Moving to another server

[kdipaolo]

Hi,

My company is moving servers, and my job is to get zen cart working just like it was before on the other server. So far I have moved all the files over, moved the database over, reconfigured the config files so that they would connect to the new location of the database (store/includes/configure.php and store/admin/includes/configure.php). Everything works fine except when I go to log into my admin page I cant log in using my previous credntials.

Any ideas?

[DrByte]

Which steps did you miss here?
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...fferent-server

What exact symptoms do you have when logging into your admin? Specific error message?

[kdipaolo]

Hi, thanks for responding to my post.

After I try to log-in to my admin, it doesnt display an error message it just goes back to having a blank username and blank password slot.

I followed all the steps from the article you provided.

Is the problem that im still running the site on the old server, can they run simultaneously?

Thanks

[kdipaolo]

Okay this is weird...I was just curious so I ran a complelty fresh install of zen cart on my new server and it still would not let me into my admin page.

Then i went to a different shared server off a justhost.com and rant a fresh install and it let me into my admin page

do you think part of the issue is that i am using an ip address instead of a domain?

[DrByte]

do you think part of the issue is that i am using an ip address instead of a domain?

Most likely, yes.
There's a known issue about that happening when running the store with an IP address used for HTTP_SERVER and/or HTTPS_SERVER. Using a proper domain name will prevent that problem from occurring.