Installed on Earthlink but in a subfolder

  • A friend wants to update their existing site on Earthlink and put it into WordPress. I just installed WordPress 3.1.1 through the Earthlink management panel but it wouldn’t allow me to install it in the /public folder. I had to create a subfolder to do the installation. But I don’t want to have to add the subfolder to the url. So what are my options? I staged the site on my own server. Can I download the whole thing and upload it to the new site and export the database and import it?

    I’m fairly new with using WordPress so this might not be as big a deal as it feels right now.

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    Thread Starter lcvincent

    (@lcvincent)

    Thank you!

    In your opinion is this the best way to move a staging site to the live site?
    – copy and upload the site’s theme and plugins folders
    – download and upload the database

    Thanks again. You’re a life saver.

    Thread Starter lcvincent

    (@lcvincent)

    The instructions tell me to edit index.php but I don’t have the line in my file that they’re asking me to change.

    Change the following and save the file. Change the line that says:
    require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);
    to the following, using your directory name for the WordPress core files:
    require(‘./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php’);

    I have this

    <?php get_header(); ?>

    You are looking theme index.php file you need to edit the index.php where you installed wordpress that is folder.

    You need copy that file in your root and make change.

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