diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 0386ed6..6c839ec 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|
| If you want this front controller to use a different "application"
-| folder then the default one you can set its name here.
+| folder then the default one you can set its name here.
+| The folder can also be relocated anywhere on your server. For
+| more info please see the user guide:
+| http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/managing_apps.html
+|
|
| NO TRAILING SLASH!
|
@@ -77,7 +81,15 @@
define('FCPATH', __FILE__);
define('SELF', pathinfo(__FILE__, PATHINFO_BASENAME));
define('BASEPATH', $system_folder.'/');
-define('APPPATH', BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/');
+
+if ( ! is_dir($application_folder))
+{
+ define($application_folder.'/');
+}
+else
+{
+ define('APPPATH', BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/');
+}
// Load the front controller and away we go!....
require_once BASEPATH.'codeigniter/CodeIgniter'.EXT;