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Want Joomla to load as my homepage not what's in Primary

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Want Joomla to load as my homepage not what's in Primary
« on: February 05, 2007, 02:18:33 AM »
Hi Folks,

I've installed the Joomla contrib from Dungog that puts it in the  /opt folder.  To get to it I have to put in my URL /joomla.  Now that I have joomla configed I want to setup  my server so when someone hit's my URL, it automatically goes to /opt/joomla.

I'm thinking it's an Alias entry in httpd.conf???  Am I close or way off base?

Thanks,

Craig
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Want Joomla to load as my homepage not what's in Primary
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2007, 08:33:24 AM »
Adjusting your httpd.conf (by modifying templates) is one way, but you might also consider placing an index.html in your ...../Primary/html/ directory with the following content:
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<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">

function gotoURL(url) {
        top.location.href = url;
}
</script>
</head>

<body onload="gotoURL('http://yourdomain/yoomla/index.php')">
</body>
</html>

This will automatically redirect the visitor to the right location.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2007, 01:09:47 PM »
Thanks Eric.

I'll give that a try.  But I don't think it's going to work because I have an issue under SME Server 7 that won't allow me to access my Primary, I get a  Forbidden 403.... message.

But you never know, by changing the index.htm it might do the trick.  I'll give it a try when I get home.

Craig
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« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2007, 03:52:20 PM »
Eric,

Didn't work because of my problem with the Forbidden access to my Primary.  I've searched on the web and have gone through my httpd.conf file line by line and have not found what the problem could be. Wouldn't know another method I could redirect?

Thanks for the help,

Craig
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« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2007, 03:55:38 PM »
Quote from: "pwgsc1"
Didn't work because of my problem with the Forbidden access to my Primary.  
Could this be the php_basedir restriction? For more information do a search om the forum.
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2007, 05:04:45 PM »
Why not copy the contents of /opt/joomla to your primary ibay and delete the index.html, adjusting your configuration.php with your new path?
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2007, 05:14:58 PM »
pwgsc1

>....I have an issue under SME Server 7 that won't allow me to access my > Primary, I get a  Forbidden 403.... message.

Try this to see if it fixes the problem, it should reset everything to defaults
signal-event post-upgrade
reboot
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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2007, 11:02:36 PM »
Ray,

Thank you very much.  That command did the trick, I can now get my ugly old homepage.  Hopefully Eric's script will do the redirection to my new joomla homepage.

Thanks everyone for their help,

Craig
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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2007, 02:06:13 AM »
How about a .htaccess redirect.

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db accounts setprop Primary AllowOverride All
expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/rc.d/rc7.d/S86httpd-e-smith restart

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nano -w /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/html/.htaccess


Cut and paste the following...
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Redirect permanent / http://www.craigbursey.ca/joomla


Save and exit..
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Control-X
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2007, 02:13:56 AM »
How about Symlinks...

Back up old homepage.
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mkdir -p /root/oldsite
mv /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/html/* /root/oldsite/
Lets link the Primary ibay to the joomla files
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ln -s /opt/joomla/* /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/html/
Lets allow symlinks to be used in the primary ibay
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db accounts setprop Primary FollowSymLinks enabled
Lets set the PHP sandbox for the primary ibay the same as joomla directory
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db accounts setprop Primary PHPBaseDir /opt/joomla/:/tmp
PHP errors will display a blank page. Lets display the actual errors
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mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.ini
cp /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/php.ini/30ErrorHandling /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.ini/30ErrorHandling
Lets edit our custom template
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nano -w /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.ini/30ErrorHandling
Alter
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display_errors = Off
to
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display_errors = On
Control-x and save

Expand our new configuration files
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expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
expand-template /etc/php.ini
Now restart Apache
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/etc/rc.d/rc7.d/S86httpd-e-smith restart
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2007, 05:31:38 AM »
A variation to the above.

Go into server-manager >> Information bays

Create a new ibay called linkbay

Go into server-manager >> Domains

Point you primary domain to the new linkbay ibay

Now do the following as root...
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rm -f /home/e-smith/files/ibays/linkbay/html/*
ln -s /opt/joomla/* /home/e-smith/files/ibays/linkbay/html/
db accounts setprop linkbay FollowSymLinks enabled
db accounts setprop linkbay PHPBaseDir /opt/joomla/:/tmp
signal-event ibay-modify
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2007, 03:09:45 PM »
Why dont you simply install joomla in a ibay, and then put that ibay like primary. In fact i dont know why dungog contrib not install joomla in a ibay, there is any problem doing that???
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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2007, 04:40:31 PM »
lucho there has been a lot of talk about installing websites into an ibay so use the search function and read a little
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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2007, 05:08:04 PM »
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lucho there has been a lot of talk about installing websites into an ibay so use the search function and read a little

have you read my post? iam talking about the joomla , because this Topic is about it.
So why you answer like that?
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« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2007, 06:17:46 PM »
Quote from: "lucho115"
In fact i dont know why dungog contrib not install joomla in a ibay, there is any problem doing that???

I have quotet text in bold just for you.  :)

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So why you answer like that?

Because your question goes for joomla, e107, rouncube <put your favourite site here>. Do you understand now?
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