This is not possible as far as I know.

The problem is with the way SilverStripe handles requirements so when you change the baseURL the system gets all confused about where to find all the js- and css-files.

It is possible to hack path_for_file() in the Requirements class to handle the scenario of running the site from TLD but SS is installed in a subdir. I tried this myself on my Windows machine and have gotten into the CMS but everything is not perfect. It seems that, for example, the page icons for the tree menu are actually written inline so they'll have to take this into account as well.

Kindly,
Marcus

Hi again vr,

I agree that there should be a standard way to do this since it's a pretty common scenario and most other CMS:es (joomla, wordpress etc) offer this kind of functionality. Anyways when I set the base URL to TLD the css/javascript links in my theme stopped working as well. How exactly have you set things up right now and what version of SilverStripe are you using?

I'm running on 2.4 final and all I did was Director::setBaseURL("/"); and I moved my .htaccess to the root folder and edited it so that it pointed to the correct file. The base folder is correct but my css- and js-links end up being written as if SS has been installed in the root dir.

Kindly,
Marcus

Hi Marcus,

thanks, your code didn't work for me. But trying your hints I have finally found a configuration that works 100% in my setup, including the admin area. SS 2.4.0, apache, php 5.1.2 Ingredients:

- 2 .htaccess files, one in webroot and one in the "silverstripe" subdir.
- 2 entries in _config.php.

My SS subdir is called "silverstripe", please exchange that with the name of your subdir:

######## .htaccess webroot: ############

### SILVERSTRIPE START ###
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /silverstripe/
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/silverstripe/
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /silverstripe/$1
</IfModule>
### SILVERSTRIPE END ###

############### .htaccess silverstripe subdir: ##############

### SILVERSTRIPE START ###
<Files *.ss>
   Order deny,allow
   Deny from all
   Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Files>

<Files web.config>
   Order deny,allow
   Deny from all
</Files>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /

   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteRule .* sapphire/main.php?url=%1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
</IfModule>
### SILVERSTRIPE END ###

################### _config.php: #######################
...
SiteTree::enable_nested_urls();
Director::setBaseURL("/");
...

Please give it a try and let me know if it works for you.

Regards, vr