Another GoDaddy/WordPress install problem

  • I have been working on this for hours and hours. I have followed the directions on GoDaddy, WordPress and various tutorials online.

    I used Filezilla to upload the files and used the Host, Username and password (don’t know what the Port is) accordingly and it looks like all 605 files transferred. When I go to my blog address, https://www.lactblogs.com , but using https://www.lactblogs.com/wp-admin/install.php I get the following error –repeatedly.

    The page you tried to access does not exist on this server. This page may not exist due to the following reasons:

    1. You are the owner of this web site and you have not uploaded (or incorrectly uploaded) your web site. For information on uploading your web site using FTP client software or web design software, click here for FTP Upload Information.

    2. The URL that you have entered in your browser is incorrect. Please re-enter the URL and try again.

    3. The Link that you clicked on incorrectly points to this page. Please contact the owner of this web site to inform them of this situation.

    So at this point, I want to cry out of frustration. It SHOULD be simple according to GoDaddy & WordPress’s information manuals, but it is SO not.

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  • it is all good
    just delete the default.html and/or index.html that godaddy puts as a placeholder (the message you are getting) and wordpress will show up

    Thread Starter bloggiemom

    (@bloggiemom)

    I love how calm that sounds “it is all good”. Delete it from where? GoDaddy directory?

    Thread Starter bloggiemom

    (@bloggiemom)

    Would it be index.php possibly?

    Would it be index.php possibly?

    no – you need that
    in the website root there should be one of the files I mentioned

    Thread Starter bloggiemom

    (@bloggiemom)

    Okay, feeling kind of stupid. Where is the website root?

    Thread Starter bloggiemom

    (@bloggiemom)

    I’m not even getting that FTP error anymore after deleting and re-transfering. So frustrating.

    contact me if you want some help
    click on my name
    click on contact tab at top of my test site

    Thread Starter bloggiemom

    (@bloggiemom)

    Thanks, doing that now. ??

    Hi
    Could you post the answer to this as I had exactly the same problem.
    What’s a website root?

    Thanks
    Paul

    Each domain has a directory (actually a few of them) , and the “root” Directory for each domain is called “public_html” … this is where you install WordPress if you want it to show up as the ‘main website’ script, and it is also where you will find “placeholder” index pages.

    You need to delete the ‘index.html’ file you see in the public_html directory, as HTML will always take precedence over a index.php file, and WordPress needs to have its index.php file be the only one there if it is to show properly.

    Thanks Vasili

    I still have an issue. I’ve FTP’d the files into the html folder in the MySQL database.
    There didn’t seem to be an index.html file there? Do I remove that folder?
    I then moved the files wp-config.php and index.html into the html directory out of the wordpress folder

    The config file is
    wordpress
    my user name
    my password
    mydomainname.db.4134981.hostedresource.com

    It still doesnt work – Im not sure the DB host name is correct?

    (Im sur ethe user name, password are correct

    Thanks for your help
    Paul

    No, you do NOT upload the WP files files into the DB at all …. you upload them (and any Themes) to the public_html directory found in the Domain’s main account directory! You can find this via the FTP Tool at GoDaddy when connecting to your account by carefully reviewing the account structure (heirarchy tree) itself….

    For manual installs, you need only create a DB (not load files), for when you run the “www.YourDomain.com/wp-admin/install.php” from your browser, all necessary files required for installing/associating the script to the DB are automatically configured!

    Follow the instructions PRECISELY, in the order they are presented, to achieve the predictable results.

    I am having something of a similar problem and looking for help…

    I installed WordPress and then built my site in a WordPress directory. I am trying to get the site to go live and I have contacted my host only to find out that it must be in the root directory!

    They said I must uninstall and reinstall and may lose my site ENTIRELY?! I am thinking I can do one of these (tell me if I am going in the right direction):

    1. FTP my WordPress directory folder (with all files in it) to my root directory to make the site go live

    2. Save a copy of my WordPress web site, delete it, reinstall in the right directory and then upload the site again via WordPress ‘Tools’

    Either of those make sense to me but…I apparently don’t know what I’m doing…

    Please help!

    My host is GoDaddy
    My site is currently live at: https://insighteastorlando.com/wordpress

    I am trying to get the site to go live and I have contacted my host only to find out that it must be in the root directory!

    if godaddy said that they are extreme morons. You can install wordpress wherever you want – root – folder – sub domain

    If you want to move it it is simple- follow this
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site

    you won’t lose anything from your blog – morons!

    I don’t see a public_html or root anywhere.

    You can find this via the FTP Tool at GoDaddy when connecting to your account by carefully reviewing the account structure (heirarchy tree) itself…

    I don’t see it there either. I am in the Remote System “/” directory (that’s where it puts me default when I connect.

    My database is backed up and I am ready to switch over but I can’t find where I am supposed to copy the WordPress folders into.

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