Renaming Admin Broke Site Help!

General General Questions
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I went to config.local.php and changed the line $config[‘admin_index’] = ‘tonewname.php’;



when I go to settings:company and save it I get a 404 error?



Is there a way to actually as well move admin to a protected directory or not needed?'



Thanks

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no need to move it to a protected directory. Just via ftp rename the folder admin.php to your new name and again via ftp rename the line admin.php to the same new name in config.local.php



John

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Or you can use EZ Admin Helper. It has a rename admin object that will rename the file, update config.local.php and then clear the cache. All by simply entering a new name.php and clicking Submit.



The step I think you forgot is to clear the cache. The cached pages will have the old admin url in them.

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the only problem it seems is when I try to change the company settings and click on save I get a 404 error which I am thinking a cache problem I guess. Where is the cache get saved in? Can I delete that whole folder using FTP? it seems to me that its looking for the old admin file

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var/cache or [your_domain_admin.php]?cc

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I deleted the whole var/cache directory in FTP and still

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In your OP, you did not state that you changed the name of the admin.php file to the new name. I have assumed you have done so. If not, it is necessary.

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yes I changed the admin name in the config.local.php file and renamed it as well. It seems strange that it's the only thing that is broken is trying to change company settings. I even deleted my browser cache and tried both chrome and IE

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I am about to try a different cart but I like the features of cs-cart. Could it be possibly the host? I wanted to try this before I bought a license and than go with VPS hosting. With VPS you will basically able to control it like your own server am I correct compared to shared hosting?

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Which company settings specifically?

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any suggestions? I really dont want to pay a ton a month. I have just started looking.

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If you provide us with the temporary FTP access, we can examine the issue and help you to stay with CS-Cart

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just to get this clear, did it work with the default installation, and stopped working after you changed the names?

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yes it worked until I changed the name

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Did you get it sorted ?

Not sure what Settings > Company would have to do with the admin.php file though.

Had the same thing happen to me once.

I renamed the admin.php file as recommended but forgot to edit the config.local.php file …lol



Just a thought. Did you change all the file permissions as spelled out in the installation guide ?

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I fixed it and I dont know what I did, lol

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All's well that ends well.

For us non-php people it can feel like our cart is 'haunted' at times…lol

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Hello.



I have the exact same problem - running a trail on Xampp and have changed the admin.php file name AND reflected that in the config.local file a number of times now but every time I get a 404 error.



Any ideas please?



Kind regards



Phil.

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3 things need to occur:[list=1]

[]change in config.local.php

[]change admin.php to new name

[*]clear the cache

[/list]

If you have permissions issues on your site, your cache may not clear. More than likely you have an old template cached that is using the old admin name.

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Tbirnseth,



Many thanks for responding.



I have followed the instructions a number of times to clear the cache immediately after renaming the admin.php file which is in Htdocs within Xampp - and the config.local file but still all I get is a 404 error for every page - both the admin home page and the test site.



“More than likely you have an old template cached that is using the old admin name.” - how do I clear this please???



Kind regards



Phil.





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