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For example, you have installed web2py in mydomain.com root web folder, and written your application called "myapp".
By default you can access your application through mydomain.com/myapp/default/index. However, sometimes, it is needed to have it in the way, like mydomain.com/default/index, and all other installed applications (f.e. admin) should be still accessible in just normal way as mydomain.com/admin/default/index.

This task can be easily solved with help of mod_rewrite. Just check if your provider support it (normally it is the case). And put the next file in your root web folder.

RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

RewriteCond   %{REQUEST_URI}    !^/myapp
    RewriteCond   %{REQUEST_URI}    !^/admin
    RewriteCond   %{REQUEST_URI}    !^/some_other_exception
    RewriteRule   ^(.*)             /myapp/$1  [L]

and save this file as ".htaccess"

With this file, every URL that does not start with /admin/ or /some\_other\_exception/ will be routed to /myapp/.
For example, if user calls mydomain.com/some\_cool\_stuff/index it will be redirected to mydomain/myapp/some\_cool\_stuff/index. The redirection will be done internally, so user doesn't see "my_app" in navigation panel of browser.

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