darkflame

First, I do not appreciate whoever anonymously retitled my post from “Login redirecting to wrong page” to that long thing that does not accurately describe the problem. I especially consider that it was done anonymously to be a real chicken thing – someone’s not even proud enough of what they do to take ownership of their actions. Worse, yet, those of us that post have no ability to edit our posts, so the changes, as inaccurate as they are, are apparently permanent – unless the “hidden person” changes them back.

And, here’s the proof that it does not accurately describe the problem.

I have completely wiped out the blog, totally deleting everything from the server, including the mySQL database. I’ve created a brand spanking new database with a completely different name, created a different admin user, totally & completely redone the entire thing from the ground up. I have not installed any of the registration plugins. And, I have started testing from the point of original installation.

When I login, using the built-in meta (that I can’t figure out how to edit) it redirects me to the Dashboard page. This is not what I want, I want it to redirect back to the MAIN URL of https://www.customerservicerules.com — Fixing that would be a start.

When I do install the very newest version of Sidebar Login, it then redirects me to the URL of https://customerservicerules.readycashhomebuyers.com — This will bring up the page because customerservicerules.com is an add-on domain of readycashhomebuyers.com. However, I do NOT want the URL to reflect that. It needs to go to https://www.customerservicerules.com — the same page that I want the meta login to provide.

As I am proceeding no further in the rebuild of my blog until I have this issue resolved, I’d appreciate any help possible. Even just telling me where to look for the links so that I can edit them will be great. I’ve looked through lots of php & css files, but haven’t found anything, yet.

Thanks,
David
San Antonio, TX

Just like Michael H said: “Check the Anyone can register box in the Administration > Settings > General screen.” Check the box next to “Anyone can register” and then click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom.

To TEST this, you have to be logged out. So, if you’re using Firefox for all your admin work, open an Explorer (or Netscape, Opera, Safari, etc., anything BUT Firefox) browser and go to the site. It should show you as not being logged in, and you can test it there because it should have a link to login, and that should have a link to register.

Remember, the setting must be turned on to work, & you have to be logged out to see the link.

Switching between browsers makes it easy to find these things. And, it makes it easy to see the differences in how the browsers (& your customers) will see things.

With regard to using paypal, we have closed our paypal account and will never use paypal again. The reason is because our paypal account was hacked. Paypal claims they have no knowledge of such, and ebay offered us no recourse either (it was opened via ebay and hacked via ebay). Someone was selling product under our ebay and paypal accounts, and then changed the passwords so that we could not get in. Plus, they were not sending the products for which they were collecting payment. They did not change the email address, so we got angry emails from THEIR customers who were getting screwed. Luckily, we never kept more than about 80 cents in the account, so we didn’t get robbed, just had our name & account dragged through the mud. Canceling ebay and paypal put an end to our involvement in the fraud, tho I don’t know if it changed anything the other person/entity was doing.

To make matters worse, a cousin had been selling lots of stuff on ebay and taking paypal payments. They had almost $1,000 in the account when it got drained. They, too, had no recourse and lost it all, only fixing their “problem” by canceling their paypal account.

Finally, I’ve read on one prominent ecommerce site that more than 60% of the transactions were aborted when the consumer got to the paypal payment screens. He solved the problem by having his own merchant account. Now, almost 98% of the transactions are successfully completed. This indicates to me that paypal is quick and easy, but probably not the professional quality that some would like – in contrast to having a merchant account that appears much more professional and private.

Note: These experiences are my own, and they are true as I have related them here. Your experiences may be different, and I encourage you to achieve your own results.