Questions tagged [admin]
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View "Entry view tracking" in CP content entries
Is it possible to display the view count of certain channels in the CP content overview?
I am currently displaying these view count to my user on their overview page, but I am unable to add this field ...
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Does Multisite Manager work the same with sub-directories, or is it better to use sub-domains?
We have a site where we need to be able to control both front-end and back-end permissions on a per-site level.
Our site structure is as follows:
Main Site / Main Domain: All can access is ok
State ...
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Settings in Admin get dropped, will save temporarily, hours later are reset/gone
I have a situation on my development site, where all of a sudden lately, some things I save in the admin, aren't "sticking" around.
Some of the settings that won't stay:
Template routes: I will set ...
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Check if someone is already Editing an Entry
I want to check if another author is alredy editing an entry in expressionengine backend. If yes i want to warn him that someone is already editing.
Is this possible somehow? I googled but wasn't ...
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EE Timesout when adding or deleting an entry
I have upgraded from 2.1 to 2.11.6 and I am running into an issue from the admin control panel where if I add an entry or delete an entry it timesout. I have the timeout set to 2 minutes. It still ...
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htaccess removing .php ext causes infinite loop on admin login EE 2.10.1
when I use this htaccess its normal working good but it doesnt redirect .php urls
# Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs
# RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
# RewriteCond %{...
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Client moved to new host, admin assets returning 404 error
Client has moved their site to a new host and now the back-end/control panel assets are throwing a 404 error. For example,
/admin.php?S=ca55e292a4e770d2f3a83253f0027950&D=cp&C=javascript&...
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EE2 Structure and structure list closes prematurely
We are cleaning up an old client site, and I see that structure closes the tag halfway down our list of articles. The end result is that half of the page looks like this:
https://dl....
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edit admin template varibles global variables via cms
how do i edit preferences for global variables in the cms, design > templates > global variables.
Iv looked at the following and think it might be what i'm looking to do, wondering if the cms cant ...
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Getting 404 error when trying to access Content > Edit in v2.10.3
I'm getting a 404 error when trying to go to Content > Edit via the admin, as well as Content > Edit > My Channel.
EE v2.10.3
Installed Extensions:
The error:
404 Page Not Found
The page ...
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How to create a member group admin?
What i try to achive is to have the following user structure:
Member Group 1: Group Admin, User 1, User 2,...
Member Group 2: Group Admin, User 1, User 2,...
Member Group 3 ...
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I want the group ...
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Notifying member list for new topic in forum
Is there any way to change the recipients of the 'Admin Notification of New Entries' email template without making all the recipients admins?
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Exp:resso Store - Admin Shipping Fields detached from main Shipping data
We have a few different shipping options set up on the site, but in the admin area when editing the shipping for a particular order just a free text field is provided rather than a drop down of the ...
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When Logging In: Admin is loading Extremely long
I have an old EE site that I haven't logged into for a year. Now I'm trying to login to it, but it's taking over 1 minute just to log in...
After I'm finally logged in every consequent page load in ...
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Member page - 500 Error EE 2.10
After updating EE to 2.10.. I have a blank (500 error) when i try to edit a member!
I tried to
flush all the cache,
Create and edit new member
Other browser
Any ideas?
Thanks!
UPDATE:
I ...
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How to edit Expression Admin panel
I need to customize the Admin Control Panel in Expression Engine I don't know how to do it. If any one knows kindly tell me.
Updated
Actually I want to show the channel data(any entries) in ...
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How to redirect from front end to expression engine Admin panel
I tried login from front end and redirect it to adminpanel but it doesnot logged in to it. This is the code i tried.
{exp:member:login_form return="www.sample.com/admin.php?/cp/homepage"}
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White line in footer of EE Admin CP
For a while, I seen a white line appear in the footer of my admin (see the screenshot). Can anyone tell me the best way to debug it?
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Permission Groups, Structure, and Entry Access?
Spinning wheels..
I need to separate pages into permission groups.
I am using Structure. And I have Entry Access.
I'm not sure how to integrate this. I've been through the documentation of Entry ...
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Creating link from website to backside admin
For two particular (moderator) user groups, I have made a 'admin'-link that takes the user from pieces of content on the website, to the admin side - directly into the 'content->edit->entry' of that ...
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Changes in my Admin Panel don't always take effect
We've got two separate sites running with EE and on each we have the same problem:
Sometimes changes made in the admin panel just don't take effect. An example which happens frequently:
Login as ...
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unable to access to CP after setting cookie domain
Help! I was just trying to setting the cookie domain inside the CP > Admin > Security and Privacy > Cookie Settins
(as explained here Cookie Settings)
and now I can't login to the CP admin :(
how ...
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Problem: Linking to specific CMS page from external page
I've created an external "admin" page, but added a "Return to CMS" link .When this is clicked it redirects back to the EE admin page BUT it's logged me out and the URL is something like:
http://...
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How to stop extra authentication with admin area
When I am logged in as any user on my EE site (including superadmins), when I click over to the admin area it forces me to login again. This happens even if I've just logged in 5 seconds earlier. Is ...
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create a link to admin area
I want to create a link from the font side of my site to the admin area.
The problem is the session id
<a href ="admin.php">go to admin</a>
This goes back to the login page even though ...
