Getting the root to work as the main page

  • lostcityorg

    (@lostcityorg)


    16 years, 6 months ago

    Hi All,

    I just had my site installed by Install4Free (thanks!) and now I’m stuck with one seemingly easy problem: Getting lastcity.org to be the main page.

    Right now the main page is lastcity.org/blog

    I have followed the directions “Giving WordPress it’s own directory” http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
    Skipping steps 1, 2, 3, and 6 because it’s already in the directory /blog.

    The problem is that I can’t find .htaccess
    I use an FTP upload and unhid all the files but no .htaccess appears.

    I would like to just create an .htaccess but I don’t write code. I found a WordPress page that explains where .htaccess is (sometimes hidden) and how to create a file if it isn’t there but it’s hard for me to figure out. And if it’s there but I’m not seeing it and create a new one am I going to crash my site?

    Many many thanks,

    Nolan

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    If you can’t find it then you may not have an .htaccess file.

    To make WordPress available at http://lastcity.org just change in Options-General, the Blog address (URL) to http://lastcity.org and put this index.php file in your web-root folder (it is the same folder that contains the blog folder)

    <?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./blog/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

    Then update your permalinks in Options-Permalinks.

    Thread Starter lostcityorg

    (@lostcityorg)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    When you say “this index.php file” do you mean create a new one or grab the file from somewhere in /blog?

    And if I do create one, from which kind of basic page template (using Dreamweaver). I don’t see a .php template…

    Many thanks!

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Doesn’t matter if you create it from scratch or use the index.php in your blog folder.

    Please review Editing Files and the Glossary discussion on Editors.

    Thread Starter lostcityorg

    (@lostcityorg)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    – I moved the index.php file from the /blog folder and added the code you gave me.

    – I changed the blog address at Options-General, by taking away “/blog”

    – I updated Permalinks by clicking “Update Permalinks” (I have them “Date and Name based”.

    Now when I go to “View Site” it automatically directs to lastcity.org (good!) but there’s still nothing there.

    Do I also need a blank index.php file in the /blog folder? Or am I missing something else?

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