Cookies Pathing Problem - with Sub-Domain Installation

[NashChristian]

Thanks a lot for all the help!

Much appreciated!

Jeff

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Originally Posted by snakes1100

Is this an actual directory? NashvilleChristian-Test

Yes. 'NashvilleChristian-Test' is the directory in my Cpanel, public_html which contains my entire Test site, through my hosting provider.

Do I need to path this differently? or will '/test/' suffice?

Thanks.
Jeff

[snakes1100]

Well technically the path for both is /forums/

If you still have issues do it like so:
/home/jfenton/public_html/NashvilleChristian/forums/
/home/jfenton/public_html/NashvilleChristian/test/

[NashChristian]

Originally Posted by snakes1100

Well technically the path for both is /forums/

If you still have issues do it like so:
/home/jfenton/public_html/NashvilleChristian/forums/
/home/jfenton/public_html/NashvilleChristian/test/

Don't you mean:

/home/jfenton/public_html/NashvilleChristian/forums/
/home/jfenton/public_html/NashvilleChristian-Test/forums/

I'm sort of confused as to what the purpose is for this. If this MUST be an actual physical PATH, then I would think that I need to use the syntax I just listed. If the physical path doesn't matter, but we just need some syntax to differentiate between the two instances, then I could just use '/test/'. I'm just unclear what is needed here.

I'm afraid of screwing up, because it already locked me out once, and has warnings in the admincp:

You most likely want to leave this setting blank as entering an invalid setting can leave you unable to login to your forum.

Please advise.

Thanks!
Jeff

[snakes1100]

Yes they both have a actual physical path, but they both end up in a directory named forums, so the path for both would be the same directory.

Move the test site to the directory i posted above and then change the path for the test site to test or do it this way as well:

/home/jfenton/public_html/NashvilleChristian-Test/test/

Getting locked out isnt a big deal, you can always get back in by using the tools.php file.

[NashChristian]

Dang, so you're saying that I need to physically change the name of my test directory on the server?

This will require me to repath all of my vBa config files, etc...

So this cookie path is supposed to get you to the "forums" folder, correct?

So are you saying to rename the "forums" folder "test", and then set the cookie path to '/test/' because then that directory will exist?

I had hoped that I could differentiate between their parent directories "NashvilleChristian" and "NashvilleChristian-Test".

I really don't want to change my file structure or naming convention, unless there simply is no other option.

Thanks for the help.
Jeff

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I think that I figured out my problem. I don't believe that I needed to modify any of my cookie settings in the AdminCP.

All that I appear to have needed to modify was my forums/includes/config.php (on line 92) as follows:

PHP Code:

$config['Misc']['cookieprefix'] = 'HERE'; 


I needed to use a unique cookie prefix, so that my browser would not become confused between the cookies of my TEST site and my LIVE site. Do this by replacing the text HERE above with the prefix of your choice.

After setting this correctly, I reverted the "Path to Save Cookies" AND the "Cookie Domain", in the AdminCP, to the vB default settings. I don't believe that I ever needed to monkey with that part at all.

Everything appears to be working well at the moment. If there is some unforseen reason why this is not configured ideally, someone please let me know. Otherwise, I think that I'm good for now.

Thanks for the help everyone!
Jeff