How to avoid this .. /public directory access

wbntff

Sometimes https://discuss.flarum.org opens as https://discuss.flarum.org/public
how to avoid that access to /public directory in url
It was meant to be hidden

Same happens with my installaion too

noob404

public folder is no longer required. You can remove it given you have copied its contents to the root of the forum and setup a few things.

Here are the instructions - https://discuss.flarum.org/d/17977-forum-public-why-not-just-forum/9

wbntff

if it in no longer required then why is it not removed in this site too ?
people will emulate the installation done here

tankerkiller125

wbntff It is the highly recommended configuration and setup, mostly for security reasons. Using the public directory as root ensures that someone can't access the vendor directory or some other directory that shouldn't be accessible to the general public.

luceos

wbntff if it in no longer required then why is it not removed in this site too ?

Discuss is configured to use the public directory from the webserver level, it - as such - wouldn't redirect visitors to the subpath. The only reason I can think of is that you tried to open discuss once with /public attached in your browser and it suggests it to you from your history when trying to open the community again?

wbntff

luceos This forum is installed in subdomain, so by default /public does not appear
but if someone installs in subdirectory and types mydomain.com/forum , it takes to mydomain.com/forum/public with a return link to mydomain.com/forum
subdirectory installation is a problem in flarum

luceos

wbntff you can follow the customizing paths section from our docs to resolve this issue: https://docs.flarum.org/install#customizing-paths

wbntff

luceos i've seen and followed these steps during 1.1 installation but later decided to keep files under /public as it is and re-installed flarum when it was 1.2 with /public
Will wait until flarum supports subdirectory installations just as subdomain, without having to modify or move files

luceos

wbntff once you've modified the paths you can follow the upgrade instructions for any future version without issue. It's a one time thing really..

wbntff

luceos I understand but there're 2 .htaccess files now in /public and one level above.
what about such conflicts when i move files under /public to root level