Edit: This issue has been solved. See last post.

When I set up a subDomain, it automatically assigns a folder to it.

This is fine for only basic configurations. Instead, I need to specify the path, like this:
I can do this easily with apache (my localhost test-rig; adding a virtualhost) and I thought I could do this in CPanel by specifying the path for a subdomain. However, this CPanel setup pre-defines a folder and I dont know how to change it! I tried a subDomain redirect but it just removes the -short- subDomain url with the real -longer- one.

Any ideas, questions, thoughts?

 

 

 

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You're only refering to creating ONLY the sub-domain (and not add-on domain).

You can create website.org/sub and place index.php in that folder

And create a normal index file under folder sub/zzz and starting building your site.
This is the simplest solution.

Another way of doing things is to use Site Management Tools / Manage Redirects to divert traffic going to set location. This is the best way of doing your redirect.

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Thanks for the suggestions. Yes you are correct: I am taking about a sub-domain and not an add-on domain. Hmm, I never thought of that php-method; but I dont want any re-direction to other urls (I explain this in the last paragraph of this post).

After a bit of research last night, I discovered what I'm looking for: Symbolic Links link1, link2 (I'll try it in SSH, if I can "someday" connect to the server!).

My Situation:
Lets say I have three files:

1. site.domain.org/index.php
2. site.domain.org/forum/phpbb2/index.php
3. site.domain.org/forum/phpbb2/login.php

...and 2 subDomains:

1. forum.domain.org
2. site.domain.org

Naturally, my forum's subDomain needs to act as if the phpbb2 directory is it's root directory. When I click on a link that says "forum.domain.org/login.php", then that’s the exact URL I want to see in my Address Bar (after the page loads). Furthermore, this needs to work for all files in the phpbb2 folder (all pages, images, etc...). This would be a very SIMPLE task if I could just specify the root directory for any given subDomain. Well, maybe I'll just have to ask support to do it for me.

 

 

 

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Solved! I emailed tech support (technical@computinghost.com) and asked if they could change my subDomains root folder. Apparently it's quite a simple procedure for them. Within 12 hours later, it was done and works perfectly! The new root for the subDomain also shows up in CPanel/SubDomains page. Kudos to Stanley in tech support!

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