glassartist

Very helpful thank you!
I reread the Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory link and was somewhat mystified by this part:

Copy (NOT MOVE!) the index.php and .htaccess files from the WordPress directory into the root directory of your site (Blog address). The .htaccess file is invisible, so you may have to set your FTP client to show hidden files. If you are not using pretty permalinks, then you may not have a .htaccess file.

I found both files moved a copy of one into the /public_html folder while the rest are in the /public_html/wordpress folder. I moved all the rest of the “loose” wp files into the /public_html/wordpress folder.

BUT I now cant access the admin dashboard, all I get is a blank page, so I must have done something horribly wrong.

Wait don’t go just yet! The new “directory” should it be at the same level as the wp files are now? They automatically went into my public_html folder, shall I drag them out of there or in a folder in public_html, or doesn’t it matter? Thanks for your translation abilities!

Oh you were sent from heaven KJ! I actually understood what you said!!! And I did read the other suggested links but still am so dizzy by some of the terminology, tho I caught a bit here and there and think it will seep through eventually. Ha, me editing php files, maybe in my next lifetime…

Yes I did view them via Dreamweaver but did no editing, however I did upload the files from the server to my home computer. OK I am lost, admit I am lost and need to gain new tools if I am gonna discard the old ones!

What exactly is a sub-directory?

Most of this is greek to me. I see the files in my root folder as well as on my server, I assume that as long as I do not identify one as my index/home page on my computer and do not up load the files, I will keep it from being publicly revealed. True? Or should I name a folder within my files and stick all of them in that?

No now that I search more, I don’t think I put it in a sub-folder, I have a site up currently, not a wordpress site, and I want to test drive my WP site before I swap them out, is there a way I can build it, test it before I upload?

I think I did this completely by accident, good thing. Thanks for your help tho!