I can't enter admin page (backend)

[gizomo]

I installed PW without any errors. The frontend works fine. But when going to the backend the site just returns me to home page and change url to http://domain.com/?/admin/.

The link "Admin login" is http://domain.com/admin/

Apache reads .htaccess correctly.

[abdus]

I'm not experinced in Apache, but it looks like apache rewrites url incorrectly. There should be a .htaccess file on the root directory of PW and inside it you should see

  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 19. Pass control to ProcessWire if all the above directives allow us to this point.
  # For regular VirtualHosts (most installs)
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?it=$1 [L,QSA]

  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 20. If using VirtualDocumentRoot (500 NOTE): comment out the one above and use this one instead
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?it=$1 [L,QSA]

If it's still not working rewrite module may not be activated

https://stackoverflow.com/a/5758551

[EntitySelf]

Has it ever worked?

Are you redirected after you enter your credentials or even before that?

If you can browse the front site then the .htaccess & mod_rewrite should be working right?

 

[abdus]

If the rewrite isn't working you wont even get to the login form, it just redirects back to homepage like you've been experiencing

[gizomo]

I have only one .htaccess file on the root of PW. Where should another one be placed?

[EntitySelf]

You only need one in the root, so that is fine.

[gizomo]

The login form doesn't appear. Site loads home page.

[abdus]

That should be enough to get rewrite working, but as it's not working then most likely rewrite isn't enabled/.htaccess isn't parsed by apache.

[pwired]

He didn't mean a second .htaccess file but that there should be one in the root.

[abdus]

Quote

 

Upload a file called info.php with this code and run it:

<?php 
phpinfo();
Search for mod_rewrite on the page, and see if you can find it under Loaded Modules.

 

https://stackoverflow.com/a/14294970

[gizomo]

I don't understand why the "?" is appeared in the url. I guess the mod_rewrite works but wrong.

[gizomo]

Phpinfo said

HTTP_MOD_REWRITE

On

[abdus]

Then .htaccess isn't read at all by apache.  You may need to allow overrides.

https://askubuntu.com/a/465589

[gizomo]

I've already checked this.

AllowOverride all

[EntitySelf]

Can you tell us something about the environment, it's Apache on a dev machine or web hosting company ? 

Can you post version numbers, PHP, Apache, PW, whatever might be handy, did you edit anything after you installed? 

Did you try another browser or clear cookies, any browser plugins that might affect it?

I did disable mod_rewrite for a moment on my dev machine and still see the login form, just can't login.

[abdus]

Open .htaccess file and smash your keyboard, save the file, refresh your browser, if you get an error, then .htaccess is working too.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/17250196

[gizomo]

Its my server. PW is 3.0.62

[gizomo]

I've tried to add gibberish to the .htaccess file. Server returns 500 error.

[EntitySelf]

And check /site/assets/logs as well, maybe there is a hint...

[pwired]

You should have this in your .htaccess file to get rid of the ? in your urls:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index.php 
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.php$ /$1 [R=301,L] 

[abdus]

Well, then then I'm back to suggest checking .htaccess rule 19. This has to work for PW to handle requests to pages other than homepage.

  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 19. Pass control to ProcessWire if all the above directives allow us to this point.
  # For regular VirtualHosts (most installs)
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?it=$1 [L,QSA]

  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # 20. If using VirtualDocumentRoot (500 NOTE): comment out the one above and use this one instead
  # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?it=$1 [L,QSA]

</IfModule>

#################################################################################################
# END PROCESSWIRE HTACCESS DIRECTIVES
#################################################################################################

 

[abdus]

Also, find your apache access logs, check whether rewritten urls has ?it=/admin/ in it

[pwired]

Check this also:

https://processwire.com/docs/tutorials/troubleshooting-guide/

 

[gizomo]

I tried to rename .htaccess file. Site loads only home page. Other requests return 404 error. The request to admin page keeps on returning home page with /?/admin/ at the url of the page.

[EntitySelf]

Strange, When I do that I get a 404 on /admin/ as well... maybe reinstall PW and try changing the /admin/ to something else, just as a test?

What are you using as a platform, I use wampserver on Windows?