Lost control panel on Drupal after move from testing to live

[Alex Dean]

Check the rules in your .htaccess file, then try setting $base_url in sites/default/settings.php.


On Nov 10, 2010, at 1:40 PM, keith smith wrote:

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> Hi,
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> I'm stuck with a Drupal problem.  We built a Drupal site using a sub-domain drupal.xxxxx.tld.  Then when we were ready to make it live, basically all I did was change ServerName  from drupal.xxxxx.tld  to  www.xxxxxxx.tld
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> We are able to access the site and it displays the content as expected.  The problem is when I try to log in to the admin control panel at http://www.xxxxx.tld/admin I am taken to https://drupal.xxxxx.tld which does not exist. (after completing the form and clicking submit)  This results in "The webpage cannot be found".
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> I have removed the virtual host from the ssl.conf file in an attempt to get down to the basics so I can figure out what is going wrong.
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> There was a line in the setting.php file : $cookie_domain = 'drupal.xxxxx.tld';  I modified it to read $cookie_domain = 'www.xxxxx.tld';
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> I'm feeling like there is a setting in drupal that I need to modify.  Could that be so?
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> Any and all feedback is much appreciated.
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> Thanks!
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> Keith Smith
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