Rename Admin folder

[axip]

Hello I recently uploaded all the zencart files to my host.

But my host already has a default folder named admin for my site configuration(MySQL Db, Users etc)

Can I rename the zencart admin folder or does this takes/causes too much modifications/problems?

Or should I install the shop in a subdomain and redirect from the mainpage to the subdomain(will this work btw?)

[Merlinpa1969]

you can change the admin folder name after install,

[axip]

I changed the admin folder according to this tutorial

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...ecommendations

But I keep getting this error, I tried it a 100 times.

Not Found

The requested URL /ADMiNx200/login.php was not found on this server.

[dbrewster]

Axip,

I think that error is telling you something important.

Check your configuration file and the exact name of the new admin folder to make sure that it is all exactly correct. Be sure you are typing in the correct path, too.

---Diana

[axip]

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?

[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.