Did you install wp in a subdirectory…maybe http://your_url/wordpress
To make WordPress available at http://mydomain.com just change in Settings->General, the Blog address (URL) to http://mydomain.com and put this index.php file in your web-root folder (it is the same folder that contains the blog folder)
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./blog/wp-blog-header.php');
?>
Then update your permalinks in Settings->Permalinks.
I have a very similar problem (I think). I am installing on my own server and have a hyperlink to the index page on my home page. I can pull up the “welcome page” on my local machine. If I click on any of the internal links however it takes me back to my home page. (the external links to things like wordpress.org, etc. work fine)
If I log on from the outside world and hit the hyperlink to the wordpress index, I get the words but without the theme, and then if I try the internal links I get the “page not found”
This is probably a long way of asking if there is a clear and consise for the newbie description of where all the files should reside?
and where the other files should be commented to point appropriately?
Thanks in advance!
Thread Starter
xaozz
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To make WordPress available at http://mydomain.com just change in Settings->General, the Blog address (URL) to http://mydomain.com and put this index.php file in your web-root folder (it is the same folder that contains the blog folder)
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
require(‘./blog/wp-blog-header.php’);
?>
Then update your permalinks in Settings->Permalinks.
Ok I altered the Settings->General to the blog name (www.grub-junkie.com)
I created the index.php file as you listed but created it in the “html” area of the file manager tree. Went to the website and a bunch of errors showed up..
I deleted the file and drilled into the “wordp” folder, and there is another index.php file in there with similar information that you listed.
I have a feeling based on another users forum post that I am to delete something in the html folder. I have the following files in there.
.htaccess
favicon.ico
gdform.php
missing.html
webformmailer.php
welcome.html
I assume the gdform.php should be deleted.
I also have three other folders with assorted files in them.
db_backups
php_uploads
wordp
I just changed the permalinks to look nicer by deviating from the default. Hopefully that’s that you were talking about when you said to update them.
Thread Starter
xaozz
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Deleted the welcome.html and that did not work
The index.php (described above) must be in your web-root folder.
Thread Starter
xaozz
(@xaozz)
Is that found in the hosting management -> File manager area from godaddy? This is where I am listing all the information from above.
Where is the web-root folder found?
Usually with Godaddy, the web-root folder is the first folder you see when entering the File Manager.
If you can’t discern your web-root folder, godaddy support should be able to help you.
I am having the same issues. I’ve tried everything here in this posting and still no go. The godaddy people said I needed to create an index file that redirected me to the WordPress folder in my root directory.
