User Guide

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PrestaShop version 1.3 UserGuide – OCTOBER 2010
Deleting the “Install” Folder/ Renaming the “Admin” Folder
Store-front software for the PrestaShop online store
To finalize the installation, use your FTP program to delete the “install” folder. In addition, you
should rename the “admin” folder. It is imperative that you block your store’s control panel from any
intruders. In order to protect your store, right-click on the “admin” folder and select “Rename.”
Choose a new name. However, having the name “admin” allows access to your Back Office, since this
is the original address given to the Back Office. Therefore keep the word admin in your new folder
name. Important: Memorize this name for it will be necessary to know it in order to access the Back
Office. See the photo below. For example: www.mystore.com/admin becomes
www.mystore.com/admin-durang or www.mystore.com/adminprestashop