alternative admin url -> login page without css files

[bjt1988]

hi,

with an alternative admin url in the local.xml file
frontName:

the loginpage http://www.example.com/admin_11_2014 try to load a versioned reset.xxx.css and a versioned boxes.xxx.css file. both are empty. the js files are loaded correct and the login is working but it looks very bad wihtout the correct css.

[peterjaap]

You also need to add the css extension to the rewrite rule;

For nginx; rewrite "^/(.*)\.(\d{10})\.(gif|png|jpg|css)$" /$1.$3 last;

[peterjaap]

But only if you have merging disabled. If you have merging enabled, don't add the '|css' part to the rewrite rule since the versioning timestamp is already included in the actual filename.

[peterjaap]

Actually, scratch my previous advice. It will cause other files not to be found.

When using nginx, use this rewrite rule to let it find the correct file;

location ^~ /skin/adminhtml/default/default/ {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @handleradminhtmlskincss;
}

location @handleradminhtmlskincss {
        rewrite "^/(.*)\.(\d{10})\.(css|js)$" /$1.$3 last;
}

Using this, you can use merging and versioning and all the CSS files will be found.

[fbrnc]

Thanks @peterjaap! @bjt1988, does this solve your problem?

[peterjaap]

This is the .htaccess equivalent;
RewriteRule ^skin/adminhtml/default/default/(.*)\.(.*)\.(.*) /skin/adminhtml/default/default/$1\.$3

[cybersolutionsllc]

@peterjaap I've got the same issue here. Server is running Apache ...

I've tried adding your RewriteRule in .htaccess with the other rewrite rules but it doesn't seem to be doing anything..

[jg-development]

can this be added to the readme?