diff -bur Makefile.orig Makefile
--- Makefile.orig	2013-12-19 15:09:48.000000000 +0000
+++ Makefile	2014-06-29 16:27:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 # Netdot Makefile
 #
 PERL        ?= /usr/bin/perl
-PREFIX      ?= /usr/local/netdot
+PREFIX      ?= /usr/local/www/netdot
+STAGEDIR    ?= $(PREFIX)
 APACHEUSER  ?= apache
 APACHEGROUP ?= apache
 MAKE        ?= make
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 	@echo 
 	@echo "   PERL          = $(PERL)"
 	@echo "   PREFIX        = $(PREFIX)"
+	@echo "   STAGEDIR      = $(STAGEDIR)"
 	@echo "   APACHEUSER    = $(APACHEUSER)"
 	@echo "   APACHEGROUP   = $(APACHEGROUP)"
 	@echo "   MAKE          = $(MAKE)"
@@ -88,14 +90,14 @@
 	@echo "Creating necessary directories..."
 	echo $(PREFIX) > ./.prefix
 	for dir in $(DIR); do \
-	    if test -d $(PREFIX)/$$dir; then \
-	       echo "Skipping dir $(PREFIX)/$$dir; already exists"; \
+	    if test -d $(STAGEDIR)/$$dir; then \
+	       echo "Skipping dir $(STAGEDIR)/$$dir; already exists"; \
 	    else \
-	       mkdir -m $(DMOD) -p $(PREFIX)/$$dir ; \
+	       mkdir -m $(DMOD) -p $(STAGEDIR)/$$dir ; \
 	    fi ; \
 	done
-	chown -R $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(PREFIX)/tmp
-	chmod 750 $(PREFIX)/tmp
+	chown -R $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(STAGEDIR)/tmp
+	chmod 750 $(STAGEDIR)/tmp
 
 htdocs:
 	cd $@ ; $(MAKE) all DIR=$@ 
diff -bur doc/Makefile.orig doc/Makefile
--- doc/Makefile.orig	2011-09-23 16:00:36.000000000 +0100
+++ doc/Makefile	2014-06-29 16:32:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 	$(substitute)
 
 	for dir in $(NDIR); do \
-	  chown $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
-	  chmod 0755 $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
+	  chown $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
+	  chmod 0755 $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
 	done
 
 # This section creates the doc/ subdirs
diff -bur etc/utility-Makefile.orig etc/utility-Makefile
--- etc/utility-Makefile.orig	2012-07-13 19:17:17.000000000 +0100
+++ etc/utility-Makefile	2014-06-29 16:37:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 # Defaults
 REPLACE_PREFIX = $(PREFIX)
+REPLACE_STAGEDIR=$(STAGEDIR)
 REPLACE_LIB    = $(REPLACE_PREFIX)/lib
 REPLACE_ETC    = $(REPLACE_PREFIX)/etc
 REPLACE_PERL   = $(PERL)
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
 for file in $(FILES); do\
   $(SED) -r $(REPLACEMENT_EXPRESSIONS) $$file\
     > $$file.tmp;\
-  install -m $(FMOD) $$file.tmp $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$file;\
+  install -m $(FMOD) $$file.tmp $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$file;\
   rm -rf $$file.tmp;\
 done
 @echo "Done."
@@ -51,10 +52,10 @@
 define mkdirs
 @echo "Creating necessary directories..."
 for dir in $(NDIR); do \
-    if test -d $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$dir; then \
-       echo "Skipping dir $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$dir; already exists"; \
+    if test -d $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$dir; then \
+       echo "Skipping dir $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$dir; already exists"; \
     else \
-       mkdir -m $(DMOD) -p $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$dir ; \
+       mkdir -m $(DMOD) -p $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$dir ; \
     fi ; \
 done
 @echo "Done."
@@ -64,6 +65,6 @@
 # left hanging around
 define wipedir
 @echo "Wiping out directory before installing"
-rm -fr $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)
+rm -fr $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)
 @echo "done"
 endef
diff -bur export/Makefile.orig export/Makefile
--- export/Makefile.orig	2012-07-13 19:17:17.000000000 +0100
+++ export/Makefile	2014-06-29 16:32:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 	$(substitute)
 
 	for dir in $(NDIR); do \
-	  chown $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
-	  chmod 0755 $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
+	  chown $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
+	  chmod 0755 $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$$dir; \
 	done
 
 # This section creates the export/ subdirs
diff -bur htdocs/Makefile.orig htdocs/Makefile
--- htdocs/Makefile.orig	2012-07-13 19:17:17.000000000 +0100
+++ htdocs/Makefile	2014-06-29 16:33:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 all: wipedir dir
 	$(substitute)
-	ln -s $(PREFIX)/doc/manual/netdot-manual.htm  $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/help/manual.html
+	ln -s $(PREFIX)/doc/manual/netdot-manual.htm  $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/help/manual.html
 
 # Wipe out dir before installing
 wipedir:
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 	$(mkdirs)
 
 	@echo "Hacking together mason permissions fix..."
-	touch $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/masondata/obj/.__obj_create_marker
-	chown -R $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/masondata
-	chmod 0755 $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/masondata
+	touch $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/masondata/obj/.__obj_create_marker
+	chown -R $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/masondata
+	chmod 0755 $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/masondata
 # Graphs can be updated dynamically so apache needs +w
-	chown $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/img/graphs
-	chmod 0750 $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/img/graphs
+	chown $(APACHEUSER):$(APACHEGROUP) $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/img/graphs
+	chmod 0750 $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/img/graphs
 
diff -bur var/Makefile.orig var/Makefile
--- var/Makefile.orig	2011-09-23 16:00:38.000000000 +0100
+++ var/Makefile	2014-06-29 16:34:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 POLLSTATSRRD = pollstats.rrd
 
 all: 
-	if ! test -r $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$(POLLSTATSRRD); then \
+	if ! test -r $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$(POLLSTATSRRD); then \
 	  rrdtool create $(POLLSTATSRRD) -s 3600 \
 	  DS:ips:GAUGE:7200:0:4294967296 \
 	  DS:macs:GAUGE:7200:0:4294967296 \
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 	  RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:365 \
 	  RRA:MAX:0.5:24:30 \
 	  RRA:MIN:0.5:24:30; \
-	  install -m $(FMOD) $(POLLSTATSRRD) $(PREFIX)/$(DIR)/$(POLLSTATSRRD); \
+	  install -m $(FMOD) $(POLLSTATSRRD) $(STAGEDIR)/$(DIR)/$(POLLSTATSRRD); \
 	fi;