Accessing directories outside of DocumentRoot using .htaccess

Hello all,

I've built a site that utilizes three different URLs, each of which point to a specific directory in my /htdocs folder (accomplished using rewrite in .htaccess).

The pages all reference files which are shared resources (such as .css files). The files exist in a /global directory adjacent to the three directories in question (which places the files within 'outside' of the docroot of each of my three sites). When I go to my URL, the page loads, but none of the shared resources load.

Alias seems to be the method for correcting this issue, but I can't seem to make it work.

Also interesting...my pages run a php include which loads variables and some shared copy that I reference in the page. The include file is also in the /global directory, but these variables and copy load into the page. Which tells me that the php is not affected, but the html is.

Below I'm pasting the rewrite command I currently use in my .htaccess file. It only references one URL as the other two are identical.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Travis

P.S. <UPDATE> I changed the links site wite to be direct and this works (obviously). It doesn't see like the most elegant solution, however.

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/membersites/dreamhomesguaranteed/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} dreamhomesguaranteed.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ membersites/dreamhomesguaranteed/$1 [L]