Hi,
I'm hosting with Bluehost. I have a Joomla site in a subdirectory, #####, off public_html.

I'm using the following directives in the .htaccess file located in public_htmal to rewrite the URL so that instead of seeing http://www.#####.com/#####/about.html the subdirectory would be invisible and you would see http://www.#####.com/about.html.

Code:

# #####/public_html/

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5s .php

RewriteEngine on

Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

RewriteBase /#####/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?#####y.com$

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/#####y/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /#####/$1

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?#####.com$

RewriteRule ^(/)?$ #####/index.php [L] 

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm

Unfortunately this doesn't work and the subdirectory is visible in the URL.

I contacted Bluehost tech support and their response is that this is a Joomla issue and is a result of how Joomla handles writing internal links??

I've tried a couple of variations of the .htaccess rules but no luck with anything I've tried.

Thanks,