Renaming Admin folder

[aking1001]

I've installed oscMax several times before following the Wiki instructions. I always rename the admin folder after but this time once I do that I can't log into the Admin; the links on the login page clearly haven't updated after I edit the admin/includes/configure.php file.

(In fact, the second line: define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/admin/'); isn't present in the configure.php file.

Any thoughts or suggestions -- I am using the guide at http://wiki.oscdox.com/setting_up_security

[TBTB]

most probably because you didn't define https access? Why not putting the whole shop in https mode?

[ridexbuilder]

Why not putting the whole shop in https mode?

Do NOT do this!!!

[bethbud]

Check the error message you're getting. Seems I had a similar issue but had just forgotten something simple.

Since renaming my ADMIN folder, I'm getting this error:

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

but can't find where to correct it in configure.php. Can someone show me what that line of html looks like so I can find it?

Thanks,
~*Beth

[TBTB]

Do NOT do this!!!

sorry for my ignorance but why not?

Thanks

[bethbud]

Since renaming my ADMIN folder, I'm getting this error:

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

but can't find where to correct it in configure.php. Can someone show me what that line of html looks like so I can find it?

Thanks,
~*Beth

[pgmarshall]

Line 36 of configure.php in admin/includes/

  define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

Regards,

[bethbud]

Not sure why, but it's not working.

I'm getting the same error
Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

I changed the ADMIN
in this line to the new admin file name as instructed.
define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/'); Everything else related to the ADMIN file name change is working fine.

Any thoughts?

[michael_s]

sorry for my ignorance but why not?

Thanks

Because that is counter to the SSL specification and will cause your site to run slower and lower SEO.

If you are ok with automatically having a slower website and automatically being ranked lower or not at all in search engines, go right ahead. Google uses site speed as a factor in ranking sites in their results, so anything that makes your site slower while providing no other advantage is a bad idea. There is no point in encrypting pages that do not contain sensitive information.

[michael_s]

Not sure why, but it's not working.

I'm getting the same error
Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

I changed the ADMIN
in this line to the new admin file name as instructed.
define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/'); Everything else related to the ADMIN file name change is working fine.

Any thoughts?

This usually indicates a problem with the paths set up in one of your configure.php files. Go through and verify that all the paths are correct. Check the path that it is trying to save backups to, and then compare that to where it should be saving them to. The difference will usually be obvious and easy to fix.