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Jonathan Borg 5 posts 86 karma points

Jul 30, 2020 @ 16:14

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Change Umbraco BackOffice Path

Hi,

I am trying to change the backoffice path ('/umbraco/...') so that the content managers can accesse Umbraco using a different path ('/cmsadmin/').

I reviewed some of the questions and documentation on the forums, more specifically this url.

However after following all of the steps mentioned above, and modifying the umbracoSetting.config (umbracoApplicationUrl), the site loads the login page without any styling.

Upon reviewing the network logs from the browser debug mode, I noticed that the css were still being obtained from a different path as shown in the image below

Is there an other config file which has to be changed? Am I missing a configuration?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Huw Reddick 1929 posts 6717 karma points MVP 2x c-trib

Jul 30, 2020 @ 17:21
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All I did was edit these two apsettings in the web.config
```
  <appSettings>
<add key="Umbraco.Core.ReservedUrls" value="~/admin-loginpanel" />
<add key="Umbraco.Core.Path" value="~/admin-loginpanel" />
```
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Jonathan Borg 5 posts 86 karma points

Jul 30, 2020 @ 17:52
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Already tried changing those, the issue persists.

As is currently, I renamed the Umbraco Folder, Modified the following Web.config
```
<add key="Umbraco.Core.ReservedUrls" value="~/cmsadmin" />
<add key="Umbraco.Core.ReservedPaths" value="~/cmsadmin" />
<add key="Umbraco.Core.Path" value="~/cmsadmin />
```
And changes a Location to where it was previously umbraco to
```
<Location "cmsadmin">...
```
Modified the umbracoSettings.config
```
<web.routing ..... umbracoApplicationUrl="http://mydomain.com/cmsadmin".... 
```
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Huw Reddick 1929 posts 6717 karma points MVP 2x c-trib

Jul 31, 2020 @ 06:43

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I forgot one thing, which is quite important.

You need to rename the 'umbraco' folder to match your new path :)

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Huw Reddick 1929 posts 6717 karma points MVP 2x c-trib

Jul 31, 2020 @ 06:52
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I used the info from the same link you posted in your question, but only this part

Rename you /umbraco/-folder on disk to another path (for example: /my-secret-loginpanel/)

Change the two keys in your web.config “Umbraco.Core.ReservedUrls” and “Umbraco.Core.Path” to your new path.
```
<add key="Umbraco.Core.ReservedUrls" value="~/my-secret-loginpanel" />
<add key="Umbraco.Core.Path" value="~/my-secret-loginpanel" />
```
From now on, you can only get access to the login screen by going to this path and no longer by going to /umbraco/

I made no other changes.
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Jonathan Borg 5 posts 86 karma points

Aug 03, 2020 @ 09:38

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Thank you for this, was setting ReservedPaths as well. Removed it and it worked

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Chris Spanellis 45 posts 191 karma points

Feb 19, 2021 @ 15:57

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Did you physically change the umbraco folder? If so, doesn't rebuilding the project recreate an umbraco folder every time? Is there a way to tell the Umbraco build process to generate the folder you choose to name (other than renaming it as part of the build steps)?

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Huw Reddick 1929 posts 6717 karma points MVP 2x c-trib

Aug 03, 2020 @ 12:40

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Glad you have it working :)

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Huw Reddick 1929 posts 6717 karma points MVP 2x c-trib

Aug 03, 2020 @ 15:45

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Well, it does create problems :)

Changing the the umbraco path to say admin-login breaks one of my controllers. I have a controller that inherits from umbracoapicontroller, changing the login url results in a 404 whenI call the controller methods. I will see if I can work out why, if I change it back to umbraco then the call to my controller works ok

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Jonathan Borg 5 posts 86 karma points

Aug 10, 2020 @ 06:11

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To 'bypass' this issue I followed the steps you described, however instead of renaming the umbraco folder I had to duplicate it.

Anywhere I have 'umbraco/surface/controller....' I had to replace that with the config key changed so from 'umbraco/surface/controller....' it becomes 'my-secret-loginpanel/surface/controller....'

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