Problem renaming admin folder - v1.38a

[Jay76]

Hi there,

I have tried to do the admin patch (change admin name) on zen cart 1.38a and after this I can not get in the admin.

I changed the file permissions as suggested but I think it is not properly changing back somehow.

Any idea's on the best fix for this..... fairly new to zen cart so not too good at this

any help appreciated

[CJPinder]

Hi,

Are you getting any error messages? If there are no errors appearing it could be a cookie issue, clear your cookies and try again.

Regards,
Christian.

[Jay76]

Hi there,

I just get this message here

Page Not Found
Custom 404 Error Page with Site Map Sample Text ...

I have a /shop folder so it is like this /shop/****** << new admin name

[CJPinder]

I have a /shop folder so it is like this /shop/****** << new admin name

Most likely you have missed something in your /shop/newadmindir/includes/configure.php file.

Regards,
Christian.

[Jay76]

cant see how as added the new folder name to the configure php and changed the name on the admin main folder? .... strange

[daltonkost]

Are you sure you were in admin/includes/configure.php and not just includes/configure.php? (just taking a shot here, not sure how you made the changes)

As far as file permissions go, you may need to change them in cPanel as opposed to ftp.

Good Luck, hope it all comes together.

Dalton

[DrByte]

What exactly is the error message you get now? And how do you make that error appear? ie: what URL are you going to, etc?
If it's still telling you it can't find the OLD url where /admin/ is listed as the foldername, then your FTP program isn't uploading your changes, probably due to file permissions.

And, for the record, renaming your admin folder has nothing to do with whether code patches are included or not. It's just best-practice. If you can't rename your admin, then don't. But if you can't, then you probably have some other problems on your site that need addressing, or maybe it's just the file-permissions thing again.