Host a Quotion site in a subdirectory of your domain
Host <your-site>.quotion.co
in a subdirectory of your domain. e.g. https://acme.com/blog
.
Why do I need this?
It has fully benefits from the backlinks, which is good for SEO.
How to enable subdirectory on Cloudflare
Follow these steps to proxy subdirectory requests to a Quotion site.
You must have a domain on Cloudflare first. You can buy a domain on Cloudflare, then back to this doc to continue.
You must have Cloudflare proxy enabled, or it won’t work. Check the status here:
1. Login to the Cloudflare dashboard
2. Create a new worker
3. Write worker code
Replace it with this code:
export default {
async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
return proxyRequest(request);
},
};
async function proxyRequest(request) {
console.log(request.url);
const originalUrl = new URL(request.url);
// Redirect /blog/ to /blog
if (originalUrl.pathname.endsWith('/') && originalUrl.pathname !== '/') {
originalUrl.pathname = originalUrl.pathname.slice(0, -1);
return Response.redirect(originalUrl.href, 301);
}
const host = originalUrl.host;
try {
// Use your quotion domain instead
const blogHost = 'awesomeapplenotes.quotion.co';
// Replace "blog" with your subdirectory name if needed
const subdirectory = 'blog';
const proxiedPaths = [subdirectory, '_next', '.quotion'];
const url = new URL(request.url);
if (
proxiedPaths.some((path) => originalUrl.pathname.startsWith(`/${path}`))
) {
// Rewrite host
url.hostname = blogHost;
}
if (originalUrl.pathname.startsWith(`/${subdirectory}`)) {
url.pathname = url.pathname.replace(`/${subdirectory}`, '');
}
const proxyRequest = new Request(url.href, request);
proxyRequest.headers.set('X-Forwarded-Host', host);
console.log(proxyRequest.url);
return fetch(proxyRequest);
} catch (e) {
console.error('Proxy request failed', e);
return fetch(request);
}
}
Don’t forget to deploy the code after changing.
4. Add worker routes
We need following routes to make proxy work:
- /blog* (your subdirectory)
- /_next* (for hosting Next.js static js/css)
- /.quotion* (for hosting images/APIs)
For instance, you have a domain named www.awesomeapplenotes.com
, you want to host Quotion site on www.awesomeapplenotes.com/blog
, you need to add blog route like this:
Repeat until you have added all /_next*
, /.quotion*
routes.
After you have done all these steps, you can go to your subdirectory to check if the blog home is working.
5. Setup URL prefix in Quotion dashboard
To make post/tag pages work, you need to go to Quotion dashboard > your site > Domain page, then setup the URL prefix. It should match the subdirectory you just made.
You must input the whole URL including the domain, thus our analytics system can match your domain correctly.
🎉 Congratulations! All pages should work as expected.
Have issues?
Feel free to contact support.
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