How to fill in field in WP install using Softaculous

  • I know this may be a no brainer to some but I really don’t understand how directories work so am really struggling with this.

    I am helping my son in law get his WP site up and running. I have a few WP sites but have never used Softaculous to install and have always done well just leaving the defaults in place when installing. This time I ran into a problem.

    Instead of his URL being hisname.com it comes up as hisname.com/wp

    As much as I love WP I’d like his domain to just be his domain without the /wp

    I think the problem occurred because when I did the install I left the defaults and should have changed one.

    Under Software setup it says:

    In Directory
    The directory is relative to your domain and should not exist. e.g. To install at https://mydomain/dir/ just type dir. To install only in https://mydomain/ leave this empty.

    The field beside this was already populated with “wp” though. I left it as it was and am now thinking I should have deleted the wp.

    I can delete the installation and start from scratch but need to know what to put in that field before I mess something else up.

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  • Hi,

    Juts make the directory field empty and it will install WordPress at :
    https://yourdomain.com

    would this work if I want’d to install SMF forum too?? (Simple Machines Forum) I just cant seem to figure out if I should leave it blank? in order for it to intall with my wordpress on a page. not my Homepage where my wordpress blog is. or just leave the smf in it??? prob a no brainer to some also, but not to me! anyone help on this one Thank you in advance ??

    I’ve managed to resolve this issue. if anyone else needs to know, type in forum and take delete the smf.
    As this is the Page name of your forum.

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