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Okay this is strange...I have done this a hundred times and something is weird about this backup and kickstart.

I rebuilt my clients site in a directory called "2011".

after the site was complete and satisfactory..I backed it up with AkeebaPro and moved it to the main directory and re-deployed it using kickstart.

This is no different than any other install I have moved.

I used the same DB and reused the same admin user/pass

Everything went smoothly ..no errors or glitches. I was up in running within minutes in the main directory...(gotta love kickstart!)

I did some SEO work on the pages and it was fine when I logged out last night....come today I cant login as admin, the site is up and perfectly fine on the front end.

but when logging in as admin ..the fields just reset like I am entering the worng user/pass combo.

I logged in via phpmysql and reset the user/pass of the admin account to a known password such as admin..and tried again.

Still nothing...

I have two SU accounts on this install and neither will log in since the move to the main directory.

I have checked the config file and verified all of the paths and information...everything seems to be in order.

I never deleted the old /2011 directory...just renamed it to 2011.old and figured once I was 100% sure everything was in order I would delete it then.

but if I go back and rename it back to /2011 and try to login as admin (2011/administrator/) it logs me in just fine.

since its basically two Joomla directories sharing one database I can understand why it will allow the admin to login...but not in the main directory?

This has never happened before...

please advise.
thanks

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting? Yes
Have I searched the forum before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting? Yes
Joomla! version: (1.7)
PHP version: (5.2)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (localhost dedicated box)
Akeeba Backup version: (Akeeba Backup Professional 3.3.4 (2011-09-12))

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Description of my issue: see above

1. tried already, no go
2. tried this too
3. this is the next step, as I did use the joomla included .htaccess file instead of the directory default.


thanks I'll report back.

I tried all three suggestions.

still cant get into the admin side

buts what strange is that the site was originally developed in a directory called www.domain.com/2011

then moved to the live site www.domain.com using Akeeba
(as i have said I have done this dozens of times never a problem)

I was able to login into the new admin panel initially...as I made a ton of changes once the site went live.

then for some reason the next day it just locked me out.

but the directory..../2011 is still available and still able to be accessed by the admin?

I renamed the old directory 2011..old an kept it there just until I was sure everything was transferred properly.

I can loginto the old directory..it is using the same db, but the frontend is completely different than the frontend of the live site. It is still in a state that It was before the akeeba move.


I would really appreciate some guidance on this, as I am baffled. I have just a few small changes to complete this project and this is keeping me from completing this site.


This is what I have done so far:

1. clear all cache cookies
2. tested on FF,IE and chrome
3. renamed the old original htaccess file back instead of using the joomla file
4. deleted the data in jos_sessions
5. check the acl repair method, my "special" table is already [6,3,8]


I notice that there is a 7.79 eu fee to repair sites like this maybe....lemme know I have no issues about paying.

wait a second!
I think I got it.


.....cookie path in the config file!


found the answer in this post
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=618232

mine was set to the domain for some reason, reset it back to default blank


I am in!


Long Live Akeeba!

mine feild was filled in as

domain.com
not
http://www.domain.com
or
www.domain.com


once I saw the cookie issue, I tried all three variations in different browsers...nothing let me in until I reset it back to blank.

the original install in the /2011 directory was set to blank initially, not sure how it got the domain in there.

I dont remember setting it..but who knows it was late, maybe I did.

Thanks for the help!