mysite.com/wordpress vs. mysite.com

UPDATE:

Just so you know, I’ve already read about moving WordPress and Changing The Site URL. In the file about moving WordPress, it suggests retyping the URL and blog address. In the fields for typing in a new “WordPress address (URL)” and “Blog address (URL)”, the fields are grayed out and there is a message next to them that says: “(This field cannot be edited)”.

I looked at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_The_Site_URL. I followed the directions for “Changing the URL” by way of phpMyAdmin. Under step 9 it says: “Under the field option_name, scroll down and look for siteurl.” However, “siteurl” cannot be found by scrolling down, nor can it be found anywhere on the page. I then backtracked to see if I missed a step. Nope. I read the next couple steps to see if something would click into place. Nope.

By the way, I’m using Aplus.net for my hosting service. Any suggestions?

For future reference, I contacted customer support at Aplus.net. The guy who helped me was actually a very big help. He said that changing the URL and blog location to the domain root isn’t possible on the Aplus.net shared host. He said that to do so would disconnect the blog from the Aplus.net control panel which would make it very difficult, perhaps impossible, to manage my blog and web site.

If anyone who uses Aplus.net has found a way to do this, in spite of what I was told, please contact me at [email protected].

Good luck!

Mentis,

If you have received any information about how to do this, please share it. I, too, have been trying to do a separate install, avoiding the Aplus.net control panel version of WordPress, but to no avail.

I have another WordPress installation on Bluehost, but dread having to move this particular domain to a new home due to a number of email accounts that I’d prefer not to disrupt. However, if Aplus.net is going to make this impossible, I’ll have to move on. It’s too bad — they’ve otherwise been a great host for several years.

Thanks!
Susan

If you copy the index.php from the WordPress directory and change

./wp-blog-header.php

TO

./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php

You can then access the blog without adding /wordpress to the URL. However, the blog URL still needs to be changed or all of the links to the blog itself will still have the /wordpress on the end.

Just an update you can also override the blog url by changing the wp-config.php

define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘https://mysite.com’);