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Just a question to make sure I won’t cause an issue with my current install of EE.
I want to create a subdomain without having EE installed on it. Will this affect my EE install by having a subdomain with my own PHP/HTML pages? Do I have to take into consideration anything about the htaccess file on my main level domain? I am just creating a mini site to promote an new product.

Any reassurance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

It shouldn’t affect anything as it is separate. Your .htaccess file may affect your subdomain as it may call the index.php instead of index.html if your using it. But that can be sorted if you face that issue.

To clarify. Having an index.php or index.html in the subdomain folder may cause an issue. My current .htaccess file is as follows:

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset ETag
</IfModule>
FileETag none

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Options -MultiViews
Options -Indexes

Would this cause as issue with the subdomain default files? (index.php/.html)

Try uploading the index.html into the directory and go to the subdomain without entering the index.html at the end and see if the .html file loads.

It has only been an issue for me once where an the htaccess file in the root directory was telling my subdomain to look for an index.php, whereas it only had an index.html in it.

Have a go and see if the htaccess affects your .html, if it does then we can use another htaccess in the subdomain directory to call the .html instead.

Hello McCoy IT,

I do not see this causing a problem. If you are concerned, Zizther’s suggestion is a good test.

Is there anything else I can help you with?

Cheers,

Just created the subdomain with the same directory path as my EE install. Everything is working still. No complications with the htaccess.

Hello McCoy IT,

I am glad to hear it!

Let me know if you run into any issues in the future.

Cheers,