The ExpressionEngine Control Panel is the central location for configuring your EE install, adding/editing entries and managing templates.
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Control Panel Redirect Loop After 2.6.1 Update
I just updated from EE 2.5.1 to 2.6.1, and now I get a redirect loop error when I try to access the control panel via admin.php.
I cleared my cookies (and started testing in incognito mode to be ...
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Can’t log in, page just refreshes
The problem I'm having is that I can't log in to the control panel. When I enter my login details, the page just refreshes. No error message, just a page reload. It does this repeatedly, so can't get ...
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How to output variables such as the current page's entry_id in the script tag
One one of our sites, we have ChannelFiles add-on installed and in the control panel (when editing an entry) it outputs a useful set of variables (see attached). But this is only part of add-on and if ...
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EE1 site hit with cross-scripting attack, can't log in to CP
I'm working on a site that was hit with a cross-scripting attack, according to the hosting provider. The site is currently running EE 1.6.9 (and will be upgraded ASAP).
However, when I log into the ...
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Super Admin Control Panel login issue
I have a strange issue login issue for super-admins. The site is up and running and all other users can login as normal but it hangs when ever a super-admin logins in. I have manually cleared the ...
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Can't login to control panel on EE 1.6.8 site
Very old client we did a pro-bono site for tracked me down and is having problems logging into the control panel of their EE 1.6.8 site. When the login is filled out and submitted it just takes you ...
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Error trying to access Modules
I get this error (see attached) when trying to access the 'Modules Panel'. Has anyone got any idea why this is happening?
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Control panel (CP) top right link not redirecting
After upgrading to 2.5.5, the top right link that links & redirects to the client site is not working.
The link is there, and generates the correct URL, but redirect never happens and we're stuck ...
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When I log in the frontend goes blank
I've just restored a backup of my site - the oldest one I have - and now I've run into a weird error. When I log into the control panel, all pages outside the control panel go blank. This only happens ...
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When I am logged in to expression engine, load times are much slower
I have a scrolling ajax section on the home page that takes ~40 msec to load when I am not logged in, and 110-130msec when I am logged in.
I have disabled all user tracking, and played with cookies vs ...
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Unable to login after upgrading to 2.6
I just tried to upgrade to 2.6 - the installation went fine, however now I am unable to login - after logging in, I am always returned to the login screen again.
I know the system has actually logged ...
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.superfish() and .supersubs() hover intent CP navigation issue
I'm trying to use the Superfish jQuery plugin to add hover intent functionality to the main navigation menu in the EE control panel. Whenever I hover over one of the main menu items like "Design" or ...
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How to show entry modified date in CP entry listings? [duplicate]
With the Control Panel, is there a way to show an entries modified date within the entry listings rather than the creation date?
I believe it's possible with Zenbu but since that's all I would need ...
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Clients in singapore on Singtel cannot login and sometimes cannot access site
This is my issue: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/205006/P18
users in singapore are having an issue when posting content in various
and random channels and other places in the control ...
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Is there a maximum number of emails that can be sent through EE?
We are looking into an email solution for our client. They would like to email their site members once or twice a month. The amount of members is around 6,000. Does anyone know if there is a maximum ...
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Keep Getting Logged Out of Control Panel
I keep getting logged out of the control panel while I'm working in it.
Under Admin > Security & Privacy > Security and Session Preferences, I have:
Control Panel Session Type: Cookies & ...
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Control Panel/MCP: Table class in older versions of EE2
Have there been any changes to the table class in EE2? I have a bug report on an add-on from a user with EE v2.3.1. They've received the following error in my mcp. file:
<b>Fatal ...
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can I get individual MSM control panels to each use different colour theme?
I have two sites running on MSM at the moment, however it seems that sometimes the editors and authors get confused about which site they are currently on, is it possible to get each site control ...
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Why has Fieldtypes disappeared in CP menu?
Why would the Fieldtypes option under Add-ons not be available in the CP in EE 2.1.1?
I've inherited a site, so have no knowledge of a broken update or other such cause. Matrix seems to be properly ...
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Change Language in CP
I am developing a site for a German client.
Is there a way to set the language of a member group?
Does Zoo Flexible Admin offer that as an option?
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What are the settings for emailing a member through CP?
I have a membergroup "Admins" and 3 other member groups.
I want to give the admins the ability to email a member via the CP.
I'm using ZooVistor here (zoovistior fieldtype)
But I keep getting the ...
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Pagination links on CP module's view are not clickable
I have a problem quite similar to the one found
here, where I am trying to form a table using the tutorial found on Ellis Lab's site. I found some of their guide totally lacking on pagination, and as ...
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front end login
I have a login on my front end, if a member logs in and then clicks on a link to "edit_this" which is the shortcut to the back end to edit the entry, why do they have to login again on the back end?
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Forcing Categories in Publish Form
Using EE 2.5.5. I have a products channel with three category groups associated. How do I insure at least one category from each group is selected when the user adds or edits a product entry? Is there ...
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Playa is not showing entries in publish page when relating multiple entries
I'm using a Playa field for two different fields on my publish page. One field is just relating single entries and the other is relating multiple entries. They both have been working fine until a day ...
