Hi,

IN theory this is supposed to work by changing a the following settings in the web.config file

<add key="umbracoPath" value="~/umbraco" />

<add key="umbracoReservedPaths" value="~/umbraco,~/install/,~/ipro" />       

However I think this cause some problems, though there's a chance these have been resolved in the versions since I've tried it.

Rich

Obviously you would need to rename your physical "umbraco" directory too.

Rich

A way to achieve the goal and still avoid any techical side effects is making a rewrite rule the UrlRewriting.config in  that makes a redirect:

<urlrewritingnet xmlns="http://www.urlrewriting.net/schemas/config/2006/07">

<rewrites>

<add name="goToAdmin" redirectMode="Permanent" redirect="Domain" ignoreCase="true" rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite" virtualUrl="/myAdmin" destinationUrl="/umbraco/login.aspx" />

/Martin

Nice solution Martin.

The only problem with this is that /umbraco/ is still available which I guess is what most people want to avoid having as the url

Rich

Thanks for the input guys.

Perhaps if I use both Martin and Paul's example, I could combine the two to use both urlRewriting and change the directory name....

/// Sean ///

to follow on from Rich's comment, i think the config changes should work in principle.

BUT, i think that people have experienced problems with some of the packages which include absolute references.

if you search the forum a bit, you will find plenty of similar questions and quite a few problems associated with this.

Hello,

I'm fairly new to Umbraco and I'm looking to change the name of the umbraco admin directory. I've arrived at this post but can't actually work out what the solution is.

Would someone be able to point me in the right direction please.

Steve

Hey Stephen,

To be honest I don't think there is a straight forward way of doing this, a lot of packages have hardcoded the /umbraco/ path. Frustrating I know.

Rich

Thanks Rich. That was quick. It is a bit frustrating. I just want something simple that my non-techy users will remember.

Steve

Hey Stephen,

If it's for this purpose (and not to remove the /umbraco/ domain) then you can just use URL rewriting, should be pretty straight forward.

I don't have time to dig out the code, if I find time I'll come back to you.

Rich

Hi Stephen,

The following code in /config/UrlRewriting.config works for me:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<urlrewritingnet xmlns="http://www.urlrewriting.net/schemas/config/2006/07">

  <rewrites>

    <add name="goToAdmin" redirectMode="Permanent" redirect="Domain" ignoreCase="true" rewriteUrlParameter="IncludeQueryStringForRewrite" virtualUrl="/admin$" destinationUrl="/umbraco/login.aspx" />

  </rewrites>

</urlrewritingnet>

With this, www.domain.com/admin goes to www.domain.com/umbraco/login.aspx. I use this as default in my installations since I agree with you that users like a more friendly admin-url.

Regards,
Martin

Thanks all, and Martin for the last bit. It works for me.

It would be better if the Umbraco part didn't appear but it seems this is not possble.

Cheers

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