{"id":30218,"date":"2021-01-18T03:40:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=30218"},"modified":"2022-09-07T19:48:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:48:20","slug":"how-to-change-the-root-directory-of-primary-domain-with-htaccess","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-the-root-directory-of-primary-domain-with-htaccess","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Change the root directory of Primary domain with .htaccess"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30218\" class=\"elementor elementor-30218\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23449a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23449a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b700012\" data-id=\"b700012\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d745f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d745f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOW TO: Change the root directory of Primary domain with .htaccess<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a52b610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a52b610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/large-visual1-11.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2341552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2341552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have a website installed for the primary domain of your hosting account. By default your website is loaded from the public_html folder. Public_html is the root folder for the primary domain. Besides that, we also call it web root folder or document root directory.<\/p><p>If your website is located in a sub-folder of the document root and you want to display it when typing your domain name, here is what you should do. Firstly, you need to edit the .htaccess file in your public_html folder. If you cannot find the .htaccess, it is possible that the file is hidden. Then you can create one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6246467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6246467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1) Adding rules<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d1690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36d1690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the .htaccess file, you need to add the following rules to redirect the root folder:<\/p><pre>RewriteEngine on\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^enteryourdomain.com$ [NC,OR]\nRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.enteryourdomain.com$\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !folder\/\nRewriteRule (.*) \/folder\/$1 [L]<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9f19c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9f19c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2) Replacing the lines<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2ea2f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2ea2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You should replace the following 2 strings in the lines above:<\/p><p><strong>enteryourdomain.com <\/strong>\u2013 Type the domain name in question.<br \/><strong>folder <\/strong>\u2013 Type the name of the sub-folder which the website is located in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2059025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2059025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After you have added the code and saved the .htaccess file, open your domain name in a browser and you should see the website which is in the sub-folder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3be6f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3be6f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read our next article- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-ssh-port\/\"><em>HOW TO: Change SSH Port<\/em><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW TO: Change the root directory of Primary domain with .htaccess If you have a website installed for the primary domain of your hosting account. By default your website is loaded from the public_html folder. Public_html is the root folder for the primary domain. 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