Change the site URL

By setting custom_base_url in system.yaml (or Custom Base URL in the System Settings, in Admin), we can have Grav in a folder but have it run in the domain root.

Scenario 1, run in the domain root folder

Grav is installed in http://localhost:8080/grav-develop but you want it to respond on http://localhost:8080

In system.yaml, set

custom_base_url: 'http://localhost:8080'

and set the session path to the new Grav site path,

 1session:
 2  path: /

And in the domain root, set the redirect, e.g. with .htaccess:

 1RewriteEngine On
 2RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/grav-develop/
 3RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /grav-develop/$1

where grav-develop is the subfolder where Grav is.

Scenario 2, run in a different subfolder

Grav is installed in http://localhost:8080/grav-develop but you want it to respond on http://localhost:8080/xxxxx

In system.yaml, set

custom_base_url: 'http://localhost:8080/xxxxx'

and set the session path to the new Grav site path,

 1session:
 2  path: /xxxxx

And in the new root folder, /xxxxx, set the redirect, e.g. with .htaccess:

 1RewriteEngine On
 2RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/grav-develop/
 3RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /grav-develop/$1

where grav-develop is the sister subfolder where Grav is.