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I've tried installing CakePHP several times on different web hosts, and on each I usually hit a snag when configuring an installation of cake in a subdirectory. There are several reasons for installing in a subdirectory–the primary being that I want to access certain types of resources (like swf and jar files) from the document root, while preserving the cake front controller as the primary director of traffic to the site. The question is, how do I install in a subdirectory without specifing the folder name in the URL, while maintaining access to the current resources on the root of my site?