unwanted site name in url

Question

I've just copied my drupal website from local to server, everything is fine except the url of the site is http://www.mydrupalsite.com/mydrupalsite.com/index.php (although there is no folder named mydrupalsite.com)

The server directories and files are like this:

• root
  • .htaccess
  • mydrupalsite.com
    • index.php
    • other drupal files...
    • .htaccess (drupal one)
  • myothersite.com
    • ...

I don't think the root htaccess file has something to do with it, because myothersite.com has no problems with it. Is it possible that the .htaccess file of the drupal is causing it? If so, how to prevent it?

I made some changes and tried this in root .htaccess, but it still doesn't work:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteOptions MaxRedirects=2
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+).([a-zA-Z0-9-]+).([a-zA-Z]+)$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^(.*)redirect=1(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /%2.%3/$1?redirect=1&%{QUERY_STRING}

To sum it up, I found out that this structure has been created by previous admin and should not be changed (as there are two domains). I guess the problem could be solved by removing the /mydrupalsite.com/ when present in url with .htaccess somehow, but finally I've been said it does not matter, so I left it as it is.

Answer 1

If I understood your question correctly, and given the directory structure, you'll want to modify the .htaccess (the one in the root directory) so that requests are rewritten.

To do so, find and modify (or add) the following line:

RewriteBase /mydrupalsite.com

Answer 2

If http://www.mydrupalsite.com, and http://www.myothersite.com are two domains that point to the same web server, you can set a multi-site configuration.

A multi-site configuration allows you to run Drupal on two different domains that point to the same web server copying the Drupal files in a single directory. Basing on the domain name used when accessing the site, Drupal will use a different settings.php file, which means the sites can also use different databases.
If you install Drupal on the document root directory of the web server, your sites will appear at http://www.mydrupalsite.com, and http://www.myothersite.com, without any additional paths.

I actually used a multi-site configuration for my site: Instead of having two copies of the files for the main domain, and its subdomain, I have a single copy of the files. In my case, I simply added a DNS entry to point blogs.mysite.com to mysite.com. (I have used an A entry, as I am using a static IP.)

See Multi-site how-tos including videos for more information.