Whenever I enter a url which isn't the default, I get redirected to dir above root

[eluser]toopay[/eluser]
I found bunch similar thread from this forum : setting up a project under 'localhost' usually give you some trouble, one of them is what you face above.

Ussualy (again), you will face another problems while you deploy your project into cloud server, which you didn't expected when you develop in your local machine. One from many way solution is to set your developing environment as close as your live result. Read this thread may help you do that.