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1. ronchicago
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I have a non-wp html menu page that resides here = domain.com/home/menu.htm (there is a link on menu page that goes to wp-blog and that url = domain.com/blog/index.php

   I wish to have a simple address when on menu = domain.com (like apple.com, wordpress.com)

   I have read this = http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
   but not sure if this applies.

   note: i have complete access to shell, etc. on linux, apache, cpanel, and a good ftp client

   does anyone have a simple url on their first page?

2. themesbycal
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Okay, I'd like to help but could you elaborate...

   1. What do you mean by menu page?

   2. What do you mean by simple url?

   thanks

3. ronchicago
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   how do i say this differently. the "menu" page is not a part of wordpress. it is a static html page on my site. it is the page you go to when you dial up domain.com

   i have it there because i don't want a blog page, complete with sidebars, etc., as the opener. the menu page is a "splash" page. there is a link to my wp blog on this page. is this better?

   a non simple url shows path and file name = domain.com/blog/index.php

   wordpress.org has a simple url, you only begin to see paths when you dip into site.

4. ronchicago
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   research on the forum suggests that mod-rewrite, in addition to making permalinks possible also is needed to accomplish what i am looking for. i haven't used mod-rewrite as of yet, it just sits there doing its thing.

   i don't know if mod-rewrite addresses my issue.

5. ronchicago
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   ok, someone knowledgeable of this at my isp - maybe - has responded, though he makes no mention of mod-rewrite here.

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   In order to accomplish what you are requesting, you will need to change the document root of your domain to point to /home/blog/public_html/home/ and add the menu_1.htm as an allowed index file in the httpd.conf file or you can create a .htaccess file under the domain to allow domain indexing of this. Would you like me to add menu_1.htm in your httpd.conf file?

   ****
   this is a level or two up on my server side knowledge and i don't know if it is best practice. anyone?

6. ronchicago
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   do not mean to bump. any experience here?

   i will instruct my isp to allow a custom index file and see what happens...

   i won't mess with the htaccess suggestion as i still have updating permalink issues because i can't update my htaccess though everything seems to be working.

7. ronchicago
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   after weeks of research on htaccess, mod-rewrite, server configuration, talking to my isp who taught me how to move files via ssh, and nothing working, it came down to this...

   note: my home page = menu1.htm

   1) asked isp to make menu1.htm a default file.

   2) opened dreamweaver and on the local site i moved "menu1.htm" out of "home" and placed it where default "index.html" sits. dreamweaver asked if i wanted to update links and i said yes.

   3) uploaded "menu1.htm" to server. i changed "index.html" to "index-old.html"

   that's it. took about ten minutes.

   also this process taught me to validate this page.

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