installation above root of core files

[OllieMackJames]

How can I install pw with the wire core files one directory up from the public_html?

I tried but could not get it to work. I had to keep the wire dir in the root.

thanks

Ollie

[diogo]

You have to change this line in the "index.php" file

$wireDir = 'wire';

[OllieMackJames]

Diogo,

tried that but no luck:

I uploaded wire to /home/xxxx/domains/domain.com/wire

and changed $wireDir = 'wire'; to

$wireDir = '/home/xxxx/domains/domain.com/wire';

and nothing worked any more.

Maybe it needs another setting?

thanks

[diogo]

Try with a relative path. Assuming that you have this structure

-domain.com
--httpdocs
---index.php
--wire

use this:

$wireDir = '../wire';

[OllieMackJames]

Diogo,

thanks for thinking along, no luck either

$wireDir = '../wire'; did not work - gave me this message: Unable to complete this request due to an error.

tnx

[ryan]

While you can change those directory names in index.php, it's not something that ProcessWire is designed to support. I also don't recommend trying to change them just because it would introduce potential security problems, as the htaccess file is focused on blocking certain directories and access while allowing others. Also, this would make it difficult for you to upgrade ProcessWire, since your directory structure would be different from the source. Lastly, many files in /wire/ actually need to be http accessible, like the css and js files that are used by modules. So /wire/ must web web accessible. 

[OllieMackJames]

OK, thanks Ryan, I was led to believe that getting the core out of the root would improve security, but I can see that the htaccess does deal with that.

Thanks for a great product, just started yesterday and so far really REALLY like what I see.