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#34387 subdomain

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Latest post by dhillock on Thursday, 21 January 2021 08:00 CST

dhillock

I'm using the administrator secret URL parameter, as in https://example.com/administrator/index.php?test

I set up a subdomain that points to a folder (outside of my joomla website folder): sandbox.example.com

I copied an Akeeba backup file to this subdomain folder and ran a restore...into a new database of course. Worked fine.

Can I simply tack on the subdomain to my usual backend url and that will work, as in

https://sandbox.example.com/administrator/index.php?test

Before getting into the backend of the subdomain, do I need to make changes to the configuration or htaccess files?

Something is not working, and before digging into it, I'm trying to understand how it's supposed to work.

Thank you for the feedback and guidance.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

Delete the .htaccess and .htpasswd files from the administrator folder of your restored site.

When restoring the site the Site Setup page does give you the option to do that for you.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

Another side note.

Where is your subdomain root folder? If it's inside your main site's public_html your subdomain site won't work correctly. The .htaccess from the main site will be applied, causing problems accessing the subdomain. The subdomain root folder needs to be above public_html (possibly next to it, i.e. under your hosting account's root folder) to prevent any issues. You can select the subdomain root folder when creating the subdomain in your hosting control panel.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

dhillock

Thank you, I have everything working now.

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