# Installing Mautic Overrides Site Index

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/installing-mautic-overrides-site-index/1739>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 13, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/installing-mautic-overrides-site-index/1739 "2015-04-13T21:25:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![shamrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shamrick](https://forum.mautic.org/u/shamrick)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/installing-mautic-overrides-site-index/1739/1 "2015-04-13T21:25:49Z")

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Wondering about the best practices for installing Mautic. I managed to install it with no problems, however later I found that it overrode my Joomla index.php file and so my site redirected to the Mautic installation.  
  
  
  
Should I have installed on a subdomain? Made an incorrect selection during installation.  
  
  
  
Thanks,  
  
Shannon

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**Author:** ![shamrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shamrick](https://forum.mautic.org/u/shamrick)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/installing-mautic-overrides-site-index/1739/2 "2015-04-13T21:25:49Z")

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Wondering about the best practices for installing Mautic. I managed to install it with no problems, however later I found that it overrode my Joomla index.php file and so my site redirected to the Mautic installation.

Should I have installed on a subdomain? Made an incorrect selection during installation.

Thanks,  
Shannon

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**Author:** ![gmillard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/gmillard/32/5_2.png) [@gmillard](https://forum.mautic.org/u/gmillard)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/installing-mautic-overrides-site-index/1739/3 "2015-04-13T21:33:31Z")

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Hi Shannon,

Mautic does make use of it’s own index.php file. Thus if you want to install it side by side with another application on the same domain, Mautic will need to be in it’s own subdirectory. Or you can install it on a subdomain.

Thanks!  
Alan

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**Author:** ![shamrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shamrick](https://forum.mautic.org/u/shamrick)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/installing-mautic-overrides-site-index/1739/4 "2015-04-13T21:40:21Z")

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Alan,

Thanks for the prompt reply. I was pretty sure I did that but looking back at my site files/folders it appears I did not.

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**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/installing-mautic-overrides-site-index/1739/5 "2020-02-02T23:00:21Z")

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