rewrite from subfolder to root url [almost solved]

[SimonSchaufi]

hello !
I have cmsms installed in a folder which is called cmsmadesimple. now i want the visitor to type the url: http://example.com/ but with a htaccess file the user should access http://example.com/cmsmadesimple. This new url should not be visible, he shall just see the base url.

i have read this: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

but i have no idea how to solve that.

if my explanation was to complicated:

should type: http://localhost/
should access: http://localhost/cmsmadesimple
should not be redirected but see only: http://localhost/

[SimonSchaufi]

Code: Select all

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

but now when i try: http://www.example.com/test it accesses the folder /cmsmadesimple/test but i want it to access http://www.example.com/test

simon

[Wiedmann]

Just a question:
Is it not easie,r to simply copy your cms into the document root?

[SimonSchaufi]

I have 2 different cms installed and i dont want both in the root, thats why i need it.

[Pierre M.]

And how should the other site in the root be accessed ?
How should the webserver know to which CMSms install it should forward internaly a request ?

Pierre M.

[SimonSchaufi]

i want CMS Mades Simple to be accessed like http://localhost/cmsmadesimple/ and Joomla with the root URL

[Pierre M.]

i want CMS Mades Simple to be accessed like http://localhost/cmsmadesimple/ and Joomla with the root URL

I don't know Joomla but I think if you install it in the root it will be accessible like http://localhost/
If you make your CMSms install dir be /cmsmadesimple then it will be accessible like http://localhost/cmsmadesimple/

Just make sure some mod_rewrite Joomla doesn't take /cmsmadesimple prefixed URLs.

Pierre M.

[SimonSchaufi]

Yes, i know that already. I just thought that it is possible but if there is nobody here in this forum that can help me, no problem.

[Pierre M.]

Yes, i know that already.

If I say what you already know I think I haven't undersood what your question is.

Pierre M.

[SimonSchaufi]

ok, i think it it better to move the homepage to the root and forget about all mod_rewrites

as i searched in google i think it is not possible to access a subfolder but display in the addressbar the root url.

usually u use mod_rewrite to do the following:

http://localhost/index.php?page=alias&param=value -> http://localhost/alias/param/ or something like that.

so my idea was to do exactly the same like if i call

http://localhost/index.php?page=alias&param=value
i will access
http://localhost/cmsmadesimple/index.php?page=alias&param=value
in the background but still see
http://localhost/index.php?page=alias&param=value
in my addressbar