{"id":2050,"date":"2012-12-06T19:04:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T19:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/12\/06\/smf-admin-login\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:27:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:27:28","slug":"smf-admin-login","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/smf-admin-login\/","title":{"rendered":"How to log into your SMF admin dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Now that you have <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/smf-manual-install\/\">installed SMF 2.0<\/a> on your account, you can log into the admin dashboard. This is where you will create your forums, add users, and do other general administration of your boards. Follow the instructions below to learn how to log into your SMF 2.0 admin area.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Logging into your SMF 2.0 Admin dashboard<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Using your web browser, visit your SMF site. You will see the main screen with a login area in the upper right area of the page . Here you will enter the correct information in the <strong>Username<\/strong> and <strong>Password<\/strong> fields and then click on the <strong>Login<\/strong> button. <br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_1-login.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_1-login.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"1-login\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_1-login.png 780w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_1-login-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_1-login-768x209.png 768w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next, you will be taken to to the account welcome screen. From here you will see a menu in the top portion of the page. Click on <strong>Admin<\/strong> to continue to the admin dashboard.<br><span data-mce-bogus=\"true\"><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_2-select-admin.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2-select-admin\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9409\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_2-select-admin.png\" width=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_2-select-admin.png 782w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_2-select-admin-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_2-select-admin-768x235.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/li>\n<li>You are now in the <em>Administrator Dashboard<\/em>. From here you can continue to create and administer your SMF 2.0 board site.<br><span data-mce-bogus=\"true\"><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_3-admin-area.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3-admin-area\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-9410\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_3-admin-area.png\" width=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_3-admin-area.png 775w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_3-admin-area-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_smf_login_3-admin-area-768x462.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you have installed SMF 2.0 on your account, you can log into the admin dashboard. This is where you will create your forums, add users, and do other general administration of your boards. Follow the instructions below to learn how to log into your SMF 2.0 admin area. \u00a0 Logging into your SMF<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/smf-admin-login\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,4293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mediawiki","category-smf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to log into your SMF admin dashboard | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn to log into your admin dashboard in this SMF 2.0 tutorial.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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