Admin accidentally deleted... can the account be re-activated?

[pellet_newb]

Another admin accidentally deleted my account then re-created it with the same name but all of my settings and forum statistics are now gone.  All of my old posts say Guest under them.  Any chance my old account is salvageable?  Thanks

[Illori]

if you are running SMF 1.1, not really an easy way to fix it. you should be trying to upgrade to SMF 2.0 anyway as SMF 1.1 is not being supported.

[finnich]

faced the same problem.....it automatically started showing all the stas within a few days.

[Kindred]

Read the FAQ on what to do regarding a deleted admin account

[Illori]

Read the FAQ on what to do regarding a deleted admin account

that FAQ does not do anything with topics/posts made to make then no longer show up as a guest.

[Pipke]

on version 2.0.* you can fix it by reattributing user posts:

Log into your SMF admin dashboard. From the entry page, click Admin from the upper menu. This will reveal a second menu just underneath the first. Hover over Main and click on Administration Center from the popup submenu. At the bottom of the page is a list of maintenance categories. Find and click on the link entitled Forum Maintenance. Under the Forum Maintenance section you will see a small menu. Click on the Members link to open the next screen. From this screen you will be able to select both the source and destination users. The source user is the user you want to move the posts from and the destination user is the user the posts will be assigned to. Once you have entered the information click on the Reattribute button to finalize the changes. You will be met with a confirmation popup. Click on the OK button to confirm. Once confirmed, the posts will be moved to the new user-owner.