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I guess you don’t know much about databases. I am a certified database programmer. I’ve programmed databases, even MySQL. I used to know how to get into a database from the back end. You only got in from the front end. Most programmers I know about were taught to get into a database from the front end. I learned the opposite.

Anyway, I am done with this conversation. Think what you will, but I know the score.

Then you know a database can be programmed. I took plenty of database courses in college and the one thing they talked about many times, especially during presentations in class, is that databases can be programmed. If you ever set up a database, then you know you don’t have to create fields by the GUI. You can go into the back end and wrote code that will allow the database to do exactly what you want it to do. This makes the database more sophisticated than simply creating fields with data in them.

I use to program a database using C++ and another language, that I can’t seem to remember off the top of my head. I would go into the main database file and write code for each field to do certain things. It was a lot of hard work, but also a lot of fun.

So yes databases can be programmed to work certain ways.

Excuse me. Have you ever worked as a database administrator? Have you ever installed, set up, and configured databases from scratch?

Well, tell me Mr. Script Writer, why all the other websites are working fine on the same server. Just the one is not. This is why it is not a server issue. You may have been writing scripts to run databases and programs, but I installed and configured PCs and networks for 16 years and do know about server configuration. I also installed and worked with various database. So I know what they do.

When I contacted my hosting company, they had to re-program the database just so the installation in the sub-directory would work. However, after I started working with adding pages and posts, and kept getting “not found” error messages, I uninstalled WP in the sub-directory and re-installed it in the root. After I did that, everything worked perfectly and still does.

By the way, i just checked and found the other websites do have WP installed in sub-directories and they work fine. I didn’t realize this until I looked again. So scratch the idea about WP not working in sub-directories, because they do. That is my fault. Thankfully, I double-checked and noticed it. So I re-tract that statement.

The bottom line is that the installation file seemed to have gotten corrupted, causing it not to work correctly in that particular sub-directory. I could have re-installed it in the sub-directory again, but didn’t want to take the chance.

I don’t think it is server related because I have several websites on the same server and they all work, except for one. This is why my hosting provider told me the installation was corrupt.

Maybe I should clarify something. When I said that WP doesn’t work in sub-directories, I should state that perhaps they don’t work in sub-directories unless the database is re-programmed to point to the sub-directories.

I am only stating this from experience. If you have a different experience, perhaps you installed the program differently and didn’t use the script format. I don’t know. I’m just telling you what happened to me.

Esmi,

Well, you are lucky. I have talked to a few people, not in this forum, who claim that WP didn’t work well in subdirectories until, changes were made to their database. I had my hosting company make the changes for me on one website that had WP in a subdirectory and he told me he made all the changes in the database to allow it to read the subdirectories. The website worked fine after that. However, it took some time for IT to make those changes. So now, to save time, I just install the program in the root directory and be done with it.

I was told that if you manually install WP in a subdirectory, and create the database yourself, you won’t have these connection issues. The program will work even in the subdirectory. I never tried that, but maybe one day I will just to see what happens.

Squishy79,

I discovered a couple of days ago something very interesting. I have a number of websites that use WordPress. When I log into each website, using Firefox, I have no problem logging in and out. It is only one website I have a problem with. I contacted technical support at my hosting company, and was advised I had a corrupt installation. So I re-installed WordPress again, but this time instead of installing it in a subdirectory of a subdirectory (public_html/allana/wordpress, I installed it in the root directory of the subdirectory (public_html/allana) and it worked fine.

Apparently, WordPress doesn’t work well in subdirectories. Technical support claimed the database that is set up by WordPress, when it is installed automatically, using a script, to use the root directory for all files. So what would have to be done is to go into the database and manually change the settings to point every file to the subdirectory and other subdirectories.

I avoided all of this by installing the program in the root directory and now everything works well.

Oh, well my issue is only with Firefox. I have yet to see a change no matter what steps I take. Until someone contacts me and let’s me know what needs to be done to fix the problem, I will either use IE or just deal with the issue for now.

Hey folks, it is not a hosting issue. I have Dot5hosting and I get the same problem. I only get it with Firefox. When I use IE I get no errors. And when I contacted Dot5hosting support, they tried to duplicate the error using Firefox with no problems. So it has to be a bug in Firefox. I read many of your comments and it seems that you are using Firefox 3.1 and newer. Perhaps there is a bug in Firefox.

I am going to check with Firefox and see where the error may be.