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Change X-Cart Admin


The x-cart admin folder is commonly known to be /admin making it a target for malicious users. Changing the folder name/location provides an added level of security. The x-cart admin folder can be changed as follows:

  1. Log into your x-cart host using an FTP program. Access the path to your x-cart files and rename the folder "admin" to the name of your choice. We will call this "newadmin."
  2. Now open your top.inc.php file

    Find:

    define ('DIR_ADMIN', '/admin');


    Change to (substitute "newadmin" for the name of your renamed folder):

    define ('DIR_ADMIN', '/newadmin');

You will now access your x-cart admin section using the url:
http://www.example.com/newadmin/

Also be sure to view our X-Cart Security Tutorial.

Authored by Jon Peters, founder of WebsiteCM, specializing in providing X-Cart mods, X-Cart addons and x-cart development services since 2002.

Article copyright 2007 WebsiteCM.com and may be republished provided all content is left intact including author information, copyright notice and website links.

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