Cakephp Install on Bluehost

Question

How do I set up Cakephp to work properly on Bluehost? Should I place my app, cake and vendor folders as well as .htaccess and index.php files in the /public_html/ directory? I followed the instructions here... http://book.cakephp.org/view/37/Apache-and-mod_rewrite-and-htaccess to no avail. All I see when I type the name to my website is a blank page!

Answer 1

The method that I followed to set up everything can be found at this site... http://www.ad7six.com/MiBlog/ProductionSetup

• /cake_install
• /cake_install/app
• /cake_install/cake
• /cake_install/vendor
• /public_html/.htaccess
• /public_html/index.php

/public_html will have other information originally found in app/webroot but that's explained in the link above

    if (!defined('ROOT')) {
 //define('ROOT', dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))));
 define('ROOT',DS.'cake_install');
}

    if (!defined('APP_DIR')) {
 //define('APP_DIR', basename(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))));
 define('APP_DIR',DS.'app');
}

    if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
 //define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', ROOT);
 define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH',DS.'cake_install');
}

Answer 2

With bluehost, dont forget that the folders outside the webroot (ie your home folder) are also accessible for your application - no particular need to put the framework inside folders that are open to the outside world.