Can't move pages out of the /wordpress/ directory

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Hi,
Thanks a lot. I had previously tried to follow those instructions, and I have just rechecked… but still not right: can you think of any other way I can try?
Regards

Hi,
I am still trying and failing to do this: I have deleted everything, reinstaalled, retried everything that I can find advice on, and yet I’m still stuck. It’s definitely right in the datbase wp options, and on the settings page, but seems to be ignoring me…
I’d be really grateful for any possible solutions
Thanks

Hi, I am still stuck with this and am despairing of where to go to try and find a solution: any suggestions gratefully receieved. I have obviously set some setting somewhere that I don’t know about, but I can’t think where else to try.
Thanks
Charlotte

Charlotte,

What web server are you running? If it is Apache – you will need to ensure that your .htaccess file has the proper configuration.

If not apache – then htaccess is not used!

Ooh, thank you so much for replying. I have htaccess, so I assume Apache.
How do I know that it has the proper configuration?(!): is it this?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?YourDomain.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ blog [L]

… so:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?coolaroo.eu$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ blog [L]

??

Mine says:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
… and it’s in the root, rather than in the wordpress directory

Thanks again
Charlotte

I have just re-read the issue you have again.

I think the easiest resolution would be to move everything into the root directory of your site. Is there any reason why you have not chosen to do this?

Kevin

Hi,
Thanks so much.
No: no reason. I’ll try that. Is there anywhere you can point me as to how to do that? (is it as simple as just changing the settings on the wp admin??)
Thanks again for your help
Charlotte

Given the problems you are having – I think it is a pragmatic way forward.

So in the same way that you moved your site to /wordpress – do the very same thing but move all of the files into the root directory of the site.

Ensure that you remove your /wordpress directory, reset the the rows in the wp_options table and then rebuild your .htaccess file by re-saving your permalinks.

Hi,

Thanks for all the replies. I tried the last one, and STILL couldn’t make it work. Eventually I realised that the problem was that I was using WPML to translate, and somehow I think I had told it not to show any French pages…. I haven’t managed to sort out the correct settings yet, but having deactivated the extension I can find the website in the right place. I couldn’t see what I had been doing wrong, and it obviously wasn’t directly to do with changing the directories.
Again, thanks for all the help
Charlotte