Own Directory for WordPress but Blog URL in Root

Leaving the original index.php in the wordpress folder is fine.

The index.php file in your root folder should be like:

<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

Also change the Blog address (URL) in Administration > Options > General to https://www.sample.com

This particular setup is described at: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Thank you very much for the confirmation. Sorry I forgot to include that I had edited the index.php file to reflect the new Blog URL. I had followed the instructions you mentioned at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory but couldn’t get it to work that way so I tried reversing the procedure (by having Fantastico install it in its own directory to begin with) and wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Thanks again, I really appreciate it.