Laravel 8 Cpanel Deploy - 404 Errors - php

Question

I am trying to deploy my Laravel 8 app to a folder in CPANEL (first time I've deployed Laravel). I have searched the forum and made changes as the many posts direct. I am getting 404 errors across all pages apart from the homepage and login and register pages. This is a common error but I cant find a solution. Dont shoot me.
1.All files uploaded to url/laravel/blog
Public folder moved outside and renamed public_html
The /laravel folder now has two directories /blog and /public_html
index.php in the public_html folder updated:
require DIR.'/../blog/vendor/autoload.php';
$app = require_once DIR.'/../blog/bootstrap/app.php';
New .htaccess file added to the root of the public_html and set to chmod 755 (detailed below)
Renamed the cache folder in the /bootstrap folder so that new cache is created (I hope)
Database is linked within the .env file
I am out of ideas, I have created a test html file in the public folder and I can see this in the browser when I navigate to it. I am learning and any help will be appreciated.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$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}]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

I needed to point the subdomain/add-on domain to the public folder. No need to move anything or change Htaccess etc.... Credit to https://stackoverflow.com/users/2325620/james-clark-developer

Answer 2

Try this in your .htaccess
DirectoryIndex index.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ public/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^((?!public/).*)$ public/$1 [L,NC]
</IfModule>