How to change publishing paths?

Question

I currently have an install in its own directory (named 'q2a), so all activity is within that directory.

Keeping the install where it is, I want to be able to publish into the root of the domain.

What do I need to do for this?

(This is like the WordPress set-up... where a WordPress address (url) can be set, with a different site address (url) if you want your site homepage to be different from the directory in which you installed WordPress.)

Answer 1

I'm not exactly sure why you would want to do this, but you can use a symbolic link on your server, or configure your web server to serve the site from the q2a directory.

Comments

Thanks.

And I need to ask for more info - sym links are beyond my current understanding.

My reason for wanting it this way is flexibility and control. I always keep the root as clear as possible, with a specific directory into which I install all apps - even though they may 'publish' into the root.

That's where I appreciate the functionality to specify an url for the install and a different one for the publishing path. So yeah, that's a feature request for a future upgrade.

Meantime though, I'm happy to edit core files and/or htaccess to get it working - but need to be told just what to do.