.htaccess file with redirects affecting admin login in another folder

[webmiss]

Hi All,

I'm working on a site that is currently using an .htaccess file with 301 redirects for search engine optimization purposes in the main directory. This redirects old pages to new pages on the site.

I have installed the zencart into a separate folder. Unfortunately, what I have discovered is that I cannot login to the zencart admin since adding this .htaccess file.

Is there a way to keep the redirects from affecting the zencart admin folder and logging into it?

If anyone can give me some direction here and what code I should use in the .htaccess file to stop this from happening on the admin side, I'd really appreciate it.

webmiss

[kobra]

How about posting what you currently are using in your .htaccess

and some actual paths to folders

[webmiss]

Sorry about that. Should have added that info. The SEO company created the original file. I just added some links that needed to be redirected.

Here it is:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.911homeserviceexperts.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com/$1 [R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)=http [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]

redirect 301 /index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com/index.php

redirect 301 /plumber/florida/coral-springs/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...ings/index.php
redirect 301 /plumber/florida/dania-beach/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...each/index.php
redirect 301 /plumber/florida/davie/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...avie/index.php
redirect 301 /plumber/florida/miramar/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...amar/index.php
redirect 301 /plumber/florida/pembroke-pines/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...ines/index.php
redirect 301 /plumber/florida/weston/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...ston/index.php

redirect 301 /plumber/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com/plumber/index.php
redirect 301 /about-us.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com/about-us.php
redirect 301 /why-choose-us.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com/why-choose-us.php
redirect 301 /home-warranty-service-plans/index.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...vice-plans.php
redirect 301 /plumber/plumbing-glossary.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...g-glossary.php

redirect 301 /compare-and-save.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...e-and-save.php
redirect 301 /home-service-plan-benefits.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...n-benefits.php
redirect 301 /no-worry-guarantees.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...guarantees.php
redirect 301 /top-5-complaints.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com...complaints.php

redirect 301 /home-service-plans.html http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com/select-a-plan.php

[kobra]

You ae forcing the www variant in that file

What is set as the domain in the 2 ZenCart configure.php files??

It should be with the www

[webmiss]

Hi Kobra,

This zen cart was installed on godaddy using their installer. Client insisted on godaddy.com. Anyway, configure.php has the following on line 17 and 18:

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://911homeserviceexperts.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://911homeserviceexperts.com');

So, I should change the server in the define section to http://www.911homeserviceexperts.com and https://www.911homeserviceexperts.com respectively?

webmiss

[webmiss]

I just did what you suggested without waiting for your reply and alas! all is well in zencart land. Thank you very much.

Now if only I could find a mod that allows recurring billing using paypal.......that's on my wish list.