By espirates on

I was curious as to which is more standard practice placing Drupal as a subfolder inside public_html or making public_html the Drupal install.

Currently I have a multisite setup with public_html as the Drupal install. I tried to create an independent subdomain that will not be using Drupal, but instead a webmail software. It ended up a blank page no errors, so I thought maybe it was interfering with the Drupal install ?

I parked the subdomain to public_html/subfolder I would assume there shouldn't be any issues connected with the Drupal install or would it ?

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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dnewkerk commented

It is more standard to have Drupal at public_html (or whatever your root web directory is). The reason you had trouble with your sub-folder is due to the .htaccess file in the web root. It is setup specifically for Drupal's use, so to add sub-directories that Drupal will leave alone you will need to add some exceptions manually.

Here's a bit from one of my sites which might help. I'm including the first few lines as context to show you where to put the new lines:

  # If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/,
  # uncomment the following line:
  # RewriteBase /

  #
  # Custom folders/paths to allow through
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/my-folder/" [OR]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/other/"
  RewriteRule (.*) $1 [L]
  #