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Can denote questions related to Magento admin panel, admin session or admin user.

It should denote a question related to the admin area of Magento: design or functionality. Can also be used to denote questions related to admin session or admin user.

For questions about extending the admin interface using a custom admin theme or a custom module that makes use of the Mage_Adminhtml features, use

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Admin - Add Secret Key to URLs - Yes : Is this option necessary?

Admin - Add Secret Key to URLs - Yes is default setting Whenever I use admin, the url is too long due to this option. e.g.) http://my-domain.com/index.php/mydomain_admin/system_config/edit/section/admin/key/d7b0ccc20349109f7d533de7bea8ff9b/ Do you…
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Remove Administrator

We had a Magento site built for us a while back by a local developer but he has just vanished. We do not have any of his login details, only a few accounts with limited access to the backend and cannot do many of the things we need to be able to do…
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Admin area issue - Best Sellers, Most Viewed Products etc tabs on Dashboard do not update

on the Dashboard within the Admin area there are some tabs on the right hand side which allow you to view Bestsellers, Most Viewed Products, New Customers etc. The info here is completely wrong and has not changed for about a year. If I click on…
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Why does Magento use GET instead of POST for admin keys?

Well, the title almost says everything. Magento uses a key parameter in the admin area which it appends to every URL. I was just wondering why they don't do this using php post instead of get. With post it would be hidden, that's why I would prefer…
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Is there any default options available to create a websocket connection?

i want to pop up notification to the admin when a customer creates an order. how to do this using web socket connection.
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Remove index.php from links in admin panel

When I login to admin panel I get sent to: http://example.com/index.php/admin/index/index/key/********** and get 404 error but when I remove "/index.php" from the url: http://example.com/admin/index/index/key/********** it works but every time I…
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Unable to access to Magento Connect Manager

When I tried to logged into the Magento Connect Manager with my Magento admin ID and password, I am unable to log in and come out with the message "Access Denied". As I am the only administrator of the store, how should I grant the access right to…
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How do I prevent admin changes from getting lost?

This has happened to me numerous times and it makes me want to dump Magento forever. I'll be editing a product in the Admin backend, and I spend a good 30 minutes writing up a nice long description. Then I hit save, and it takes me to the page that…
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Adding a button to top of page in category edit

I have found where the buttons (reset, delete and save) get added in app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/catalog/category/edit/form.phtml: Line 28:

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adding static blocks to specific CMS Page via Layout Update XML in Magento 2.1.1

I want to add a static block to left column of a 2 column layout via layout Update XML in Magento 2.1.1
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how to set default value for fields in admin panel

I have created tabs, sections, groups and fields successfully in magento admin panel. Now I want to create default values for my fields of type text or text area. I have given proper values in my module config.xml file but I could not succeed.…
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how to create section and tabs in admin panel

how to create new section and new tab in admin panel. i have tried groups under sections and fields under groups, but not able to create sections. Could you please explain in detail how to create sections and tabs in admin panel... Thanks in advance…
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Custom dashboard reports for different users

I’m working on a magento install, and would like some users NOT to be able to see total sales to date. (lifetime sales) Is that possible / configurable?
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Correct way to update Admin favicon

What is the correct way to update the admin favicon? I assume copying over skin/adminhtml/default/default/favicon.ico is incorrect.
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Creating a Simple Admin Module - Routing Problem

All I'm trying to do is follow http://alanstorm.com/magento_admin_controllers basically to create a page in the admin section but it doesn't find it, 404. IndexController.php:
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