admin/ .htaccess

Did you run wp-admin/install.php?

when i put in the install.php i see my site, and when i go to wp-admin afterwards it just shows up with my dashboard

when i go to wp-admin afterwards it just shows up with my dashboard

So you can login OK?

well when i login it just logs in as if i logged on to just wordpress.com

i am also getting in this bad loop where i need to get into my /wp-admin but to change the .htaccess file so i can see my site, but i cant even get into /wp-admin without the .htaccess file. what can i do?

Wait … what?

You can’t see the site with the .htaccess, but you can’t login without .htaccess?

What’s in that file?

i have no clue. but ive been researching and it said i need this .htaccess file in order to use wordpress on my webhost

Open up the file and look at it to see what’s in it. Either log in with ssh and open it with VI or set your FTP all to be able to show hidden files.

Generally all anyone has in that file is this:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Unless you know what you’re doing and add in more, of course ??

Still, none of that should effect your wp-admin side (in my experience, you can set up the .htaccess later on, since it’s only really needed for permalinks)

thats the problem. when i downloaded the www.ads-software.com zip file the .htaccess file wasnt in there to begin with.

i then searched around on the internet as to why my blog wouldnt show up at https://www.theowler.com and they said its because when i transferred the files from the zip to my webhost i probably didnt include the .htaccess file.

does that make sense at all?

sooooooooooo i just put the .htaccess file on the webhost and my site went from saying there was a 404 error to a 500 internal server error

they said its because when i transferred the files from the zip to my webhost i probably didnt include the .htaccess file.

That’s got nothing to do with it. As Ipstenu said, you can set up the .htaccess later on if you need pretty permalinks.

well, i guess at this point i could care less about the .htaccess and more about even getting the home page to load.

any other thoughts?
is it my Cpanel? webhost files?

It won’t be cPanel. Where did you install WordPress – ie in root or in a sub-folder? If it’s the latter, what’s the sub-folder’s name?

Did you use Fantastico or any other 1-click installer? If not, what url did you enter when installing WP?

Do you have access to error logs through cPanel?

i put them in the root folder.

i didnt use any 1-click installers….

where do i put a url to enter when installing WP? where would i install it?

only thing involving an “install” was theowler.com/wp-admin/install.php

yeah i have access to everything in cpanel

Word to the wise – when quoting the mysterious ‘them’ on the internet, it’s always good to SAVE the URL and link it when you later ask for support ?? Also, the more you muck around without being able to point to those resources, the longer it takes the volunteers here to sort it out.

Not to mention I frown on people who go and email me about this stuff on a free, volunteer, support forum. I was offline. When I can get back and help here, I will. If I wanted you to email me, I’d have asked you to. Next time, don’t.

Anyway, esmi‘s right.

If you didn’t have a .htaccess before I asked you what was in it, then do this:

DELETE THE .HTACCESS in your www root folder.

When we ask you things like ‘what’s in this file’ we don’t want you to change it, we want to KNOW for diagnostics. If there isn’t one, just say that. It’s okay. It helps us understand how things are set up.

Once you’ve removed the .htaccess, let us know and we’ll go from there. One step at a time ??

ok, sorry im just all over the place because i want this all to work out =-P

as for the emailing, i apologize on that, it wont let me login on firefox, so i went on internet explorer afterwards and i can login to these forums now.

Alrighty, the .htaccess is now deleted.