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dropping the /wordpress (5 posts)

  1. Mhalden
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    I have a website (example.com) but in order to access the website I need to enter example.com/wordpress. I want to get rid of the /wordpress so that the site is displayed at example.com and I can access my wordpress acct and all my admin options at example.com. I have tried several things to do this but none of them have worked the way I wanted.

    I tried to change the blog and wordpress URL to example.com (this resulted in me not being able to access the website or the admin page and change it back- so I had to totally delete wordpress).

    I have tried to change just the blog URL this did not do anything (when I entered example.com it was a blank page just as before).

    I have tried to go directly into the database with the info from http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL and changing the databases url and home information. When I did this the website didn't appear at example.com and at example.com/wordpress the theme was deleted and didn't appear the way it normally does.

    Finally, I went onto my hosting center through GoDaddy and moved the wordpress folder into the html folder. THIS displayed the website at the desired example.com (THE FIRST TIME I GOT THIS TO HAPPEN) but I could not log into my wordpress account to make blog posts etc. thus it was worthless and I couldn't log into example.com/wordpress to make changes (example.com/wordpress didn't exist).

    GoDaddy is suggesting deleting wordpress and installing it again specifying to install directly into the root directory but all my hard work would be lost. I am rather computer illiterate and hoping there is a way to fix the problem without deleting all the work I have already done. Any help would be appreciated beyond belief, thanks in advance

  2. vachi
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

  3. Mhalden
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    Sorry bare with me I am not very computer savy- I tried moving all the wordpress files directly into the root directory- This resulted in the website being displayed at example.com like I wanted but I couldn't access the wordpress account and make new posts etc.

    Is this instructions saying that I should move them back into the root directory and follow step #2 - b/c if I move all the files into the root directory I won't be able to log into my administration settings.

    The 1st option in step #1 involves creating a new directory, how is this done??

    Sorry I am not very experienced and thanks so much for your help

  4. Mhalden
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    Still can't figure this out- any help would be great

  5. Roy
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

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