Any suggestions would be most appreciated with a problem I'm having with the control panel login.
I'm creating a brand new site, fresh install of 2.8.1, no modules. When I log in to the control panel it displays an error message that the form has expired. This happens in both FF and Chrome.
After looking around for possible fixes, I've added the following to the config file:
$config['admin_session_type'] = cs $config['cookie_domain'] = .domain.com
This did not help.
To get around the problem, I have to clear the browser cookies and files each time I start working each day. Once I'm in, if I log out I can usually log back in right away. I've cleared the browser cookies and files after a successful login and can usually log in again, too. So the problem seems to come up after I've been away for awhile.
The other thing I noticed is that I have an .htaccess file to remove index.php from URLs. When I comment out that code, the control panel login works again, regardless of whether I've cleared the browser cache/cookies. I'm using the code directly from the EE docs for removing index.php (http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/urls/remove_index.php.html). However, I have to remove the section about "Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLS" because it cause an internal server error. Here's the code:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/system/.* [NC]
#RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]
# Directs all EE web requests through the site index file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
I've checked with my host, and the server should support this. I also ran the EE wizard just to confirm, and all looked good from that end.
Do you have an idea what is going on, or advice for what to try? Thank you.
