upgraded 1.3.8a - now no admin login page

[cobaltcat]

upgrade from 1.3.8a to 1.5
done manually via FTP
no addons

I've spent 4 hours getting this upgrade done. I followed the Zen-cart tutorials as closely as I can. The front area seems to work fine, but I can't get to the admin login page.

The old store is still running at http://toolpusherparts.com/ with the admin folder named office.

I installed the upgrade at http://toolpusherparts.com/zen_new/ with the admin folder still named admin.

I made changes to the admin configure.php file, but when I go to http://toolpusherparts.com/zen_new/admin/index.php , it flips over to http://toolpusherparts.com/admin/alert_page.php with a 404 error message.

Here is my configure.php file:

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://toolpusherparts.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'http://toolpusherparts.com');
define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://toolpusherparts.com');
define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://toolpusherparts.com');

// Use secure webserver for catalog module and/or admin areas?
define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'false');
define('ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN', 'false');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
// these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/zen_new/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/zen_new/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
//the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/users/web/b1482/moo.worksharp/zen_new/admin/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/users/web/b1482/moo.worksharp/zen_new/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'images/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_MODULES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/modules/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');
define('DIR_FS_EMAIL_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'email/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

// define our database connection
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_PREFIX', 'zen_');
define('DB_SERVER', 'worksharp.fatcowmysql.com');
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '**********');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '********');
define('DB_DATABASE', '************');
define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');
define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'db');
// for STORE_SESSIONS, use 'db' for best support, or '' for file-based storage

// The next 2 "defines" are for SQL cache support.
// For SQL_CACHE_METHOD, you can select from: none, database, or file
// If you choose "file", then you need to set the DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE to a directory where your apache
// or webserver user has write privileges (chmod 666 or 777). We recommend using the "cache" folder inside the Zen Cart folder
// ie: /path/to/your/webspace/public_html/zen/cache -- leave no trailing slash
define('SQL_CACHE_METHOD', 'none');
define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', '/home/users/web/b1482/moo.worksharp/zen_new/cache');

Can anyone see what I am doing wrong?

Thanks!

[dgent]

Should be this.

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

[cobaltcat]

That did it! I can't believe I didn't see that! At least now I get the 'rename the admin folder' message.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[DrByte]

If you were actually using the new configure.php files things would be simpler. Looks like you copied your old configure.php files and simply edited them, instead of doing a fresh new install of the new version.

[cobaltcat]

Yup, that's what the zen-cart.com instructions said to do.

"If your /zen_new folder doesn't have "/includes/configure.php" and "/admin/includes/configure.php" files, copy them from your old store folder."

Thanks again!

[DrByte]

Hmmmm ... better would be to do a clean fresh install of the new version, using NONE of your old site's files. That way it will generate the new configure.php files for you, since you need new ones with different content in them when you're installing in a different folder than where your live store is at.

Something to consider for next time.

[cuddles]

I copied the new install files to a separate folder /New_store and ran the install there (choosing database upgrade) but configure.php files did not generate. So like the user on this thread, I had to copy them from my old 1.3.8a folders and I am getting 404 error even though i have the correct admin folder name changes.

[gjh42]

Did you change the dist_configure.php files to configure.php? On many servers, the zc_install process is able to do that for you, but some may not allow it.