By niin007 on

my website url has . . . /drupal . . . in it.

The homepage is located at website.com/drupal/node/1. How do i get rid of the "/drupal" so that typing in website.com/ brings one to the homepage which is at website.com/node/1

I've read a crapload of stuff trying to figure this out but being a noob, I probably read it and didn't recognize it.

I signed up with GoDaddy and used their Hosting Control Center (HCC) to install Drupal. It seems HCC creates and installs into the /drupal folder by default. That's how it got to where it is. I suppose if push comes to shove I will just grab everything in /drupal and move it into the parent directory (root) which is just /. But while researching this and running thru many an install video, I noticed that many of the sites had their drupal install in /drupal and yet their main URL brings you to the home page without having to use the /drupal in the URL.

appreciate any help

Brian

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vm commented

use your host panel and point it's doc root to the drupal folder.

Personally if your site isn't that far, I'd remove the "host install" and use a default drupal install. You will likely run into issues that have plauged users in the past when you try to upgrade your "host install". Using a one click host install is great for testing, but not for running a production site you hope to be modular and upgradable.

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abdobasha2004 commented

I think u should install drupal again by uploading the contents of drupal folder to the public html or website root.. this is the best choice and you can do it the next upgrade, do not delete the drupal folder before you make it on public html.

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GDHosting commented

If you decide to uninstall using Hosting Connection, you can follow the instructions here: http://help.godaddy.com/topic/331/article/1736

When you reinstall Drupal make sure you leave the directory blank, so installation occurs in the root directory. In case you need them, installation instructions are here: http://help.godaddy.com/topic/331/article/1724

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gmanigault commented

It should be simple. I am trying to do the same thing. I don't want to move the installation. I just want to following.

website address http://gwshark.com to take you to my drupal website.

Drupal Website Address http: //gwsharkcom/drupal takes me to the drupal site.

There should be a promote or publish module to do this for you. I can't find anything like that. Here is the other thing. If I physically move the site up or down a directory doesn't that effect the performance because all that information is kept in the MySQL database?

Gary M.

gwshark
gwsharkcom@gmail.com

vm’s picture

vm commented

if you don't want to move the site, then you have to point your domain to the subdirectory where drupal is installed on your server. Check with your host.

The site uses the same amount of resouces whether it's installed in the public_root or a subdirectory.

If the site is moved, cache must be cleared in the database to update the old paths which would have been stored.

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d_l commented

One way is to open an account with http://www.zoneedit.com and webforward requests from your gwshark.com site to wherever your drupal site is located. The first 5 zones are free.

Or here is another way .. by editing .htaccess .. http://drupal.org/node/1048804