Blank Screen at Admin

[pdf1106]

Ive figured it out! Switch web hosts!

[afo]

Ive figured it out! Switch web hosts!

I tried to get into your ZC. I assume the url is http://www.papierdefleur.com/zencart/ since http://www.papierdefleur.com/ takes me to a very pretty "coming soon" page. The store does come up completely blank. I'm not familiar with Yahoo as a hosting service, so I can't comment on that part. There's very definitely something funky going on.

[Andronikus]

My problem was my web host. I had, notice "had", Yahoo! Web hosting. Even though it was a merchant account, they do not allow the hosting of a .htaccess file. This file is imperative to show the admin page (and other various features to boot). So, because of this, the admin page will never show up. Woo.

[deltatech]

I experienced the same problem.

If installing on Windows with the following versions, the problem is caused by Zen cart checking for new versions.

Server OS: Windows NT EMG-ADELMO 5.2 build 3790 Database: MySQL 4.1.18-nt
PHP Version: 4.4.2 (Zend: 1.3.0)
PHP Safe Mode: On
Zencart: 1.3.9d

In your shop/admin/includes/header.php file, remove or comment out from line 141

// ignore version check if not enabled or if not on main page or sysinfo page  
if ((SHOW_VERSION_UPDATE_IN_HEADER == 'true' && $version_from_ini !='off' && ($version_check_sysinfo==true || $version_check_index==true) && $zv_db_patch_ok == true) || $version_check_requested==true ) {

to around line 174

$url=(isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT);   
$url .= (strpos($url,'?')>5) ? '&vcheck=yes' : '?vcheck=yes';    if ($zv_db_patch_ok == true || $version_check_sysinfo==true ) $new_version = '<a href="' . $url . '">' . zen_image_button('button_check_new_version.gif',IMAGE_CHECK_VERSION) . '</a>'  }

As always, remember to make a copy of your original file before making any changes.

[DrByte]

Better solution is to use the solution already posted earlier: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=81