Laravel application: serve static files from outer public directory
<p>I have a Laravel application in a directory: </p>

<pre><code>/var/www/html/example/
</code></pre>

<p>The public folder of the site is:</p>

<pre><code>/var/www/html/example/public/
</code></pre>

<p>I have a folder outer public folder with images, css/js and other files:</p>

<pre><code>/var/www/html/example/application/themes/
</code></pre>

<p>I want to serve these files from this folder as follows:</p>

<pre><code>http://www.example.com/themes/
</code></pre>

<p>Here is the current .htaccess file:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
&lt;IfModule mod_negotiation.c&gt;
    Options -MultiViews
&lt;/IfModule&gt;

RewriteEngine On

# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]&lt;/IfModule&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Can you help me with the completition of the htaccess file, to serve the files from within the outer public folder. I made a few tests, but I get 500 or 400 errors.</p>