ave-cms/help/en/installation/admin-directory.md

Control panel folder

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For a clean installation, you can choose the name of the control panel directory. The field is already filled with the value adminx; you can leave it unchanged or set your own, for example control or site_admin.

The name must begin with a Latin letter, may contain Latin letters, numbers, - and _ and be no longer than 48 characters. System directory names including system, modules, setup, storage and uploads cannot be used.

The installer performs the entire operation:

1. Checks that the selected directory is free and the site root is writable.
2. Renames the source directory adminx.
3. Writes the name to configs/public.config.php as admin_directory.
4. Returns the correct login link to the browser.

If the final stage of installation fails, the directory and configuration return to their original state.

Renaming after installation

Before changing, please back up your files and enable maintenance mode. Then:

1. Rename the physical directory of the panel, for example adminx to control.
2. Set configs/public.config.php to the same name:

'admin_directory' => 'control',

3. Open /control/login and check the input, interface resources, installation modules and a quick editing link on a public site.

The module registry itself will detect a change in the root directory and rebuild its section. There is no need to remove it manually.

Web server

The panel supplied .htaccess does not contain the fixed RewriteBase, therefore on Apache it continues to work after renaming. With your own configuration web server forward non-existent URLs within the selected directory to its index.php, allow direct transfer of assets and prohibit the execution of others Panel PHP files via HTTP.

A hidden name does not replace authorization and rights. AVE.cms additionally sends for panel pages X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow, noarchive.