Problem renaming admin folder - v1.38a

[DrByte]

If you go to www.your_domain.com/shop/your_admin/login.php ... what happens?
Assuming it gives you the login prompt, and you try to login, now what happens? Is that when the 404 now appears?

[Jay76]

Hi DrByte,

by doing what you say it takes me to the login page but I then get link broken http 404 file not found

I was doing www.mysite.com/shop/my_admin which I was always able to signin on before this change.

I have a screen grab here, it takes me to my shop home page?

[DrByte]

1. It's taking you to your shop home page strictly because that's how your site has been set up to handle 404-not-found conditions.

2. The fact that going to the login.php directly works shows that you've got the files in the right folder.

3. The reason going to just /shop/my_admin/ gives you a redirect is because when you don't specify a filename, the server assumes index.php and, since the first thing index.php does is verify whether you're logged in, since you're not yet logged in, it's trying to redirect you to the login page. Hence the difference between going direct to the login.php page yourself.

4. Your redirects are clearly the problem, and the admin redirects are always built based on the info in your /admin_folder_name/includes/configure.php file.

So ... your edits to the admin configure.php file are your problem.

Please post what you have in your admin configure.php file now. Feel free to mask the actual admin foldername and replace your URL with my_domain.com. And of course your database details.
Please don't mask anything else.

[Jay76]

Ok just let me get that info

[CJPinder]

Ok just let me get that info

Best to FTP down a fresh copy of the /shop/my_admin/includes/configure.php from the server and post the contents of that one.

Regards,
Christian.

[DrByte]

Ok just let me get that info

I got your PM

Here's your problem.

Contrary to the FAQ instructions which indicate to *merely* change the literal "/admin/" to "/your_new_admin/", you decided to take it further and also change other stuff too, specifically the foldername where your whole store+admin resides.

Specifically, you changed "/shop/admin/" to "/your_new_admin/" .... and since you dropped the "/shop/" part, it's looking just for "/your_new_admin/" ... which doesn't exist because it's really located at "/shop/your_new_admin/".

So ... go back and make sure that the "/shop/" part is put back where you took it out.

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=33

[Jay76]

Hi DrByte...... I am sure that was posted on this thread #11 to change to this so that is why that is the way it is.

So with that changed it should work hey?

thanks for your help

[Jay76]

Also to mention I recall it having the /shop in the configures file before and did not work so I am touching wood on this if it works, will soon be calling it a night I think

[Jay76]

ok it works on this basis

http://www.**********.co.uk/shop/my_admin/login.php

but takes an age to sign in, really slow!

without putting the login.php it just results on the 404 error posted earlier as per the picture.

[daltonkost]

[QUOTE]Hi DrByte...... I am sure that was posted on this thread #11 to change to this so that is why that is the way it is/QUOTE]

Obviously, the guy who wrote post 11 is an idiot, and whose advice should never be followed by anyone at any time.

Seriously, sorry to have added to your frustrations by leading you astray. You did however have /shop/ in an earlier, failed attempt.

Hope you post how you fixed it so we can all learn how.

Good Luck
Dalton