By jason342 on

I would like your advice here.

Do you think I should install drupal in the main directory (public_html) or separate directory folder (drupal).

What are the benefits and disadvantages in the long run if it's in the main directory or not?

If I place it in a seperate folder I could have an index.php (sort of like a splash page) then redirect users to the drupal.

I need to make a decision, main directory or not? Thanks!

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jason342 commented

Added – I believe if I place everything in a folder everything will be neat and tidy as I know all and everything about drupal is in that folder.

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jason342 commented

No one has an opinion/advice on this?

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epement commented

I have the same question as you, and I created a user account just to ask virtually the same thing. I want to experiment with a subdomain (foo.bar.com) and in my hosting site, I would do this by creating "foo" as a folder below "/public_html" on my server. So, rather than installing dupal in "/public_html", I would like to install drupal in "/public_html/foo".

If it doesn't work, I expect to be able to delete the "foo" folder and all subfolders, and start over again, without any adverse effects on my web site.

I wish someone would comment on the pros and cons on this action. If there is not an active user community for practical support, this tends to lower drupal from my options for content management systems.

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Eric Pement

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d_l commented

I'm just starting with drupal in a PHP5 hosted server .. and I have placed drupal in public_html main directory ..

But I bookmarked this forum thread which seems relevant ..

http://drupal.org/node/72477 .. (see post by J.B. Churchill in this thread)

suggests pointing to the drupal folder by a subdomain (which I can setup in cPanel).

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Other ways to try redirecting ..

setup an account via http://www.zoneedit.com for redirection

or http://www.dyndns.org .. using webhop as an alias.

e.g. yourname.blogsite.org .. pointing to your drupal URL

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This IBM article (another bookmark) might give more info ..

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/osource/implement.html