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Pagination links on CP Module screen are not clickable
I'm working on a module that's outputting data using $this->EE->load->library('table').
I'm passing this back to my index() function to render things:
return array(
'rows' => $rows,
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Restrict access to Member Preferences & Member Fields
What is the best method to restrict a custom Member Group's access to Member Preferences and Member Fields?
I've created a Group that needs to be able to manage member data, but not have access to ...
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How to personalize CP Content -> Edit view?
I want to personalize CP Content->Edit view with custom data from each entry.
For example i want to show the value of a fieldtype.
How to procede?
I think that there isn't any hook.
The only way ...
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Entries take a long time to update on live site. EE 1.6.8
My organization's site in running EE 1.6.8 hosted on Rackspace Cloud Sites. In the last few weeks we have noticed that it takes longer and longer to update an entry in the control panel. We are now ...
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CP access: admin.php or system/index.php
A site that I built last autumn had the CP url set as system/index.php (I think I was following Ryan Irelan’s advice in that regard). It works fine. However, last night I did a quick install of EE ...
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Login problem with Safari on single machine
I'm having the strangest problem.
I have ExpressionEngine 2.5.2 site using Zoo Visitor to manage my members. I have multiple accounts setup so i can test the site from different member ship groups.
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Securing the control panel with SSL
I'm in the process of securing my control panel with SSL using the following rewrite rules
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond $1 ^(member|system) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) ...
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How to remove the 'Add html button' button from the formatting toolbar
If you show/allow the default HTML formatting buttons for a custom field there is a red cross that allows you to add HTML formatting buttons.
Many of my users find this confusing and don't understand ...
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EE won't let me post, edit, submit
So here's something weird that's happened: the site is still generating previously created content on our site -- http://www.comicsreporter.com -- and I can get to EE, and open posts, but I can't save ...
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How to get corect CP thumbnail paths using master config and MSM
I'm using a master config file based on this one, in an MSM install of EE2 (2.5.5).
In the config file, I set the base path and url like so:
$base_url = $protocol . "://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
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Control Panel won't login on one single computer
ExpressionEngine 2.5.2 site. I can login as me (super admin) and my client (non-super admin) on several browsers on my computer, and from iPad and iPhone via LTE, and my client could login on her old ...
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Control Panel forms not saving
I am experiencing an odd issue. Randomly, form submissions within the control panel are not actually saving anything and redirecting me to the CP home. This happens with regular channel entry editing, ...
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In the control panel, is it possible to only show a field when editing a single particular entry using JS/jQuery?
In the control panel, is it possible to only show a field when editing a single particular entry using JS/jQuery?
It's a matrix field, in case this makes any difference.
Thanks
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Control Panel - Strange WSOD Issue
Yesterday I went live with a site from my development server (WAMP) to my production server (LAMP). I made all of my changes to paths and DB, and while the site was coming up, I was having some ...
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How to rename a tab?
I've created custom tabs for the Channel entry form. Now, I want to rename it. The the toolbar for configuring the layout is open, I see a pencil icon to the left of my custom tab (as well as all the ...
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Control Panel Themes
What is the procedure for downloading and installing the alternative themes for ExpressioneEngine's Control Panel?
I've read in one of the books available on the topic that there are three ...
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Remove Custom Button from the Control Panel Menu
I've created some menu buttons I no longer need, and want to remove them from the top menu of my ExpressionEngine control panel. Could someone please teach me how to do that?
Thank you!
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Submitting Comments from Control Panel
Hello ExpressionEngine gurus!
Could someone please show me how to add comments to an ExpressionEngine 2-based site from its control panel, being logged in as a Super Admin (as opposed to entering ...
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Moved EE1.7.1 site to new server and can't log into CP
I want to upgrade my EE1.7.1 installation to EE2. My existing site has been in existence since the early days of pmachine and so has a lot of legacy plugins, etc including the image gallery, a ...
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Extensions Manager returns “Internal Server Error”
An EE1 site that I developed many years ago was recently moved to a new server. I logged into the CP to do some work and everything seemed fine, but when I tried to pull up "Utilities -> Extensions ...
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Partially Displaying Checkbox Options Based on Tab
This is somewhat a follow on question to Grouping Channel Fields
Say I have a checkbox field that has 100 options. I'd like to show about 20 options only when in a certain tab, then the complete 100 ...
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How to keep admins at /admin.php and out of /system?
When using admin.php to point to the /system folder, sometimes admins will end up redirected from urls with /admin.php to urls with /system. This presents problems with various add-ons, and generally ...
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Matrix: JS error in the control panel (rowInfo[index] is undefined)
Weird error in the control panel. I'm using the Matrix field in one channel and as a field in Low Variables.
When i start filling out a new entry things work like a charm. But when i try to open en ...
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Assets 2 “add image button” [closed]
In Assets 1 you could select several images and then click add to add them all at once. This is still possible in Assets 2, but the button has been removed from the interface. When you select several ...
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Adding menu items to Main Menu for all users
If I add an item to the Main Menu in the control panel how can I make this layout visible to all users?
