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how to setup root folder to serve vanilla folder with .htaccess and hide vanilla folder in URL ?

raykairaykai New
edited June 2016 in General Banter

so im trying to serve vanilla from a sub-folder root(home) >forumfolder(subfolder) and hide forumfolder name from the URL using .htaccess

im trying to do as with wordpress:

"Many people want WordPress to power their site's root (e.g. http://example.com) but they don't want all of the WordPress files cluttering up their root directory. WordPress allows you to install it into a subdirectory, but have your blog exist in the site root."
http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

i did try to put this in .htaccess for the webroot (keep the .htaccess in the forum folder intact)

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase / 
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
    RewriteRule . - [L]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /forumfolder $1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

Changing forumfolder to the folder name. there is no index.php or index.html, etc at all in the web root.

i did add these values to /forumfolder/conf/config.php

$Configuration['Garden']['WebRoot'] = '/forumfolder';
$Configuration['Garden']['StripWebRoot'] = 'TRUE';

In /forumfolder/.htaccess i did change it to

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On # Certain hosts may require the following line. # If vanilla is in a subfolder then you need to specify it after the /. # (ex. You put Vanilla in /forum so change the next line to: RewriteBase /forum) RewriteBase /forumfolder RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php\?p=$1 [QSA,L] </IfModule>

i clear all the *.ini files in /forumfolder/cache

its working for the home page of the vanilla but if i click on a Discussions it gives a Not Found error.

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