Step 1 ; Where Is My Admin Page? Lol

:lookaroun so of all the things not to find, I cannot fond my zencart admin page...... i can get to my (http://www.mysite.com/phpmyadmin) but not where I can use hte zencart tools, etc. I saw it about 12 hours ago before I started debugging, but now I cannot figure out how to get to it. HELP!!!!!! :no: :D

You might try:
http://www.your_domain.com/admin

Or, try:
http://www.your_domain.com/your_shop_directory/admin

Ajeh:

You might try:
http://www.your_domain.com/admin

Or, try:
http://www.your_domain.com/your_shop_directory/admin

Thanks for responding - with that I get a blank page...... I know that before, I had one that had a zencart banner at the top with all the option, etc......

baltimorestreetmods:

Thanks for responding - with that I get a blank page...... I know that before, I had one that had a zencart banner at the top with all the option, etc......

All i have done thus far (after reloading everything after a first, failed attempt to make it work) is change the permissions and follow the "first step...." instructions for making a new template. At this point, the directions want me to go under tools and add this new template, but the only admin page i seem to be able to open is the phpmyadmin page. I am under the assumption that this page is not what they are referring to, there is no tools dropdown on phpmyadmin.

You should get a white page with a login first ...

If not ... you could have a problem on files or something else ...

How did you install your site?

Have you an URL to your catalog site?

I was following these directions:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/faq.php?faq=template_customize

no login, just a blank page at www.bsmcustoms.com/zencart/admin

(zencart was what i titled the initial file folder.)

Ajeh:

You should get a white page with a login first ...

If not ... you could have a problem on files or something else ...

How did you install your site?

Have you an URL to your catalog site?

url was posted int he previous post - I installed by downloading, uploaded to the server, walked through the zc_install program, and when that was finished, I made the persmissions changes advised by docs/1.readme_installation.html for setting folder permissions. then I made the advised changes under http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/faq.php?faq=template_customize

Only directions followed on this were the "How do I create a new custom template?" up to the point of entering the admin....

do you know what the rest of the url string is supposed to be after.../admin ie which php file should open? just trying to figure out why i have a blank page instead of a login.

anybody?? :D anytime I enter a valid extension, i just get a blank page......... even tried "admin/index.php?language=en"

hmmm....... noticing that my ftp upload program will not upload the .htaccess files...... could this be the issue?

Tried a direct upload, my server is telling me it is an invalid file type. I first tried WS_FTP (Ipswitch) with the same result.

Something is up on your site ... your catalog cannot load either ...

Have you talked to your hosting site to see if there is a problem?

Usually the .htaccess is not a problem on a unix server ...

You can try to rename it .htaccess_OLD see if it helps

Ajeh:

Something is up on your site ... your catalog cannot load either ...

Have you talked to your hosting site to see if there is a problem?

Usually the .htaccess is not a problem on a unix server ...

You can try to rename it .htaccess_OLD see if it helps

I do not have a catalog file, when I uploaded, I remaned the file from the long stream to zencart.

catalog meaning your shop ... that is in /zencart

I cannot load that either ...

Ajeh:

catalog meaning your shop ... that is in /zencart

I cannot load that either ...

we have no catalog because I have not been able to login to admin to create anything.

Am i misunderstanding you somehow??

yahoo says they do not support .htaccess files...... on the phone with them now

Even with no products ... there should be a store in your /zencart directory

As there is nothing either in the /zencart nor the /zencart/admin I would be calling my hosting site to see if the server died or something ...

Or did something change ... or what ...

NOTE: you can rename that .htaccess to .htaccess_OLD and it will be ignored ...

Then I'd do a search of the forum about yahoo ....

Then perhaps look into some of our Certified Hosting Sites as a better alternative for your web site where they know how to run servers for php, MySQL and have a proper understanding of the needs of an e-commerce site ... :smile:

Ajeh:

NOTE: you can rename that .htaccess to .htaccess_OLD and it will be ignored ...

Then I'd do a search of the forum about yahoo ....

Then perhaps look into some of our Certified Hosting Sites as a better alternative for your web site where they know how to run servers for php, MySQL and have a proper understanding of the needs of an e-commerce site ... :smile:

LOL yeah, they have the mysql and such, but for some reason they do not have the .htaccess supported, and they are now telling me that I have to upgrade to some ridiculously expensive package to have catalogs and such.... which seems weird to me, since my primary site, www.baltimorestreetmods.com is searchable, and is on the same plan.

I really only need this 9 headed monster issue for a few items for sale - the original idea was to somplify my site, and has not turned into the prospect of completely re-writing my site and having to rebuild 720 eBay listings, as the pictures for my eBay listings are also hosted on my site. I am beginning to feel that this is more than I am willing to get into.

I am trying to make an end-run around this issue, so the site is down temporarily........... setting my own catalog file from which we can see everything.

Keep in mind I ran this first on a second, unused site, so I have no products or pages at present, aside from https://www.bsmcustoms.com/index .html