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Customise Meta Titles in CP (Admin) Pages
So I've been customising the admin area with styling and low key branding - but cannot find any way of editing the meta titles, so am currently stuck with Login | ExpressionEngine etc in the <title&...
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Fresh migration, functioning locally, backend issues (Template Manager, Matrix)
I'm running out of ideas on how to debug this, hoping someone has some knowledge to share.
I've been working on a site locally with EE, Exp-resso Store and Matrix/Matrix Multi-Upload. All plugins are ...
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Control Panel Speed
There are many articles of advice about how to speed up the front end of an EE site, but very little about how to improve the performance of the Control Panel.
A client is constantly telling me their ...
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Fatal Error Message in EE CP when I want to open a template pr submit changes to a template
Sorry very new to EE.
What do I do to sort out the following error
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 49 bytes) in /home/content/94/9617594/html/control/...
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Getting random, unformatted page on Template/Channel Entry Edit [duplicate]
Quick run down of the site:
EE 2.6.1
Media Temple Grid Service
Since we moved the site to their production server, we've noticed that we will randomly receive a page that is missing any formatting ...
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Wygwam source button
i'm using the wygwam editor and i'd like to use the source button/option with my admin account. but the source button should not be visible/usable for other members.
any idea how to do that?
thanks!...
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Site Hacked, No Original Email
I have a slight issue.. Actually a major one!
The site I am working on is built in expression engine and it was hacked and whoever has done it has changed the password and the client has no idea what ...
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White screen of death after server move
I am moving my expression engine site and database to a new server. Everything seems to be directed correctly but when I access admin.php I get a blank page. Any thoughts?
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admin backend template (CP styles) not fully showing
Hi Folk I'm trying to learn the basics of EE2 and have setup a test rig using MAMP PRO I got everything working. I'm basically converting one of my basic static websites into a EE2 driven site.
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Change admin password programmatically using PHP or MySQL
As part of a build/deployment script I will need to programmatically set the site admin password.
I have read this question but the output from the accepted answer does not work. I see extra columnd ...
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ExpressionEngine 1.6.8 Admin login loop
I have uploaded a site into a sub folder onto my server and when I try to login into the admin area, it allows me to login, however when I go to click on any link, it redirects/loops me, logging me ...
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Assets Module only grants Super Admin access
Assets v2.1.4
ExpressionEngine v2.5.5
I'm experiencing issues when trying to access the assets module when logged in as any user other than Super Admin. The other member group's privileges and ...
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Admin 403 Forbidden Errors
I'm running into a strange problem. I have a site that is managed by a client. A couple of days ago, they started noticing that things weren't working correctly in the admin. I checked it and found ...
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Running EE from two locations: A Dev and Live environment
Due to tight security restrictions we can't host the admin.php file on our live server. As a result I need to be able to run EE from two locations: One from a dev server (where we include the admin....
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Re-enable password autocomplete for CP login
Since ExpressionEngine 2.5.3 the form used to log into the control panel has autocomplete="off" set on the password input field. This means that browsers won't offer to remember passwords when they're ...
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Is the Offline Template a static file?
Is the Offline Template a physical .html file?
What I would like to do is write a database failure check in the config file so that if for some reason the database fails it will turn on maintenance ...
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linking to admin from the main site - session parameter
I want to provide admin links from the main site for clients, however within the admin URL there is the session parameter.
Is there a way to output the admin url path that includes the dynamic ...
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ExpressionEngine 1.7 user & group permissions setting
Does EE 1.7 have a setting where I can have an arthor and editor? I would like to set roles where an author submits a blog post and an editor gets an email confirmation to edit and publish. Is that ...
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clear the EE cache with cron job
What's the best way to clear the EE cache periodically without having to do it manually on sites?
I know there's the Cron Clean Cache plugin but was looking for something more like a system URL that ...
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Why am I getting this error and what do I need to do: "Error You have tried to access a weblog that does not exist."?
I have created a 'staging' version of my site on a new server.
When I am in the admin area I can see the list of weblog entries just fine, but when I click on one of them to edit it, I receive this ...
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Missing "Create" options, such as Channel, on ExpressionEngine CP Dashboard
I am fairly new to ExpressionEngine, I have noticed my admin page is missing "Channel", "template", and "template group" as seen on this page:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/how_to/...
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Is there an EE plugin that gives greater control over channel permissions?
I have to build a site for a client that requires 9 different content editors admin groups and 3 publisher admin groups. A lot of what I want to do could be done by allowing certain groups access to ...
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Unable to Change Template Caching Preference
I am running into the strangest problem. I am unable to change template preferences on an EE site. I am a Super Admin, but when I click "Edit Preferences" and try to Enable Caching I get a dropdown at ...
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Double (twice) login to admin
Does anyone know why when I login to any of my EE sites at admin.php I have to login twice? The first time it just reloads the page and I have to login a second time to access the backend?
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Creating a "testimonials" form in ExpressionEngine, no clue where to start
Creating a "testimonials" form in ExpressionEngine, NO CLUE WHERE TO START
We're using ExpressionEngine v.2.2.0, just FYI.
The boss wants me to create a textfield form (served by EE) that will ...
