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Install MODx in its own directory

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    wayne.yellow Reply #1, 14 years, 11 months ago
    Hi,

    Does anyone know if can install MODx not at the root of web server (but for e.g. in TEST_1 directory) and configure the site address to for e.g. www.mydomain.com.

    Thanks and regards,
    Wayne.
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      tillilab Reply #2, 14 years, 11 months ago
      you can install MODx in a directory for sure,
      as regards the access from the main address you could use .htaccess to redirect your users,

      but I don't know if it may cause some conflicts with friendly url...

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        • 32013
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        wayne.yellow Reply #3, 14 years, 11 months ago
        Hi tillilab,

        Thank you for your reply. I am glad to know I can use the .htaccess for re direction.
        I am not sure if I did it correctly. My MODx was installed in www.mydomain.com/TEST_1, what I want to achieve is when people enter www.mydomain.com they will see the content in www.mydomain.com/TEST_1 but the URL on the web browser remains as www.mydomain.com


        Thanks and regards,
        Wayne.
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          tillilab Reply #4, 14 years, 11 months ago
          I think that you can do it with the htaccess directive RewriteRule instead of Redirect.

          I'm not expert of htaccess and Apache... but you can find a lot of resources online,
          best regards,
          Alessandro
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            wayne.yellow Reply #5, 14 years, 11 months ago
            Hi Alessandro,

            Thank you again for your reply. I also consulted my web host admin. and I manage to achieve what I want with the below script in .htaccess. I am not sure if that script is generic or web host specific but it solve my problems smiley

            # .htaccess main domain to subdirectory redirect
# Copy and paste the following code into the .htaccess file
# in the public_html folder of your hosting account
# make the changes to the file according to the instructions.
# Do not change this line.
RewriteEngine on
# Change yourdomain.com to be your main domain.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?yourmaindomain.com$
# Change 'subdirectory' to be the directory you will use for your main domain.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/subdirectory/
# Don't change this line.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Change 'subdirectory' to be the directory you will use for your main domain.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /subdirectory/$1
# Change yourdomain.com to be your main domain again.
# Change 'subdirectory' to be the directory you will use for your main domain
# followed by / then the main file for your site, index.php, index.html, etc.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?yourmaindomain.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ subdirectory/index.php [L]