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#1 2010-07-10 21:04:37

Katalonian

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renaming textpattern directory

i want to know how i can rename my txp directory (mysite/textpattern) to another name (e.g. admin) ?

i fing a tip with .htacces, but it dont work for me

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#2 2010-07-11 06:46:46

makss

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

Katalonian wrote:

i want to know how i can rename my txp directory (mysite/textpattern) to another name (e.g. admin) ?

Rename directory and change one line in /index.php

define("txpath", dirname(__FILE__).'/textpattern');

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#3 2010-07-11 16:00:37

Katalonian

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

thanks!
and need to change same line in css.php

and for sure in config.php :)

Last edited by Katalonian (2010-07-11 16:24:20)

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#4 2010-07-12 07:05:29

MattD

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

Remember this will make upgrading more difficult.

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#5 2010-07-12 07:12:24

Katalonian

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

thanks for tip.
just before upgrading, i will return the path names by default.

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#6 2010-07-28 12:16:14

Katalonian

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

guys, when for example, i want to recover my password, the link, which sended to email, named like mysite.com/textpattern/
when i’m changed txp directory, to “admin”
how i can change it?

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#7 2010-07-28 12:40:44

ruud

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

You shouldn’t change the textpattern directory, unless you know what you’re doing and why.
If your goal is to make it easier for users to find the admistrative side of TXP, just create a directory called ‘/admin’ and put an index.html in there which refreshes/redirects automatically to the /textpattern directory or use a mod_rewrite trick in .htaccess.
If you think you’re making TXP more secure. You’re not. Google for “security by obscurity” ;)

#8 2010-07-28 12:58:05

Katalonian

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

thanks)
but you don’t answered to my question ))

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#9 2010-07-28 13:15:17

aswihart

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Re: renaming textpattern directory

Don’t ask me how this works, but these couple of lines in .htaccess work and you don’t have to rename or create any directory:

RewriteRule ^login$ /login/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^login/?(.*)$ /textpattern/$1 [NC,L]

Replace ‘login’ with ‘admin’ or whatever you want. As this looks identical to a comment in the link in your original post, maybe this isn’t working for you for some reason, but I don’t know why. Make sure you have a line with RewriteEngine On before the above lines.