Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

[simon1066]

Thanks countrycharm and conor. I read a post where Dr Byte (I think it was) recommended a sub folder installation as the best way to go, he probably wasn't considering static URI's. As you recommend Conor, I'll go down the sub domain route. I'm a little confused as to what path to give the sub domain's directory.

Am I right in assuming that if I create the sudomain demo.mysite.com I can then use the default root cPanel's gives me, which is /public_html/demo, as the location for my files?

This doesn't seem right as this is the same location as a sub folder would have and I didn't think I wanted that.

Can't believe I'm so confused about this process - normally pretty good at this sort of thing.

cheers

Simon

[conor]

Hi,

Thanks countrycharm and conor. I read a post where Dr Byte (I think it was) recommended a sub folder installation as the best way to go, he probably wasn't considering static URI's.

I didn't realise he'd said that.

Yes, he was clearly not considering sites that want to use static URIs.

As you recommend Conor, I'll go down the sub domain route. I'm a little confused as to what path to give the sub domain's directory.

It's a much nicer way to work.. it makes moving sites so much easier (e.g. from test to production).

Am I right in assuming that if I create the sudomain demo.mysite.com I can then use the default root cPanel's gives me, which is /public_html/demo, as the location for my files?

Yes, that's no problem.

This doesn't seem right as this is the same location as a sub folder would have and I didn't think I wanted that.

It's the same location in the file system but not the same "web-side" location.. the "root" of the demo.mysite.com site will be [FONT=Courier New]/[/FONT] not [FONT=Courier New]/demo[/FONT] and therefore the site's files can simply be moved to your production site's folder when you are ready to "change over".. the web server will serve the files from whichever directory is the base for a particular domain/subdomain independently of how they are positioned for other domains/subdomains on the same server.

All you then have to do is adjust configuration paths to remove the [FONT=Courier New]/demo[/FONT] and things will work instantly.. no need to adjust rewrite rules, URI mappings, image paths, CSS paths.. etc. etc.

I'm sure you can see the advantages! :)

Can't believe I'm so confused about this process - normally pretty good at this sort of thing.

Hopefully that helps? Everything's a learning process, that's something else under your belt, useful for the future! :)

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[simon1066]

Conor, that's great. Thank you for taking the time to make things clear. I can move forward now.

Thanks

Simon