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ozonshak
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Hello. I recently changed my blog URL from the "General" setting area. It works fine except that when I log into the admin area, my blog will no longer recognize I'm logged in from outside of the admin area. I changed my blog from "http://www.mysite.com/wordpress" to "http://www.mysite.com/blog". The wordpress code is still stored in a "wordpress" directory on my file system. I simply followed the codex to create a new folder called "blog" and moved the index file and the .htaccess file into it. Any ideas why the main blog won't recognize me anymore? It also won't let me preview a blog entry using the "preview this post" button. It goes to a page saying "Sorry, no posts matched your criteria".
Samuel B
moderator
Posted 2 years ago #

delete the .htaccess
should work now - test it
then regenerate permalinks
admin - settings - permalinks
Shane G
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Hi,

1. FTP to the site, and get a copy of the active theme's functions.php file. You're going to edit it in a simple text editor (like notepad) and upload it back to the site.

2. Add these two lines to the file, immediately after the initial "<?php" line.

update_option('siteurl','http://example.com/blog');
update_option('home','http://example.com/blog');

Use your own URL instead of example.com, obviously.

3. Upload the file back to your site, in the same location. FileZilla offers a handy "edit file" function to do all of the above rapidly, if you can use that, do so.

4. Load the login or admin page a couple of times. The site should come back up.

5. Repeat the above steps, but remove those lines. IMPORTANT: Do NOT leave those lines in there. Remove them immediately after the site is up and running again.

If there is no functions.php file in the theme: Create a new text file called "functions.php". Edit it with notepad, and add this text to it, using your own URL instead of example.com:

<?php
update_option('siteurl','http://example.com/blog');
update_option('home','http://example.com/blog');

Upload that to your theme directory, then proceed as stated above. Remove the file afterwards.

Thanks,

Shane G.
Samuel B
moderator
Posted 2 years ago #

@ Shane G
she used the instructions here
http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

so your advice is not valid
ozonshak
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Samboll, am I deleting the .htaccess from the "blog" folder or the "wordpress" folder? The codex told me to copy this file to the new "blog" folder. I'm assuming I don't need it in the "wordpress"folder anymore correct?
Samuel B
moderator
Posted 2 years ago #

I'm assuming I don't need it in the "wordpress"folder anymore correct?

that is correct
ozonshak
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Thanks that did the trick!

There is another related problem, I'm hoping you have some insight on. On my blog, I have a login form that, if I remember correctly, I pulled from either the codex or another forum post. This code doesn't work any more after I changed my URL. It is simply supposed to log you in using the same manner as the admin area. Here is the form. the URL at the very bottom used to be /wordpress/ and I changed it to /blog/ (didn't help though). See anything incorrect?

<form action="wp-login.php" accept-charset="UNKNOWN" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">Username:
<input id="user_login" class="input" maxlength="67108863" name="log" size="20" type="text" />Password:
<input id="user_pass" class="input" maxlength="67108863" name="pwd" size="20" type="password" /> <input id="rememberme" maxlength="67108863" name="rememberme" size="20" type="checkbox" value="forever" /> Remember Me
<input id="wp-submit" maxlength="67108863" name="wp-submit" size="20" type="submit" value="Log In" /> <input maxlength="67108863" name="testcookie" size="20" type="hidden" value="1" /> <input maxlength="67108863" name="redirect_to" size="20" type="hidden" value="/blog/" /> </form>
Samuel B
moderator
Posted 2 years ago #

looks good to me

does it not show at all?
errors?
ozonshak
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

The login page appears fine, but the functionality is no longer working. Basically, it just takes me to the following URL:

http://www.mysite.com/blog/login/wp-login.php

There is a message saying "Oops - There's Nothing Here. It looks like the blog owner hasn't written anything yet!". This is the default message that appears before there are any posts written. Right now, it takes me here whether I type a good ID/password or not. There is also a "welcome back" message that is supposed to be appearing on my main page that isn't showing up. Could it be that it can't find the "wp-login.php"?
davidsanger
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I just had that problem and it took forever to figure out.

The solution was with WP getting confused about the WordPress address (URL) and the Blog address (URL) .

They looked fine in the General Settings panel but I cut and retyped each one and forced it to resave the settings each time and that fixed whatever had been busted
marciaMSPT
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I need to figure out what my WP blog RSS URL is so I can configure an aweber form for it...

My blog address is http://www.homehealthpt.com/blog.

I have also changed the permalinks from general to 'day and name'

Any help in exactly what my RSS URL is now? Aweber is not recognizing anything. :(

Thanks,
Marcia
alism
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

The big "Subscribe to RSS" button on your site might give you a hint? ;-)
maritza1212
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Hey Shane G,

Your instructions work man. Thank You soo much.
Very Very good, worked immediately, back to normal.

God Bless

Here is the Blog
http://newind.es/spain/

and here is my personal site:
http://www.webseospecialistinnyc.com/

I am still new to wordpress.

Peace!!!