Hey guys, sorry to bother. Anyone out there who has a sec to help me would be much appreciated! Last time I was working on my site I decided to start messing with the navigation and page layout. I must have done something wrong because there the regular Admin menu is gone as well as any place to log into the Admin area. I am sure it has something to do with Blocks put I have only used Drupal for 2 weeks so I am not to savvy. If I could make some changes in the file directory that could make the Admin menu and area visible again that would be awesome. I can however see the Welcome page which has a link to the administration page but when I click on it I get an "Access Denied" response message, I figure it is because I am not logged in. How can I log in and change the blocks from my database or file directory?
I am using the Earthen theme for Drupal 6 and a wamp server. Thanks!
-Brooke
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point your browser to yousite.com/user and login, then point to yoursite.com/admin
if clean urls aren't enabled you need to use yoursite.com?q=user to login and yoursite.com/?q=admin
In future you may want to checkTroubleshooting FAQs which lists common situations new users find themselves in. your question is answered here: Login after disabling the User login block
Thanks
I will do what you suggested as well as look in the troubleshooting FAQs. I have been reading posts after posts about Admin disappearances and login issues but none of them were describing my exact issue. Thank you for directing me to the right place though! I will update as to whether or not I figured it out.
-Brooke
Another newbie question
How do you know what your .com site name is? I am using a local server and to get to it I usually type in localhost/drupal2 but there isn't a domain name?
cant do it this way either
1. Clicking on the name of the drupal database in the left menu (e.g. "_Drupal")
2. Beside the table name (access) and under the Action column click on the Browse icon.
3. Find the row in the table with the mask field (e.g. "%admin%") and click on the delete icon beside it.
4. Press OK on the confirmation message.
5. Now login normally from the frontpage...
Major problem - within my drupal database >Access - there is no "browse icon" it is disabled and I can only click on the "drop" option which I am sure is not a good idea.
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yoursite.com would be localhost/drupal2 if that is where you site is installed. Thus, localhost/drupal2/?q=user or localhost/drupal2/user and the same holds true with pointing your browser to the admin area.
Not at all sure what you are doing in the database to be honest.
Odd that you don't have the ability to browse tables. I can't answer that question. Sorry.
I can browse any other table
I can browse any other table but for some reason not the access table. :(
BUT - the great news is that I found the login page and have logged in successfully! So should I rearrange things to get them back to normal or just log in this way from now on?
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That is entirely up to you. If you don't want the login block enabled you don't have to have it enabled.
On sites where I don't intend to have user logins, I only enable the login block on the admin screen using an administraion theme. Then when I point my browser to mysite.com/admin I have the login block available.