Answers.Body: <p>Not in the config file, but you can from index.php using the <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/php-constants#craft-templates-path" rel="nofollow"><code>CRAFT_TEMPLATES_PATH</code></a> constant:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-php prettyprint-override"><code>define('CRAFT_TEMPLATES_PATH', '../templates/');
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>Is there a way to specify a different template directory from the general config?</p>
  
Tags: <templating><config>
Title: Specify template directory in config
ThreadText: # Specify template directory in config
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-07)
  
  Is there a way to specify a different template directory from the general config?
  
  **Tags:** templating, config
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Not in the config file, but you can from index.php using the [`CRAFT_TEMPLATES_PATH`](http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/php-constants#craft-templates-path) constant:
  
  ```php
  define('CRAFT_TEMPLATES_PATH', '../templates/');
  
  ```
  
  
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