[Spathiphyllum]

A 404 response is a server response header indicating that a file that you (your browser or other application) have requested was not found. I'm assuming ACP is your forum's administrative control panel, so it may be that the forum application has not been set up properly yet. I can visit your forum's front page and things look OK. I don't have time to review links, but at least your server is operating and responding to visitor GETs. That's a good start. You may need to tweak your installation to get full functionality from your forum. Try reviewing the forum's help pages and support material on how to set up a fresh install.

[Crowndefender]

Would that mean that i would have to start over. Another guy had access to my file manager. Could he have cause thid problem?

Thanks,
Wayne

[Spathiphyllum]

Would that mean that i would have to start over. Another guy had access to my file manager. Could he have cause thid problem?

Start over? Not likely... unless that other person deleted files via the file manager and those are the files that are being searched and not found (hence, the 404 response).

Check your server logs and look for the files that produce 404 errors. Next, browse your forum installation directories and look for those "missing" files. If the files are truly gone, you may need only to upload the files again. If the files are somewhere in the directory tree but your installation fails to "find" them (again, evidenced by those pesky 404's), then you'll need to revisit the installation to make sure paths are set up properly (this is usually done on an ACP setup page, but can also be viewed from the backend by reading application code and/or configuration files.)

If you trust the person that accessed your file manager, then ask if they deleted anything. They may be able to save you some detective work. I can't instruct you on specifics with your application since I don't use it, but the generic rules for such applications are pretty standard.

[Crowndefender]

To be honest freind i wouldnt know where to start. My heart is truly shatterd at the thought of my forum going. The guy in question was the one who dealt with those types of things. Im just the basic Admin.

[Spathiphyllum]

Two quick observations:

One of the 404's is for favicon.ico. You'll need to either remove the meta tag in the template headers that establish the favicon.ico file, or more easily, place a favicon.ico file in the web root directory.

Next, I notice some pages are set up as normal HTTP and others as HTTPS. When a main link is selected, the HTTPS accesses are made first to an HTTP address and then redirected (301 response header) to the secure address. It is the redirected page with an HTTPS path that is producing the FileNotFound 404 errors that I'm observing. I don't know if it is a mod_rewrite rule that was setup by the Apache server that is doing the redirects or if it is the forum application itself that is doing the rewrites.

At this point, I'm not sure I can provide more assistance. You'll need help from someone who uses phpBB to step you through more clearly; specifically, what methods are needed or used to set up the forum to run both with and without SSL (HTTPS).

Hope this helps at least provide some keywords for your search. Good luck.