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I’ve copied my MSM powered site to a dev server so that I can safely upgrade from 1.6.9 to 2.1.3 and have got everything running fine except that I cannot switch sites. When I click to view the second site the page refreshes but stays on the first site.

I’m using EE 1.6.9 Build:  20100430 and MSM Version: 1.1 Build: 20100805

please advise.

Hi, Sean. We’ve seen that happen before - have you tried the methods listed in this wiki article?

http://expressionengine.com/wiki/TShoot_Problems_With_MSM_Logins/

Sue,
that page is now what my problem is - I can login from either site, the problem is that I cannot actually view the second site. When I click the sites tab and choose the second one the page refreshes but nothing changes.

In any case I did try what was suggested there and it didn’t change anything.

Sean

Sean,

Make sure to clear and browser cookies etc. Also make sure any CP URLs in your general configurations or the config file match your dev server URLs or it will have trouble with cookies

John,

I’ve changed everything in the control panel using the Deeploy module and here is my config.php file with asterisks replacing sensitive info

$conf['app_version'] = "169";
$conf['license_number'] = "1234************";
$conf['debug'] = "1";
$conf['install_lock'] = "1";
$conf['db_hostname'] = "*******";
$conf['db_username'] = "***********";
$conf['db_password'] = "***********";
$conf['db_name'] = "***********";
$conf['db_type'] = "mysql";
$conf['db_prefix'] = "exp";
$conf['db_conntype'] = "0";
$conf['system_folder'] = "**********";
$conf['cp_url'] = "http://dev2.domain.com";
$conf['doc_url'] = "http://expressionengine.com/docs/";
$conf['cookie_prefix'] = "";
$conf['is_system_on'] = "y";
$conf['allow_extensions'] = "y";
$conf['multiple_sites_enabled'] = "y";
$conf['ip2nation'] = "y";

still having the same problem

Hi Sean,

Have you got an .htaccess file for index.php removal active for your sites? Are you accessing the CP at http://dev2.domain.com/systemfolder or via Masked Access?

Cheers

Greg

yes masked cp access and my .htaccess file is very simple

# Use PHP5 as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

Hi Sean,

The config item for ‘cp_url’ should be your masked access URL. Can you try that please.

Cheers

Greg

Greg,

that worked. Interstingly on the “real” site it’s not set but works. Anyhow I’m happy that I’ve got it working and can do my upgrade now. Thanks for your time.

Glad you are up and running again.Feel free as always to start a new thread if you have any more questions.