Addon domain problems with my Web hosting account

[brighter]

Hi.

I have created an addon domain called 'test'. This had created a subdirectory in public_html. So, at the moment, ht*p://thesitename.com/test/ points to public_html/test/.

I would like to install a number of systems (e.g. a content management system and photo gallery) in subdirectories of public_html/test/, one of which will be responsible for displaying the web website hosting.

What Apache directives can I use in a .htaccess file to make ht*p://thesitename.com/test/ point to public_html/test/cms/ ? I am hoping that there's a simpler way than using mod_rewrite to do this.

Note: I am familiar with Apache and mod_rewrite, but I have been having some problems using it with the eukhost setup (I get a 500 Internal Server Error). If there is no simpler way than using mod_rewrite I will post my config in case someone can help.

Many thanks in advance (that's optimism for you ).

Stephan

[eUKhost.com]

Hello Stephan,

We can do this for you by making changes in httpd.conf of the server. I am not sure how to do this using mod_rewrite or any other method.

You need to wait for some other members of forum to reply as they may have some other method to do this using coding.

[brighter]

Thanks.

I'd rather not have eukhost apply the settings, because there will be times when I want to change them frequently.

I am sure it should be possible with mod_rewrite, but I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error. I have done some tests, as follows:

I have 2 addon domains, test and test1. Both directories (public_html/test and public_html/test1) contain an index page. The following rewrite rules in public_html/test/.htaccess will correctly show the test1 index page when visiting the ht*p://thesitename.com/test/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /test1/$1 [L]

However, if I change this to a point to a subdirectory of test, as follows, I get a 500 Internal Server Error.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /test/subdir/$1 [L]

An ideas any one?

[brighter]

I figured this out. The 500 Internal Server Error was caused by an infinite loop. The solution was to add a rewrite condition that stops the processing if the URL has already been rewritten, like so:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/test/subdir/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /test/subdir/$1 [L]

[eUKhost.com]

Ummm.

Thanks for the information. I don't understand much about mod_rewrite rules but I will bookmark this thread for future reference.