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Can the URL of the admin area be changed?

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11 Dec 2012, 2:02 PM
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Can the URL of the admin area be changed?

Can the URL to the Admin area be changed to something more memorable than the 'http://www.mydomain.co.uk/STuB1pGx' (this URL was made up) to something like 'http://www.mydomain.co.uk/ICanRememberThis/' If so, how is it done so that a newbie has a chance of following the instructions?

Thank in advance for any replies.

11 Dec 2012, 2:11 PM
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Re: Can the URL of the admin area be changed?

You can name/rename your admin folder anything you want, especially easy if you're using v1.5.0 or later when the admin's configure.php file started 'auto-detecting' the admin folder name. If you're using a previous version, you'll need to edit the admin's /includes/configure.php file to change the admin folder name when you change it in the file structure.

11 Dec 2012, 6:03 PM
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Re: Can the URL of the admin area be changed?

lat9:

You can name/rename your admin folder anything you want, especially easy if you're using v1.5.0 or later when the admin's configure.php file started 'auto-detecting' the admin folder name. If you're using a previous version, you'll need to edit the admin's /includes/configure.php file to change the admin folder name when you change it in the file structure.

I'm looking in the admin/configuration.php page - is this correct? If so have you any idea where it is in this file?

11 Dec 2012, 6:27 PM
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Re: Can the URL of the admin area be changed?

  1. No, that's the wrong filename. The correct filename is the one mentioned in the post you quoted. And, as stated, if you're using v1.5+ then you don't touch that file at all.
  2. You haven't indicated what version of Zen Cart you're using. The process is different if you're using v1.3 vs v1.5