Is this possible - Main domain points to a folder

[TRoskell]

Hi

What I would like to do is create a folder in my public HTML eg "myfolder" then put all the files for my main domain in it rather than just having them loose in the public HTML folder. Can I them make this where my main domain goes but without seeing the "myfolder".

Eg) I would like it to show www. maindomain.com rather than www. maindomain.com/myfolder

Thank you

[swexpert]

Create an .htaccess file on the public_html folder and add:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.[^.]+\.maindomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+) %{HTTP_HOST}$1 [C]
RewriteRule ^www\.([^.]+)\.maindomain\.com(.*) /myfolder$1$2


That should do. replace the values with your actual values. Mark had posted this htaccess URL once on these forums,
check it out: http:// cooletips.de/htaccess/index.php

Regds
IJ

[TRoskell]

Thanks for your help. Did try to search for an answer. This might be good as a sticky post admin?

[eUKhost.com]

.htaccess Generator

This post deserves to be sticky post as what has been explained by IJ is just for your requirement but the .htaccess generator would be helpful for everyone.

[TRoskell]

Tried the suhhested .htaccess code but it syill show the sub folder www. maindomain.com/myfolder (if possible I would like to hide the myfolder - I know in some other hosting I have I can target a domain at a folder - am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

[eUKhost.com]

let me know what domain name should resolve to which directory. I will make permanent changes in httpd.conf to make this work. You can open a ticket to get quick reply.

[swexpert]

Try This in htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} yourdomain.com/
rewriterule (.*) http://yourdomain.com/folder/$1 [l,nc]

However, for the sake of simplicity and to prevent too much load on apache, what has been suggested in the above post is the right method. However, it will not tally later on if you take a look at FAQs and DOCs etc. which will mention the webroot to public_html. IF you're comfortable with that, please go ahead.

But the best thing is, why do you want to get it done in the first place? Logically, it does not make any difference, the whole world's webpages are in webroot at public_html folder.

Regds
IJ

[Chrisp]

Originally Posted by eukhost.com

let me know what domain name should resolve to which directory. I will make permanent changes in httpd.conf to make this work. You can open a ticket to get quick reply.

I may be interested in having this done to my account - Question is, are the existing addon domains unaffected? - For me, there would be no point in doing it if i would need to copy all my addon domain folders (that are currently in public_html) into the newly created public_html/myfolder

What i want to achieve is a list of folders in my Public_html folder for each of my domains, including my main hosted domain.

[Chrisp]

Following a help desk ticket - addon domains are unaffected, and the following is achieved.

Originally Posted by Chrisp

What i want to achieve is a list of folders in my Public_html folder for each of my domains, including my main hosted domain.