I developed a test site and migrated it to my my host's server. It is at /var/www/html/drupal. The test site domain points to this path and the home page is http://www.mytestdomain.com and not http://www.mytestdomain.com/drupal.
My next step was to point my domain to my web host and wait for it to propagate. Also thought it would be just as easy to point http://mydomain.com to /var/www/html/drupal. I was mistaken. My web host says that I have to do some kind of redirect with .htaccess and I guess I have found a solution at http://drupal.org/node/144643. I am all thumbs and no programmer.
The only reason why I created the drupal folder was for housekeeping purposes. Now faced with implementing something akin to http://drupal.org/node/144643, I am wondering if I should just place all my drupal related folders in the root.
Is there any other way to do this? What do most people do? Also, do you know of any webhosts that offer a solution where they could point the domain to the above path.
Many thanks.
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I recommend puting Drupal in
I recommend puting Drupal in its own folder, not in root.
Redirecting your web visitors from one place to another should be a piece of cake. Just Google that.