i have set up a test hosting site to host a clone of my live site before upgrading to VM3
however the frontend of the cloned site works but I get a 404 message when I try to log into the backend
can someone help me on this please?
How did you clone the site? What are you using as testing host?
It is hosted on a cpanel package on my VPS it was a full site backup of my main sites cpanel the databse has been copied and set up too
The mainsite seems to work fine see stage2.pantshq.com
but when I go to the admin page stage2.pantshq.com/administrator/?e-commerce when i log in it just goes to a 404 error
Any suggestions?
Akkeba backup is the safest way to clone a site as the installation routine corrects paths/urls.
Whay aren't you logging to the backend simply on stage2.pantshq.com/administrator ? - where does your ?e-commerce come from?