Newbie question - changing use of htdocs

[eatc7402]

I want to set my working 1.7.7 version Xampp to use directories OTHER that htdocs as my 'local website' location.
What is the proper way to do it?

eatc7402

[Altrea]

Hi eatc7402,

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I want to set my working 1.7.7 version Xampp to use directories OTHER that htdocs as my 'local website' location.
What is the proper way to do it?

If they don't need an own URL i would use Alias for it:

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## will match http://localhost/location1
Alias /location1 "C:/xampp/location1"
<Directory "C:/location1">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

## will match http://localhost/location2
Alias /location2 "C:/xampp/location2"
<Directory "C:/location1">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mo ... html#alias

If you need own URLs, you can use virtual hosts for it:

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NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
   ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

## will match http://location1
<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "C:/location1"
   ServerName location1
   <Directory "C:/location1">
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

## will match http://location2
<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "C:/location2"
   ServerName location2
   <Directory "C:/location2">
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Of cause you need to make sure that these URLs get routed to your Server XAMPP is running on (DNS Server, Windows HOSTS file, etc).
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/co ... irtualhost

best wishes,
Altrea