that is strange, i have done some googeling but came up with nothing useful, people have blamed it on everything from incorrect system date/time (saying it was fixed when they checked their clock and found it was way off date), some people have said that clearing the cache and cookies fixed the problem, others say it is a configuration issue within the server itself (that seems most likely). im betting something is throwing you into a re-direct loop: one address redirects or forwards to another address which then redirects or forwards back to the original.
are you running the server yourself or are you with a hosting company? is there a specific module or function you try to access when this is happening?
I am a little confused by what you mean when you say you want to edit the index page? your 'front page' or the page that you would get if you just went to
http://yoursite.com/ or
http://yoursite.com/index.php is set in the settings to a specific module and function. from your admin panel you go to System (i think) -> settings, then you will see the option for "start page settings"
for module you have a drop down menu, i use the module "Content" to publish pages so i have Content selected, when a user accesses my site the first page they will see will come from the Content module.
then you have type: this is almost alway user (its not wise to have an admin type as your front page, it will just deny someone access if they aren't logged in anyway)
start function is the $func argument to pass (mine is set as "view" because i want to call the view function from the Content module)
then arguments is other arguments to pass to that function (i have "pid=4", thats just selecting what page to display from the content module)
so for my settings going to the index page is exactly the same as going to
/index.php?module=Content&type=user&func=view&pid=4
if you wanted to use Pages you could probably give the info
Module: Pages
Type: user
func:view
arguments: pid=x (where x is the id of that page)
then when you edit that page in pages your front page will have been edited.
i suggest giving the 'content' module a go, i find it super easy to work with: drag and drop different types of info into different places on the page.
as a note to anyone else reading this: it might be a good idea to clean up the 'start page settings' to have an easier to use options for common start-up modules.
Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 12:44 PM
