Missing .htaccess file

  • Resolved nijssensander

    (@nijssensander)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    Hey Guys,

    After hours of looking over the web / this site i’m unclear what to do.
    I’m missing my .htaccess file in my subfolder.

    Let me explain…

    I’d try to redirect wordpress to a subfolder in which I installed wordpress.
    Following this guide; Giving wordpress it’s own directory I thought everything was going to be alright. Followed all the steps, but i couldn’t find a .htaccess file in my subfolder (/webdev in my case).

    I enabled hidden files in my FTP program but still nothing did show up. I tried uploading an empty .htaccess file, but no code would be added. (remained empty)

    The .htaccess file on the root of the website does have code in it.

    When continuing with the rest of the steps, changing the link in the Index.php file and re-saving the permalinks (they are on the standard settings) the site was completely blank, nothing was showing up.

    Hopefully you guys can help me out, as I would like to have this site online asap… ??

    So to summarise it, i can’t find my ‘hidden’ .htaccess file in my subfolder to re-direct the webpage from the root to my subfolder.

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  • The .htaccess file on the root of the website does have code in it.

    Originally you would find your .htaccess file in the root of the WordPress install (along with wp-content, wp-includes, etc)…

    When you move WordPress to it’s own directory, you need to copy this .htaccess to the root directory of your site (probably www or public_html).

    Thread Starter nijssensander

    (@nijssensander)

    But that was my problem. There was a .htaccess file on the root of the site, but not on the subfolder were I installed wordpress in my case the /webdev folder.

    Thread Starter nijssensander

    (@nijssensander)

    Or is there another way to redirect the site to the subfolder?

    But that was my problem. There was a .htaccess file on the root of the site, but not on the subfolder were I installed wordpress

    @katlove appears to have given the answer.

    Moving a Root install to its own directory >

    Re-read number 6 and 7.

    Thread Starter nijssensander

    (@nijssensander)

    Thanks guys for the support. I initially thought wordpress had to remain in the same directory, but since i moved it. It appeared to be fine.

    Thanks for the quick responses!

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