Changing the Admin Location

A security feature of CubeCart version 4 is the ability to change the path of the Administration area.

This can easily be done by following these easy steps.

1. Find the following file:

/admin.php

Rename it to your required name, for this example we are going to call it 'myadmin1.php'.

2. Find the following directory:

/admin/

Rename it to your required name, for this example we are going to call it 'myadmindirectory'.

3. Find the following file:

/includes/global.inc.php

Edit the file, and you will see the following contents similar to below. Note the entries for 'adminFile' and 'adminFolder':

<?php
$glob['adminFile'] = 'admin.php';
$glob['adminFolder'] = 'admin';
$glob['dbdatabase'] = 'my_database_name';
$glob['dbhost'] = 'localhost';
$glob['dbpassword'] = 'my_password';
$glob['dbprefix'] = 'myPrefix_';
$glob['dbusername'] = 'my_username';
$glob['encoder'] = 'ioncube';
$glob['installed'] = '1';
$glob['license_key'] = 'XXXXX-XXXX-X-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX';
$glob['rootRel'] = '/shop/';
$glob['storeURL'] = 'http://www.mydomain.com/shop';
?>

4. Change the file to show the changed admin file and folder, as shown below:

<?php
$glob['adminFile'] = 'myadmin1.php';
$glob['adminFolder'] = 'myadmindirectory';
$glob['dbdatabase'] = 'my_database_name';
$glob['dbhost'] = 'localhost';
$glob['dbpassword'] = 'my_password';
$glob['dbprefix'] = 'myPrefix_';
$glob['dbusername'] = 'my_username';
$glob['encoder'] = 'ioncube';
$glob['installed'] = '1';
$glob['license_key'] = 'XXXXX-XXXX-X-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX';
$glob['rootRel'] = '/shop/';
$glob['storeURL'] = 'http://www.mydomain.com/shop';
?>

IMPORTANT: The file name and directory/folder are case sensitive.

5. Save and upload the new 'global'inc.php', and log into your admin using the address:

http://www.mydomain.com/shop/myadmin1.php

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