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Make domain folder act as root

I have a domain for example https://test.com this domain contain a full project in https://test.com/system.

Problem:

Whenever I write <link ref="stylesheets" href="/style/main.css"> it search in the domain root not in the system directory which the project in.

What I have tried to do:

I have tried to edit all my path to be equal to href="style/main.css" instead of href="/style/main.css".

This solution works but I won't do this every time I go in production mode.

What I am trying to do:

I know there is a solution using .htaccess but I don't know how to write it..

Solution

  • Try

    <link ref="stylesheets" href="./system/style/main.css">

    or

    <link ref="stylesheets" href="../system/style/main.css">.

    If it still won't work, use three dots.

    <link ref="stylesheets" href=".../system/style/main.css">.

    It has worked for me.

    To set a subdirectory as root with .htaccess

    It will depend, with some hosting services you only need to add this line:

    RewriteBase /system

    If that doesn't works for you, try this:

    RewriteEngine On
# Map http://www.example.com to /system.
RewriteRule ^$ /system/ [L]
# Map http://www.example.com/x to /system/x unless there is a x in the web root.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/system/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /system/$1
# Add trailing slash to directories within system
# This does not expose the internal URL.
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^system/(.*[^/])$ http://www.example.com/$1/ [R=301]