domain name straight to front page.

[timgabita]

Hi, 

 

I have downloaded the prestashop_1.6.1.6 and followed the installation video.

 

I unzipped it and noticed that the files were already in a subfolder "_"

 

After several attempts, I successfully installed prestashop on the server.

 

Now in order to access the front page I have to go to "www.mydomain.com/_" or "www.mydomain.com/_/" or "www.mydomain.com/_/index.php".

 

If I type just "www.mydomain.com" I get a Index Of page where i need to click the underscore to take me to my front page.

 

I have tried moving the files to the root folder, but then the site won't work at all. 

 

Is there any way to make it so that when accessing "www.mydomain.com" will actually take me to my front page?

 

Thank you.

 

[bellini13]

if you installed prestashop into a folder called "prestashop", then you would need to access the store using

www.mydomain.com/prestashop

 

if you do not want that, then you would have to properly extract the software to the document root folder, and then you can access the store using

www.mydomain.com

 

alternatively, you could create a rewrite rule, so that if visitors access your domain, they would get redirected automatically to your store in the subfolder.

[timgabita]

I found a solution in this post :

 

https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/272689-how-to-make-friendly-url-point-to-a-sub-folder/

 

Now I would like to mask the subfolder from the URL . Any ideea on how to do that?

Edited August 8, 2016 by timgabita (see edit history)

[bellini13]

You don't using that solution.  Is there some reason you do not move the store to your root folder?

[timgabita]

I tried moving the store in the root folder, but then the store won't function at all. Neither the front page nor the backoffice. So, applying the solution from the previous post made the store functional. Now I only need to mask the subfolder from the URL

[bellini13]

you would be better getting the store to work from the root folder.