WP address and Blog address not syncing

  • Forgive me for my stupidity tonight BUT…

    I have entered the correct WP URI address (where everything has been uploaded in FTP)

    and then I put the address I wanted my Blog URI to be (https://www.beyondelsewhere.ca).

    I just figured that it would show up if you went to the main address. What am I doing wrong? I don’t want to have to link people to: https://www.beyondelsewhere.ca/wordpress/index.php all the time. I just want it to load on https://www.beyondelsewhere.ca.

    My old index from blogger still shows up. If I delete that then I get a 404 page not found. I read all the posts about redirecting something with .htaccess but I don’t even know what that is to try it.

    I am generally not this dim when it comes to trying something new. So please forgive what is probably a really irritating newbie question. But if anyone can please help I’d be grateful.

    Cat

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  • The quick method for NOW would be to put an index.php or index.html in your root that re-directs to your blog …

    Or else move all your wordpress files up to the root.

    Root being “your www files at the top of your site”

    if you want “www.beyondelsewhere.ca” to load your blog then:

    /path/to/htdocs/wordpress/index.php

    is how you currently have it and that won’t load your blog.

    You need all your wordpress docs to be here:

    /path/to/htdocs/index.php/

    the other things would be like so:

    /path/to/htdocs/wp-admin/
    /path/to/htdocs/wp-content/

    etc.

    for instance … to show that all your WP files are right at the top of your site and that the wp index.php is the index.php for the domain root.

    Since you have all the stuff in a directory you have to figure out that you want to move it all up the directory tree, or use re-direct via an index file, or figure out how to use .htaccess with a virtual permalink setup using mod-rewrite (Options:Permalinks, for starters) You have to have .htaccess right on your server to use .htaccess mod_rewrite. It doesn’t work for everyone, so if you want that blog at your root, re-direct with html or move it ??

    Read this:
    https://www.ads-software.com/docs/installation/different-address/

    yea…moshu has it right. you don’t need to go to all the trouble as georgianlady stated…you can simply move the index.php and leave your WP install where it is. Then modify you files to look for WP in the correct location and you’re all good.

    Thread Starter beyondelsewhere

    (@beyondelsewhere)

    thanks to all of you! i shall try moshu’s link as it seems to be easier for me to understand ?? this will teach me to try new stuff when i have a high fever and possibly strep throat. ah, well.

    right now though i am just fighting with blogger trying to import my old posts. i am so happy i have decided to leave it. sigh.

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