Rename Admin folder

[econcepts]

I did, I even took over the path of the tutorial and searched in the config file.

Tried different names everything.

But my host already has a default folder named admin for my site configuration(MySQL Db, Users etc), maybe this is causing problems?

Can I try changing the names before install and see how that works?

No, the fact that your host already has a folder called "admin" does not matter. I have numerous sites running on hosts that have an "admin" folder and it makes no difference when you rename as long as you set your paths in the config file correctly (make sure you have included all the trailing slashes, and you do not need to actually reference the file in the url ... just the path to the directories will do).

The process is:

1) Rename the admin folder
2) Change the proper lines in the admin config file.
3) Change the proper lines in the catalog config file.

[axip]

Wait a minute, the tutorial doesn't say anything about a catalog config file,
only a admin config file, maybe that's the issue? Could you give me details on how to edit the catalog config file?

[axip]

Here I posted everything I changed here. This is obvioulsy the changes done in the admin/includes/configure.php file

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/var/www/html/admin/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/var/www/html/');

I changed this into this:


define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/axcd2/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/axcd2/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/var/www/html/axcd2/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/var/www/html/');

But I still get the error?

[axip]

Alright, I disabled SSL and now its working.

[econcepts]

Alright, I disabled SSL and now its working.

Glad to hear that.

For future reference to your question about the "Catalog config" file, open that file up /includes/configure.php and look for the SSL switches as well as the Admin switches. It looks identical (for the most part) to the one found in the Admin.

Simply make sure your paths there match to those (where applicable of course) in the Admin config file.

[bensmumma]

Perhaps the tutorial should be updated to include this?

For future reference to your question about the "Catalog config" file, open that file up /includes/configure.php and look for the SSL switches as well as the Admin switches. It looks identical (for the most part) to the one found in the Admin.

Simply make sure your paths there match to those (where applicable of course) in the Admin config file.



One more hour of frustration here.

[milelk]

Dr Byte, you have saved my bacon! I removed the paths that Dreamweaver added with the marvelous WinMerge and am back up and running! I can't thank you enough

[EyefulTower]

Glad to hear that.

For future reference to your question about the "Catalog config" file, open that file up /includes/configure.php and look for the SSL switches as well as the Admin switches. It looks identical (for the most part) to the one found in the Admin.

Simply make sure your paths there match to those (where applicable of course) in the Admin config file.

Hi, I am having this problem, I have changed every instance of admin to a new name in admin/includes/configure.php but can only log in when SSL is off.

In the other configure.php file there are no references to admin and I can't see anything else I could change.

Any help appreciated.

[EyefulTower]

Hi, I am having this problem, I have changed every instance of admin to a new name in admin/includes/configure.php but can only log in when SSL is off.

In the other configure.php file there are no references to admin and I can't see anything else I could change.

Any help appreciated.

D'oh!

There was a glaring error, isn't there always.

I was using a shared SSL and was using

https:/www.sitewithssl.co.uk/subdirectorywheremysiteis/

and it works without the trailing /