Make a change in global area

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I want to change the copyright date in the footer ofhttp://www.ewarenow.com.
I get this message when I try to edit it.
This block is contained within a global area. Changing its content will change it everywhere that global area is referenced.

I cannot figure out how to even FIND the global area. Please relieve my ignorance. :-)

 
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
hello

dashboard > stacks and blocks

and then select 'View Global Areas' from the dropdown that is defaulted to 'View Stacks' .

However, the message is just warning you that if you do change it (on the page you are on) it will change everywhere in the site it is used. If that is the desired result then you can just make the change.
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply 2 Attachments
That's a great help. Thanks. But I need more.
I am trying to change the copyright notice from being 2014 to 2014-2016.
The first attachment shows the current content; the second shows what I am trying to change it to.
I clicked the Approve button.
But the change does NOT appear in the footer.

P.S. The first time I did this, I got a message about an unexpected error that it could not save something.
P.P.S: When I log into Concrete 5 and it looks for updates, I get a message that MySQL has gone away. Is that relevant to this/
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
it sounds as though you have a problem with your mysql database - this is why you cannot make the change and why you are getting the 'gone away' message.

I'd log a call with your host if I were you. It sounds like your website is likely just serving cached content at the moment so you need to get your database back and available to C5.
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Andy,

I logged in to the hosting website with my admin account. The database is there and intact. I think the password to it got changed recently -- and know the new one.

Is there some place in Concrete5 where I can tell it the password to MySQL?
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
hi - you cannot change it directly via the website - it is held in plain text in:

/application/config/database.php

be careful not to mess up the syntax of the entry in the file.
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply 2 Attachments
Hi Andy,

Well it looks like the database.php file is missing.
In the first attachment, you can see that there is no such file under Config.
In the second one, there is a database.php file in Libraries, but it's a skeleton with no useful content -- much less a connection string.

What do you suggest?

Best Regards and Thanks,
Doug
Gondwana replied on at Permalink Reply
Gondwana
That directory structure looks weird to me. If it's 5.7, you should have an 'application' directory at the same level as 'concrete'. That's the area AndyJ was referring to.
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Doug,
I'm sorry - I've given you duff info. I assumed you were running 5.7 for some reason.
You should have a /config/site.php and that will hold your db connection info.
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Andy,
Can I just change DB_PASSWORD in Site.php or will the password salt also need to change?
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Doug,
remove the above post asap - you've just given the whole world your user id's password, salt etc
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
hi again,
you are really going to have to change your database name, database user and your database password as they are now compromised.
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Andy,

How do I change them?
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
this is getting a little sticky - if you don't know how to change them then you probably shouldn't be attempting to.

Like I said before - remove the above post.

If this were me - I think I'd take a backup of the database and re-install so all of the credentials etc are new.

However, you do need to be fully aware of what you are doing as there is obviously a risk of losing your whole site if you do it incorrectly.

The problem is anyone in the world could have seen that post above and can now log into your database, they can have any of the info from that database including your user id's and they also have your password salt. Someone can completely hijack your site, lock you out and do anything they want.
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
you need to at least get a copy of the website including the database downloaded and into your ownership asap.
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Andy,

How do I remove the post?
Sorry I'm asking so many dumb questions!!!
WebcentricLtd replied on at Permalink Reply
don't worry - not dumb. You probably can't remove but you should eb able to edit the post and remove all of your text from it
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Andy,
Yup. That worked. And I am busy making a backup of everything.

Regarding the fix. I can get into MySQL and make the changes.
Then I can get into Site.php and make the same changes.
But that leads to my question about the password salt. How do I handle that?
ob7dev replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
ob7dev
Just changing the site password is sufficient. By salt he is probably referring to the hashed version of your site password, as they are usually not stored as plain text. So changing the site password should change the salt.
dmaclean replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks. That solved the problem with changing the password