Changed directory & WordPress took over homepage

  • robert-goodier

    (@robert-goodier)


    15 years, 3 months ago

    I’d appreciate some help with a little problem I’m having, if someone doesn’t mind.
    I followed the instructions to give WP it’s own directory and now the blog page has the home page address. I wanted the WP blog to have the address: www.(my site)/journal. But instead it is at www.(my site). The former homepage is now www.(my site)/index.html.
    I had moved the index.php file into the root directory as instructed and changed the line in it to this: require(‘./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php’); The instructions called for moving the .htaccess files into the root directory, also, but I didn’t find any.
    Any advice?

    Thank you

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    So you don’t want WordPress at mydomain.com, correct.

    Then delete the index.php file in your blog root folder (the same folder that holds the journal folder.

    Login at mydomain.com/journal/wp-login.php and change your Blog Address (URL) to mydomain.com/journal. If necessary read http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/ to use phpMyAdmin to fix that value.

    Update your permalinks via Settings Permalinks.

    Thread Starter robert-goodier

    (@robert-goodier)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks for the reply. I’ve screwed it up pretty bad now and I was wondering if there’s a support phone number or some other resource.
    I changed the functions.php file for the active them according to these instructions. Then I changed them back, moved the .index file back to the /wordpress directory where it was to begin with and now the page loads with no style and no way to login or do much of anything.
    If you have a second to look at it it’s at http://www.robertgoodier.com. Any help is appreciated or if you know of a number I can call or a live chat support that would be helpful.

    Thank you

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    email sent to address you have on your site.

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