# Generals Subfolder recommendations and tips

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/generals-subfolder-recommendations-and-tips/74401>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 20, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generals-subfolder-recommendations-and-tips/74401 "2016-09-20T21:39:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmg/32/121440_2.png) [@jmg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmg)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generals-subfolder-recommendations-and-tips/74401/5 "2016-10-31T18:48:19Z")

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> [@Serve Discourse from a subfolder (path prefix) instead of a subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/serve-discourse-from-a-subfolder-path-prefix-instead-of-a-subdomain/30507/67):
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> Installations have no problem but I couldn’t login through discourse (…) I can’t activate the account by the process.

Maybe email is not yet configured. See [Recommended Email Providers for Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-email.md).

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