By gulliver on

Is it possible to install Drupal into a specific non-root directory and not have that info in the links for public access?

Example: If the install directory is /apps/drupal/ and I have a directory /contact/ in the root, can the link to 'contact' be domainname.com/contact/?

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alexrayu commented

Yes. Just edit your htaccess file in the Drupal root. Add a RewriteBase /

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gulliver commented

Thanks. Being new to this, do I literally add RewriteBase / to the .htaccess?

And, as the current install is currently in the root, can I simply create a new non-root directory and shift everything into it - and if so, what settings etc do I need to alter?

UPDATE: I created a directory 'drupal' and shifted everything into it.

The .htaccess in 'drupal' has RewriteBase /drupal, but everything is now domain.com/drupal/news/etcetera.

I want it to be domain.com/news/etcetera - but with the Drupal install files/folders all within that non-root 'drupal' directory.

Can that be done, with a non-root install?

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shobika commented

yes, but anyhow you can always link the folder contact from any point irrespective of the drupal install... is there anything specific about it?

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gulliver commented

Thanks. No there's nothing specific about that directory - just an example.

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alexrayu commented

RewriteBase / is a mighty tool to help deal with unlucky paths. But nothing is as good as running Drupal from the root folder =)

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gulliver commented

Thanks.

And as detailed in http://drupal.org/node/296026#comment-971398, there are other not-so-good-from-root issues to consider.