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#22850 Admin Tools blocks the access to the frontend

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:32 CDT

Wednesday, 24 June 2015 13:24 CDT

MAT978
Bonjour !

As usual, I installed Admin Tools on a website further to its migration from 2.5 to 3.4: Goldfinger Jewelry.
But when I apply the password protection to log in the backend, it's also applied to the frondend (so I have to enter my credentials to be able to visit the website)... First time I have this issue and I really don't know what I did wrong. (note that the Security exceptions log is empty)
Would be great if you can help me. Do not hesitate if you want an access to the backend.

Thank you!

Sandra

Wednesday, 24 June 2015 14:06 CDT

dlb
Sandra,

What is happening is that something on your front end (slide show maybe?) is calling assets stored in the /administrator folder on your site. That's a no no. No public facing extension should store anything within the /administrator folder. You will need to contact the author of the badly behaved extension, there is no way to work around the issue. You can't password protect the /administrator folder and use that extension.


Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist


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????
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 14:43 CDT

MAT978
Thanks Dale for your answer.
I'll contact them and see it with them.

Sandra

Wednesday, 24 June 2015 14:45 CDT

dlb
You are welcome!

I'm not sure it is the slideshow, that's a guess. But something is pulling from within /administrator.


Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist


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My time zone is EST (UTC -5) (click here to see my current time in Philadelphia, PA)

Wednesday, 24 June 2015 15:07 CDT

MAT978
I'll make some tests on a test version of the website to determine which extension is responsible of that.

Wednesday, 24 June 2015 15:41 CDT

nicholas
Bonsoir Sandra,

Je vais t'épargner la peine. Comme je t'ai dit au Twitter l'extension problématique est WidgetKit. Elle provoque toujours des problèmes majeurs. Elle est trop mal écrit, comme tous les extensions de Yoo :( Tu ne peux pas utiliser la protection de l'administrateur et Widgetkit dans le meme site. Il est l'un ou l'autre. Ah, bon, c'est Yoo...

And for the benefit of Dale who's trying to help you: It's WidgetKit. You can't have back-end protection and WidgetKit on the same site. It's badly written, we've been telling them since four and a half years and they won't listen. Oh, well, it's just Yoo...

OK, I'm handing this back to Dale now :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Wednesday, 24 June 2015 15:49 CDT

MAT978
Thank you Nicolas for your answer and a double thank you for answering in French! I really appreciate.

I usually don't use this extension, but didn't have other choice this time.
I use it on 2 other websites, but without having this issue with Admin Tools (but other issues of course), but these 2 websites were built with J2.5 and PHP3, and a previous version of Widgetkit.
I'll contact them ;)

Thanks again

Sandra

Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:32 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome, Sandra!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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