I have recently purchased an SSL Certificate and updated my .htaccess with the following code
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
So that it will be a secure site.
But now when i go to /admin it redirects back to the store homepage. I removed the code from .htaccess but it still redirects. i have already cleared the var/cache folder and that didn't solve the problem.