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1. eyerocket
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I'm new to Wordpress and want to install it on the same server as my current website. Can I design, upload and manage a Wordpress blog in conjunction with my existing website or does my whole website have to become part of Wordpress. Current website is http://wwww.eyerocket.com. Blog doesn't exist yet.
   Thanks

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Just install WordPress in a sub-folder, such as blog, of your web-root. So you would access the installation routine as http://wwww.eyerocket.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

   Related:
   Installing WordPress

3. mikejsmn
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks Michael. i had same question but i got answer before postin my question.Installing WordPress link is helpful for me.

4. eyerocket
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Thanks MichaelH,
   I have tried uploading all the files into a separate blog file as you suggested, after updating the config.php file with the appropriate DB Name, username and password but to no accord. I even got my ISP provider to work through the details and he couldn't figure it out. We both think we have done everything correctly and still we get a 500 Error Message. I posted a message earlier today to this effect. However, maybe you have some idea as to what I'm doing wrong.

   Thanks for your help already.

5. tedheich
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   hi eyerocket,

   Are you able to access the more specific error logs from your server, specifically those in /var/log/apache/error.log.

   Error 500 is pretty generic and a catch all error, the specific errors from apache.log will be better for diagnostics.

   Thanks

6. eyerocket
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi tedheich,

   It was a server side problem that my ISP resolved. Thanks for all the advice, though.
   Roger

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