Change Root Folder

[yachthub]

How can I change my primary Domain root folder from /public_html to /public_html/my_folder ?

The website I wish to display is in my_folder but www.mydomain.com shows the default webpage from the /public_html folder.

[areidmtm]

Edit and add this to your .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?DOMAINNAME.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/my_folder/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /my_folder/$1
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?DOMAINNAME.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ my_folder/index.php [L]

[yachthub]

[QUOTE=areidmtm;38833]Edit and add this to your .htaccess file

Where is my .htaccess file?

[charlesgan]

[QUOTE=yachthub;38846]

Edit and add this to your .htaccess file

Where is my .htaccess file?

the .htaccess file will be at the /public_html
if you not have it, just use windows to create the file .htaccess. And paste in the code above.

[hofmax]

[QUOTE=yachthub;38846]

Edit and add this to your .htaccess file

Where is my .htaccess file?

Open a text editor (like Wordpad or one of the thousand free alternative ones like HTML Kit ) and paste areidmtm's code in there. Save the file as .htaccess and upload it to your root directory/public html.

[yachthub]

Thanks for your help guys, got it!!

When I uploaded .htaccess I couldn't see it, I guess the "." means hidden?
I uploaded without the dot and then renamed it which seems to have worked.

How do I see .htaccess if I want to edit it?, or do I just upload another one?

[g4mby]

Thanks for your help guys, got it!!

When I uploaded .htaccess I couldn't see it, I guess the "." means hidden?
I uploaded without the dot and then renamed it which seems to have worked.

How do I see .htaccess if I want to edit it?, or do I just upload another one?

In which application can't you see it? Perhaps there's an option to make such files visible?

If you keep a copy of your web-site on your PC it doesn't actually matter whether you can see your .htaccess files on the server, just upload a revised copy. Alternatively you can edit your .htaccess files on the server in CPanel's File Manager.

[yachthub]

I was using legacy file manager as File Manager seemed to be causing problems on my machine.

Using File Manager with the Show Hidden Files option selected I can see it.

Thanks.

[Stompit]

I've been searching for days! This solution worked perfectly, I had to register to post and you have no idea how much time you've saved me Areidmtm, thanks!!

[CrispWebdesign]

Hi All I have a simula problem.

I often edit/modify sites in a folder on my own server before uploading things onto other domains.

I have been experiencing problems as lots of the sites have links to css files using root directory links...

e.g.
<link href="/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

But the files are in the subfolder
/websites/wings/

And that links points at the root
/

I cant change the links as the sites have to be put back on the server at a later date.

Is their a way i can use .htaccess to change the root location for the files?

So that /websites/wings/index.php root links will be pulled from /websites/wings/...

Thanks Matt