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Hi there,

I’ve recently moved a site from a test to a live environment and I’m having problems getting MSM up and running. My symptoms seem to be similar to those experienced in this thread: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/185173/

I can only log in to the control panel if I turn MSM off in config.php.
If I turn MSM on when in the control panel I can see the site listed but clicking on it does nothing.

I’ve tried removing and adding the site again.

EE: v2.1.3
Build: 20101220

MSM: v2.0
Build: 20101215

Many thanks,

Greg

Hi Greg,

If I turn MSM on when in the control panel I can see the site listed but clicking on it does nothing.

To confirm. This is in the right hand dropdown menu in the control panel?
For your second site do you have anything in its index.php relative to your test environment?
Also check your config.php for any test environment variables

Hi John,

Yes thats correct.

Nothing in index.php or config that relates to the test environment. They are pretty standard.

Greg

Any further suggestions with this? I’m stumped and need to get the site live this week.

Thanks,

Greg

Hi, Greg. What settings do you have for the index.php in your secondary site?

Hi Sue,

I’ve not added or changed anything in the index.php other than altering the system path and adding the site_name variable.

I’ve actually deleted the existing site now and tried creating a brand new site but it still won’t let me get to the control panel of the new site.

I’ve tried turning off extensions, getting rid of any mod_rewrite stuff and gone through the DB to see if there is any reference to the test server but still nothing doing.

Thanks,

Greg

Greg, that’s just it, I’d like to see what exactly you set. Are you setting or using a masked control panel page?

At the moment I don’t have a secondary index page as I deleted the secondary site entirely. Following the instructions here: http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/cp/sites/createsite.html I can’t get to Step 3 as I can’t get to the control panel.

For your reference here are the settings I have on the secondary index.php on the test site, which is working fine.

$system_path = '../system';
$debug = 0;
$assign_to_config['site_name'] = 'orangery';
$routing['directory'] = '';
$routing['controller'] = 'ee';
$routing['function'] = 'index';
$assign_to_config['enable_query_strings'] = TRUE;
$assign_to_config['subclass_prefix'] = 'EE_';

Hi captaink,

Can you also please add the cp_url config item to your main index.php file and also make sure you add it in your secondary site index.php when you create that:

$assign_to_config['cp_url'] = 'http://mydomain.com/system/';

Does that enable you to login properly?

Cheers

Greg

Hi Greg,

No thats not changed anything.

Also just noticed that I’m getting the following error when MSM is turned on:

Site Error: Unable to Load Site Preferences; No Preferences Found

Thanks,

Greg

Solved the Site Error I was getting but still can’t switch between sites in the control panel.

Just to recap on where I am at with this:

- I can’t login to the control panel when MSM is turned on
- If I turn MSM on in the control panel I can’t log out, I get redirected back to the CP home page
- I can’t switch between sites, it just stays on the current page

Quick update:

I can successfully log in to the second site using masked access to go directly to it. I followed the steps found here: http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/installation/masked_cp_access.html

I still cannot switch between sites using the drop down menu.

Hi, captaink.

Well, that’s progress, have you considered creating a masked control panel for the first site?

Its progress but it feels very hacky and I’m having trouble with the Structure module using the masked CP.

This is very frustrating as I have the sites working perfectly on a test server and the live server is actually on the same machine so there shouldn’t be any differences.