installing wordpress in subfolder next to old other site

Do you have an .htaccess file in your domain’s root folder? Are you using a *nix or Windows server?

its on a Linux server and yes there’s a .htacces file in the root. But it’s currently not doing anything for my wordpress installation. Its used by my root-site

It may still affect your WordPress site. What’s in it? If it is more than 10 lines, please use a pastebin.

The easiest way to install WordPress is to use the Fantastico application in the cPanel (if you have one). In the installation screen, all you need to do is to indicate the name (e.g. blog) of the directory in the “Install in Directory” field that you want to install your WordPress. Once done, the Fantastico application will take care of everything. Note: If you leave this field blank, WordPress will be installed in the root directory.

If you want to use the Fantastico method, you should delete your existing WordPress install files (in your sub-directory) using your FTP program. The existing database that you have created can be deleted later as Fantastico will create a new database for you.

that would be:

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ /index.php?url=$1 [L]
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm

Try adding
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
to the that file.

thanks Solomonc, i’m afraid there is no fantastico app on my cpanel though. And i’m quite interested in knowing how this seemingly simple task would be done.

@sdmi : I did notice that when i remove the RewriteEngine part wordpress doesnt load all the info from the root-site anymore. But i don’t understand why if i put the line echo “tis is a test”; in the wordpress/index.php file and then go to the wordpressfolder with my browser and look up wordpress/index.php. It doesnt show that text. even if i comment everything else out. And there’s no .htacces file in the wordpress folder that could be interfering..

The easiest way to install WordPress is to use the Fantastico application in the cPanel (if you have one)

It’s also one of the easiest ways to have a munged WordPress installation. Generally speaking, we don’t recommend using 1-click installers if they can possibly be avoided.

i am having a somewhat similar issue. i installed wordpress into root/blog and the mainpage/homepage/frontpage of the blog seemed to display ok. so i made a sample post and when i clicked on “view post” i got a 404 error. i checked the /blog folder and it had index.php and .htaccess but the root directory only had .htaccess so i copied (not moved) the index.php from the /blog into the root. now when i make a sample post, and click on “view post” it comes up just fine, however back on my main/home/front it does not show my new post or any posts. any suggestions? am i missing another file in the root ?

Didn’t do anything.
Btw if this helps:
My site is: https://www.das-lab.nl/
Wordpress is installed in: https://www.das-lab.nl/wordpress/

thanks for the help so far!

btw, my site is https://www.4ever2weeksandaday.com and wordpress is located same place plus /blog
brand new to this – so try not to be too harsh on me

@mjmund: It is impolite and contrary to forum policy to interrupt another poster’s ongoing thread with a question of your own. Please post your own topic.

@mariachi: Can you login to WordPress OK? what are you using to run the root site?

very sorry about that – i am new to this.
made new post – tks

A custom cms that i build myself run on a different database. And i can login to wordpress just fine. insert and adjust posts and everything. Even tried activating the current theme and downloaded another theme just for the sake of trying something.