[Neos] [Neos 1.2] Installation problem: are virtual hosts necessary?

[Philipp Gampe]

Hi David,

David Cumberbeach wrote:

> That could be a workaround for cPanel, but the use of virtual hosts is
> still a problem on other systems. Can Neos be setup without virtual hosts?
> I ran into a problem with setup on HSphere based shared hosting. HSphere
> creates a new web root folder for every hosted domain (eg.
> "mydomain.com"), and it's impossible to setup a virtual host pointing to
> a sub-folder such as "web". I ended up abandoning Neos and returning to
> TYPO3 CMS because I couldn't find a workaround.

AFAIK you can do some magic with the .htaccess, but I have never tried it.

Anyway, you should seek out for more professional hosting. Changing the 
document root is a requirement for all major (and modern) PHP applications.
Otherwise you risk leaking data to the user that is server only.

Keep in mind that CMS is going on the same road and will and some undefined 
point in the feature use this kind of setup too.

Best regards
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Philipp Gampe – PGP-Key 0AD96065 – TYPO3 UG Bonn/Köln
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