Missing a step in changing directories?

  • I changed my wordpress.com site to a self hosted site through dreamhost. My current wordpress directory is set to coemmunications.com/wordpress and thus all my contents there. I followed the steps on Giving WordPress It’s Own Directory . I can’t find my .htaccess file and I don’t know how to get my ftp to show hidden files. When I follow all the other steps, I get an /index when I type in my ulr. I want to get the /wordpress out as soon as possible before putting anymore work into my raw website, in case I have to start all over.

    Am I missing a step? Any suggestions?

    FTP is AjaXplorer if that makes a difference.

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  • – are you able to view the .htaccess file if you log into your control panel on your hosting account and select the the “show hidden files” feature in the file manager?

    – if you get a directory listing while visiting your site, either there is no index.php in the root directory, or you aren’t configured to serve index.php by default

    – you’re actually moving all of your files from a sub-directory, rather than into a sub-directory, so these instructions may shed some additional light on the process of moving: Moving WordPress > On Your Existing Server > Starting with Section 1, item 2): “If you want to move WordPress to your root directory…”

    If it’s a fresh install of WordPress I don’t think it ships with a .htaccess file in the root directory. The file is created when you change the permalinks setting.

    Try going to Settings > Permalinks and changing to an option other than Default and it should create a file for you, then you can copy it.

    Also, looking at your site don’t forget to do Step 6: Edit your root directory’s index.php.

    1. Open your root directory’s index.php file in a text editor
    2. Change the line that says: require('./wp-blog-header.php'); to the following, using your directory name for the WordPress core files: require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');
    3. Save the file.

    Looks like ClaytonJames beat me to this though it looks like we may have interpreted your question a little differently. Hopefully one of our answers helps, if it doesn’t let us know ??

    Thread Starter coemmunications

    (@coemmunications)

    Thanks guys!

    I used both of your tips to finally get it figured out. I ended up deleting and reinstalling wordpress a few times, trial and error. Eventually I figured it out.

    Thanks for your help!

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