blog homepage

  • Resolved chrisfletcher

    (@chrisfletcher)


    17 years ago

    in the help file on getting your blog homepage to match your domain name im a bit confused. ive read the help page but it does not make sense to me. it says “change the address to the new location of your main WordPress core files” so what are the main core files?? and where should i put them??

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  • verabass

    (@verabass)

    The base or root location of your domain is usually named html or public_html. The folder named WordPress is your main blog installation. If the WP folder is one level down from the root, then you do 2 things. You need a second index.php in the root folder that calls for ('.wordpress/wp-blog-header.php')
    (just copy the index.php in the main WordPress folder and add that wordpress/ in)
    Then you go the the main page of your admin panel and enter the blog location as mysite.com/wordpress
    The next entry is where you want the blog to appear, and this one can be just mysite.com

    Thread Starter chrisfletcher

    (@chrisfletcher)

    ive put index.php in the public.html folder so now i have https://www.domainname.com/blog1 (My WordPress address) and i have https://www.domainname.com/blog1 (My blog address) which do i have to rename to get the blog onto https://www.domainname.com??

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    (it is public_html – underscore, not dot!)

    You should change the blog address. Follow exactly the guide:
    Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory and you can skip step #6.

    Thread Starter chrisfletcher

    (@chrisfletcher)

    lost the whole blog. bugger. i’ll have to re-install the whole thing again. not very good at this am I??
    ok if i watch someone do it but reading then putting into practice aint my thing. In the wotld on NLP im visual what can i say. ta for your help.

    chris

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    I bet the blog is there (all your cntent is stored in the database, so unless you made something that is NOT said in the tutorial, all the data must be there).

    Above you said that FIRST you moved the index.php and AFTER that you tried to change the URI values in Options.
    Now that is double wrong…
    1. You do not move it but copy it = meaning have it in both places!
    2. You did not follow the order of the steps outlined in the guide I gave you above.

    Thread Starter chrisfletcher

    (@chrisfletcher)

    im just going to bring in a friend to sort it out!! im a tree surgeon by trade not a web type person when it comes to it!!
    im a firm believer in doing what your good at and getting help for the rest

    ta for the advice
    chris

    instead of doing all this …
    just goto MyPHPAdmin
    options table
    and change URL manually

    it will start ur bog .. without any hassles …

    PS : i know u don’t need this help after 8 month, but someone else must b finding such info on support

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