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1. dulcey
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm reading Giving WordPress its Own Directory While Leaving Your Blog in the Root Directory, and I have two questions. Currently WP is powering my blog, and I want to use it to for my domain as well. I have an existing webpage (www.dulceyheller.com), with wordpress installed at http://www.dulceyheller.com/wordpress.

   I would like someone to please let me know if I'm understanding this - since I already have the wp files in the /wordpress directory, what I need to do is copy the index.php and .htaccess files to the root directory, with the editing of the index.php. Correct? (and change the site address in general settings)

   And when I blog with the changes, will the permalink structure remain the same as it is now with /wordpress/post title/ or will I have to add /wordpress/ before the post title to every blog post? I would like to keep the blog link structure as it is. Or, do I edit the permalink structure to /wordpress/%postname%/ in permalink settings?

   Thank you, Dulcey

2. dulcey
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay, I tried doing this today; I copied the index.php and .htaccess files to the root, and edited the index.php.

   Here's my problem: if I set the general settings for the wordpress address to /wordpress, and the site address to the root domain, it thinks the root domain is my blog and /wordpress doesn't work. Also, my permalink structure drops the /wordpress and goes straight to postname (yes, I know I need to fix that to add a date field). I can't see how to fix this.

   If I keep both the wordpress and site addresses to /wordpress I can get the blog to work and the permalink structure to work. But typing in my domain name in the address bar then sends me to the blog. I can get the dulceyheller.com/about and /gallery links to work with these settings. What do I need to change?

   http://www.dulceyheller.com

   Thank you, Dulcey

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