The instructions at http://drupal.org/node/30334 appear to be possibly dangerous, out of date, overly complex, or even wrong.

I was able to do add static content, and potentially a whole entirely different application, in a subdirectory underneath a 4.7.1 Drupal installation, with no ill effects, and without changing a single line of .htaccess. And I was very glad that I didn't need to.

Maybe this isn't true of all situations but it was certainly true of mine. The docs probably should indicate that, for most purposes, you won't need to muck around at all with .htaccess. I'd suggest that most users shouldn't: mod_rewrite is complex and the stock .htaccess in 4.7.1 looks very well-done.

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morbus iff’s picture

morbus iff
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Correct, it isn't true of all situations. Some providers install admin interfaces in /admin/ (via an Apache Alias, not a literal directory), which would conflict with Drupal (since the rewrite rules can only check for the *literal* existence of a subdirectory or folder at the requested path, not an Alias). Other similar circumstances can arise.

ronaldmulero’s picture

ronaldmulero commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

old issue