Create a vhost. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html

I am using A2 hosting as my web host. Is that link still for my needs? ( I am not using my localhost)

Look documentroot directive. sample:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        ServerName laravel.local
        DocumentRoot /var/www/laravel/public
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride all
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/laravel/public>
                Options FollowSymlinks -MultiViews
                AllowOverride all
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/laravel-error.log
        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
        # alert, emerg.
        LogLevel warn
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/laravel-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>