Geoffrey,
thank you for taking the time to reply.
when the full link is manually typed into the browser e.g. xxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk/catalog/contact_us.php they work but if a link is highlighted it says xxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.ukdir_wsadmin_contact_us.php/?osCsid(then a long (approx 26 characters) alpha,numerical reference)
I have reviewed both files and can see no mention of admin anywhere
details of the admin/includes file are below with the xxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk replacing the name of the website
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk');
define('ENABLE_SSL', false);
define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk');
define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/catalog/');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/catalog/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/catalog/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/catalog/');
define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/sites/xxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk/public_html/catalog/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
If anyone has experienced this before then please feel free to respond.
I am guessing that I have incorrectly edited a file but haven't got a clue where to start - needles in haystacks springs to mind!
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