I actually need help with an installation

  • Hi,

    I have a domain registered and hosted with iPower, and I want to turn it entirely into a blog.

    Using their control panel, I clicked a button, which via SimpleScripts, installed WordPress.

    When I visit my site (https://www.veniceafulton.com), I don’t find my blog, or any test pages. In fact, I find an old holding page.

    Keeping it remarkably simple, where do I go to change things so that my blog is displayed immediately when entering the site’s basic web address (www.veniceafulton.com)?

    Any advice appreciated.

    Venice

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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

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    Well, that title sure gets attention! Not really necessary but I did laugh.

    Keeping it remarkably simple, where do I go to change things so that my blog is displayed immediately when entering the site’s basic web address (www.veniceafulton.com)?

    Short version: Speak with your hosting company and ask them to turn off the default page for you.

    Longer version: Either they’ve inserted code at the top of your .htaccess file (I doubt it but possible) or it’s in their front end web servers. It looks like they’re running NGINX/Varnish to front their web hosting.

    These links don’t work:

    https://www.veniceafulton.com
https://www.veniceafulton.com/index.php

    They provide the default landing page which you don’t want.

    But these links do what WordPress should do

    https://www.veniceafulton.com/index.php?s=hello
https://www.veniceafulton.com/archives/20
https://www.veniceafulton.com/archives/date/2011/12
https://www.veniceafulton.com/readme.html

    Which is good. You’ve installed WordPress correctly.

    Your hosting company can either turn off the landing page or walk you through it.

    Hi

    I Have the same problem ! what did you o in the end?

    Cheers

    Tom

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