Problem with Securing my site

[peppyone]

My website is not public yet because I cannot complete security my site. Renameing the admin folder and editing the two configure.php files is the issue with the problem.

I have followed what I believe is the exact instruction and fail to get it right. I feel as though there is something I am missing.

I make the changes as suggested then try to enter the admin area and I do get the log in page but my log in fails to "page not found". I have done this several times now and I am almost ready to scream. Any suggestions to offer?

The instruction:

A- Open your admin/includes/configure.php, using a simple text editor like notepad.
Change all instances of /admin/ to your chosen new admin folder-name.

Change this section:

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

And this section:

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/mystore.com/www/public/admin/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/mystore.com/www/public/');

B- Find your Zen Cart /admin/ directory, using your FTP software or your webhost File Manager.
Rename the directory to match the settings you just made in your admin/includes/configure.php.

My changes look like this:

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/newname/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/myname/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

And this section:

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/mywebsitename.com/www/public/newname/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/mywebsitename.com/www/public/');

Where I entered newname is where I put my new directory name.

Where I entered mywebsitename.com is where my actual website name is.

What am I doing wrong?

[DrByte]

My changes look like this:

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/newname/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/myname/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

And this section:

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/mywebsitename.com/www/public/newname/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/mywebsitename.com/www/public/');

Where I entered newname is where I put my new directory name.

Where I entered mywebsitename.com is where my actual website name is.

1. Are you sure you wanted "myname" here? Shouldn't it also be "newname" ?

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/newname/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/myname/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

2. In these lines, the ONLY part you should have changed was "/admin/" to "/newname/":

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/mywebsitename.com/www/public/newname/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/mywebsitename.com/www/public/');

If it already had "mywebsitename.com", that's fine, but you should NOT have touched anything on those lines other than changing /admin/ to /newname/

[peppyone]

Hi,

Yes that was a mistake in my post. I did actually type in my newname.

All should be well, right? But it isn't.

1. Are you sure you wanted "myname" here? Shouldn't it also be "newname" ?

2. In these lines, the ONLY part you should have changed was "/admin/" to "/newname/":If it already had "mywebsitename.com", that's fine, but you should NOT have touched anything on those lines other than changing /admin/ to /newname/

[Kim]

Have you FTPed or accessed the Zen Cart files and directories and renamed the admin directory to match your NEW_NAME? (note it is case sensitive and should not have any spaces in the name)

[peppyone]

Hi Kim,

Yes I did that. I actually use either Cute FTP or Dreamweaver. Not once but a few times now. I have used a simple name, all lower case. I am totally stumped.

I thought maybe more than the examples may have been required. I have been careful about the spacing and I am not a complete novice and I am very careful with detail. I guess just not careful enough. Lost in the world of Zen Cart.

Toni

[peppyone]

for Kim and DrByte,

I appreciate your replies. I did resolve the problem. I dug around to some earlier posts and found someone with the same problem I had.

I think the problem was I was using dreamweaver to edit my configure.php files. This time I repeated the process using notepad and everything went as smooth as silk.

I was going crazy. So now I will proceed to secure my site and not use dreamweaver.

Toni