Remove folder name from URL?

[weljkodj]

Hello everybody,

I have my latest ZC installation inside folder and I would like to keep it that way because I have other sites on my hosting plan. The thing is I want to access it without entering full path. I could do this via redirect in cpanel, but the folder name is still there.

Website is: sportak.rs
ZC: sportak.rs/zenner

Here is my includes/configure.php settings:

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://sportak.rs');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://sportak.rs');

  // Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
  define('ENABLE_SSL', 'false');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
  // these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/zenner/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/zenner/');

  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
  define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
  define('DIR_WS_TEMPLATES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'templates/');

  define('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/weljkodj/public_html/zenner/'); 

and admin/includes/configure.php settings:

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://sportak.rs');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://sportak.rs');
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://sportak.rs');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://sportak.rs');

  // Use secure webserver for catalog module and/or admin areas?
  define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'false');
  define('ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN', 'false');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
  // these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
  define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/zenner/adminname/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/zenner/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/zenner/adminname/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/zenner/');

  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/weljkodj/public_html/zenner/adminname/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/weljkodj/public_html/zenner/'); 

I have just entered essential parts of these files.

So the files should stay at the same folder but the folder name must not be in the URL.

Thank you in advance and sorry if there is another thread like this.

[Vger]

So the files should stay at the same folder but the folder name must not be in the URL.

What you want to do cannot be done. Sorry!

Vger

[weljkodj]

Thanks Vger, sorry to hear that.

Maybe by editing .htaccess?
I'm not that familiar with it so I could use some advices.
Thank you.

[Vger]

No, you cannot remove a folder name using .htaccess.

The only thing you can do is what is called a "masked redirect", which involves putting the site inside a frame - but it would be disastrous to use frames as search engines cannot get past the first frames page. And before you ask - there's no way around that.

A "masked redirect" is also not something you do on your website, but through the control panel provided by the company you bought the domain from (if they provide that service, which few companies now provide). It also means that every single page request has to go to their servers first to be redirected from them to you.

Vger

[DrByte]

And many payment processors will flag your site for fraud (or risk thereof) if you're running your site using a "masked redirect" / inside a frame.

[DrByte]

MORE IMPORTANT is WHY are you wanting to do this at all? What's the business problem you're trying to solve with this "solution" you've jumped to before posting for help?