[TYPO3-english] Typo3 site in subdirectory of localhost

[Jamie Kowalski]

Erdal Gök <comm at webcan.de> wrote:

> Hi Jamie,
>
> Jamie Kowalski wrote:
>
>> I've recently begun familiarizing myself with Typo3 for a project. I've
>> installed the introduction package on localhost, and since I have a number
>> of web projects and experiments on localhost, they're all in
>> subdirectories
>> of my root folder.
>>
>> Unfortunately, Typo3 is constructing all the links in the font-end
>> relative
>> to the root (the back-end works correctly). I've been searching for a way
>> to specify a root folder, or some other fix. I came across PATH_site, but
>> it doesn't look like something that can/should be messed with. Perhaps
>> realurls are the answer? Any help/pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> You could define virtual hosts in the web server software.
>
> But I normally work in sub directories too and don't have such problems.
> I usually install realurl and so have to change the .htaccess file.
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /NameOfSubdir/
>
> [here some other stuff, which you find in the .htaccess example or realurl
> docu]
>
> and in Typoscript | setup
>
> config.simulateStaticDocuments = 0
> config.baseURL = http://localhost/NameOfSubdir/
> config.tx_realurl_enable = 1
>
> Good luck
>
> Erdal
>
>
Hi Erdal,

Thank you for the help. I wasn't able to get anything to change by playing
around with the .htaccess file, but I installed version 4.7 (as Philipp
Gampe suggested), and it's now working. I might still try to get 4.5 to
work.

Thanks again,
Jamie