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Asked: 2026-06-09T09:12:07+00:00

Alright, so I’ve downloaded a CMS for a server I’m setting up and I

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Alright, so I’ve downloaded a CMS for a server I’m setting up and I have some difficulty with the path the files are on.

I have put the CMS in a subdirectory on my server as the root directory is already being used by another CMS. However, the CMS repeatedly uses “/” in the code to link to their files. For example, an image is found using this code:

<img src="/images/banner.png" />

As you know this will not work, because the link above redirects the request to the images folder in the root of the server, not the subdirectory. The CMS also came with a “.htaccess” file, so I immediately thought that I could redirect all requests made using the “/” character to the subdirectory on the server. This is the original “.htaccess” file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^index.php(|/)$ content/.php
RewriteRule ^error.php(|/)$ content/error.php
RewriteRule ^housekeeping(|/)$ housekeeping/index.php
RewriteRule ^(|/)$ content/$1.php
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)(|/)$ content/$1.php
RewriteRule ^rd/([^/]+)(|/)$ /rd.php?id=$1

RewriteRule ^quickregister/start(|/)$ /register/start.php
RewriteRule ^quickregister/step2(|/)$ /register/step2.php
RewriteRule ^quickregister/step3(|/)$ /register/complete.php

RewriteRule ^community/online(|/)$ content/online.php
RewriteRule ^community/vip(|/)$ content/vip.php
RewriteRule ^credits/goldvip(|/)$ content/goldvip.php

RewriteRule ^home/(..*)$ content/home.php?u=$1
RewriteRule ^articles/(..*)$ content/articles.php?story=$1

ErrorDocument 403 /content/error.php
ErrorDocument 404 /content/error.php

I thought that by adding

RewriteRule ^/$ /subdirectory/

the requests to “/” would be redirected, but to no avail. I have checked the apache configuration and it seems that overwriting the config using htaccess files is enabled, so if anyone is able to help me out I’d be very happy.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT:
I came real close to a solution. I inserted this code just below “RewriteEngine on”:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ /private_servers/strebbohotel/$2

This returned the following error page when visiting the url “http://mysite.com/private_servers/strebbohotel/content/.php&#8221;:
Not Found

The requested URL /private_servers/strebbohotel/.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

As you can see, it skips the “content” subdirectory for some reason. I believe it has something to do with the other lines of the .htaccess file but I can’t figure out which ones. It also could be that I need a more complex regex, but I’m not particularly good with it so if someone could help me further I’d be thankful.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have to change the .htaccess file on yout root directory – and that will mess with the other CMS. The only solution that comes to my mind is to use combination of RewriteCond’s:

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} my_better_cms_url_regex
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/images/.*$
RewriteRule ^.*$ /subdirectory/%{REQUEST_URI}

    That should do the trick. If you want to customize it, refer to this cheatsheet (or simmilar). But be aware, that .htaccess in root directory is checked against ALL requests made to your subdir cms – therefore the need for second condition.

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