I cannot see/add/edit any categories or products through the admin area

[mc12345678]

Would it be anything to do with SSL ? or am I clutching at straws here ? !

Definitely clutching at straws...


See.. When code is being processed by ZC, such as displaying a page, if it (the ZC software) runs into an error that does not allow further processing, then it makes a log entry. Sometimes that error will result in an error message to the screen (Usually a SQL error), but most times... Blank... or a partially blank screen (such as the image above).

Now, that log is made into the location defined by DIR_FS_LOGS in your includes/configure.php file (or admin/includes/configure.php file in this case.) for ZC 1.5.1 and above. In previous versions it was the location defined by DIR_FS_CACHE. Respectively on default these are the /logs directory and /cache directories. In ZC 1.5.1 and above, both directories exist, but the cache directory is no longer where myDebugxxx messages are kept.

SO... assuming your directory path is properly formatted in the admin/includes/configure.php file to go to a writeable existent directory, then when trying to access the categories/products page as it is right now, a log should be generated.

The log(s) can be viewed either by FTP to the directory, or if you install lat9's display logs plugin. That will allow you to see the error logs from within the admin screen.

So if there is no "error" as stated earlier, does that mean that there are no such log files in the logs directory?

[mc12345678]

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