Lost the default blog url

  • khodari

    (@khodari)


    10 years ago

    Hi:

    I have a WordPress website/blog https://geniebox.ca. I was trying to add a link to my support system on the main menu. I had a link page to my blog (myblog) so I edited it and made it ‘support’ and changed its link believing that the system would keep the old page and save the edited page as a new one.

    That was not the case, it replaced the link to my blog.

    This is very peculiar as I am sure the link was https://geniebox.ca/myblog. However, no such directory exist on FTP. What is more strange is that I looked at the sitemaps and sure enough such directory was mapped.

    I tried restoring the old website by restoring the following directories to an older backup:
    wp-admin
    wp-content
    wp-includes
    this did not succeed.

    Is there a ‘default’ url to the blog inside a WordPress site? If not, how can I restore the menu structure/links?

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  • Dan Russell

    (@danrussell)

    Hi,

    Have you migrated your website from https://geniebox.ca/myblog to https://geniebox.ca/ ? If so, you need to make changes in the Settings >> General >> Home/Site URL. You need to put your website.

    If the issue still persists, then check the database and search the links with https://geniebox.ca/myblog in the tables and replace them with https://geniebox.ca/

    leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    I am sure the link was https://geniebox.ca/myblog. However, no such directory exist on FTP.

    Are you saying that address does not work in your browser, or are you saying you have used FTP and FileZilla or whatever to go directly to your server to take a look and there is no such directory to be found there?

    I tried restoring the old website by restoring the following directories to an older backup:
    wp-admin
    wp-content
    wp-includes
    this did not succeed.

    Correct. A complete WordPress installation also has various other files in the folder where those are located…and for future reference, the only backups you actually need are these:
    > .htaccess
    > wp-config.php
    > /wp-content/ (folder with its own contents intact)
    > a MySQL or phpMyAdmin backup of your database
    Then when doing a site restoration, all remaining folders and files can be uploaded from a fresh download of WordPress.

    Is there a ‘default’ url to the blog inside a WordPress site? If not, how can I restore the menu structure/links?

    Your menu structure and links are stored in your database, and you can use that database with a new installation of WordPress if your previous installation is MIA and cannot be located anywhere.
    note: The above has been edited about six times! I first thought you were asking about the folder you believe is/was named ‘myblog’.

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