Moving the Test site to the Main directory

Depending on how many links there are, it might just be easier to move the main index file and update all of the links to that file, leaving everything else where it is. That’s what I’m planning to do with mine, anyways. ??

i tried that. it didnt work very well (^o^)

Here are two codex links that might help. The first one may be the best bet, even though it sort of addresses your issue from another angle….

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL

thx kalico, i followed this one:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL
but id didnt work. i just get a blank page. followed it to perfection then tried it. no dice. then moved the files into the root directory. again no dice…. all i get is a blank page….. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
i think im just gonna install wordpress into the root directory directly like i had thought of the first time..

Depending on how many links there are, it might just be easier to move the main index file and update all of the links to that file, leaving everything else where it is. That’s what I’m planning to do with mine, anyways. ??

when you say change the links, you mean in the theme? or in wp itself?

I am afraid you followed the wrong guide. In your case, WP being already in its own directory… the other guide would have been more logical.

(The links are irrelevant, if you you just follow the “giving its own dircetory…” tutorial; they will work anyway)

i followed the https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL guide. was that the wrong one?

i gotta change my databases back i think so that it will work in the oceanboom.com/OCB/ directory again

then i think im just gonna install wordpress into the root directory… this stuff is getting too confusing.

i had the files all moved to the root directory (oceanboom.com) but the rowser displayed a blank page. then i typed in oceanboom.com/index.php and i could see the page. not sure what that means, but it loaded fine when it was in the OCB directory….

Wait!

then i typed in oceanboom.com/index.php and i could see the page. not sure what that means
If it works with the index.php (and assuming you did NOT put the index.php ending into the database!!!) – then it might be a simple issue of index.php not being a valid index file in your server’s setting.

However, if you put index.php in the database – change it immediately: the two values (home and site_url) cannot end in filenames, only directories.

However, if you put index.php in the database – change it immediately: the two values (home and site_url) cannot end in filenames, only directories.

fortunately i hadnt tried that yet……
i just went back and looked at the phpdatabase and the settins for the home and the site_url had changed back. maybe i didnt save it properly…………..

it might be a simple issue of index.php not being a valid index file in your server’s setting.

is that something i would have to call my hosters about?
thx for the help. gotta get some sleep. be back in like 16 hours..

1. If you have an index.html at the root of your site:
https://oceanboom.com/ (as it is the case now) – you can NOT have the blog in the root, too… unless you want the existing main page to idsappear.

2. First make the blog to work on its location /OCB

3. Then decide where you want it and let’s take it form there.

f you have an index.html at the root of your site:
https://oceanboom.com/ (as it is the case now) – you can NOT have the blog in the root, too… unless you want the existing main page to idsappear.

right! that is exactly what i want to do, i want wordpress to BE the site, not a part of the site. the first time i tried to make this work i changed the name of the index.html file to indexOLD.html so it should have ignored the fact that there was no index.html file and skipped right on to index.php……. but it didnt. i just got a white page.

now i noticed that if i go here
https://oceanboom.com/index.php
i get a funny version of what used to be
https://oceanboom.com/OCB/

on thing i have noticed, is that i am running a local version on my laptop with MAMP, and i have an .htaccess file on my harddrive and i dont have one on my server. should i? not sure if that means anything…

ill try to get the oceanboom.com/OCB working again. ill start working on it in about 6 hours….. gotta go teach

k, it works again……
https://oceanboom.com/OCB/

k, it works again……
https://oceanboom.com/OCB/

a. Get rid of your bad relative paths to images and the images will be fine even here: https://oceanboom.com/index.php

b. If you wan to make the move just follow once again the tutorial. Don’t worry about the .htaccess: you are using the default permalinks, so you don’t need it.

c. remove/rename the index.html when everything is ready

fixed the images….

tried following this tutorial
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
i think you may be right about the fact that my server just doesnt like having an index.php at root level….
can i change that in my phpmysql database? or will i have to call my host?

i have another directory that works fine with an index.php page
https://oceanboom.com/english/
its a site for japanese mobile phones…..