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1. wplearner1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am trying to install wordpress on my main directory of my server. I have cpanel and file manager on my server. Right now I have ftp'd files up for the website because my old design was from iweb. Well now I would like to completely redo the website and make it all wordpress. The problem is that when I try to download wordpress it says I can't install it on the main directory. It wants me to make a folder like /index or /home for it. But if I do this then when people go to my website they won't see the wordpress site unless I redirect it to that folder. Has anyone else had this problem? How did you go about solving the problem? Should I just delete all files in my public_html folder and then wordpress will allow me to install on the main directory? There are some files in the public_html that I'm not sure if they should stay or not: cgi-bin, images, js, media. Do I delete all of my ftp files but those four? I don't want to delete the wrong thing and screw everything up. I am a novice when it comes to all of this and really just need some advice about what to do. Thanks in advance.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You can install WordPress in a sub-folder (such as 'home') and still run it from your main domain name. See:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

3. whooami
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Should I just delete all files in my public_html folder and then wordpress will allow me to install on the main directory?

   wordpress is NOT preventing you from doing anything. when you say "download wordpress", what are you doing?

   There are some files in the public_html that I'm not sure if they should stay or not: cgi-bin, images, js, media

   you can delete all of that stuff (including the cgi-bin directory) though you probably want to get a backup of it before you do (just for posterity??)

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   Get OUT of cpanel, stop using fantastico (if you are).

   Go download wordpress from here ->

   http://wordpress.org/download/

   Unpack the archive.

   Upload the files using your ftp client to the public_html directory -- maintaining the directory structure that you see after you unpoacked verything ---

   you will have :

   public_html (with files and dirs in it .. like so

   public_html/wp-includes/
   public_html/wp-admin/
   public_html/wp-content/

   ^^ those will have more files and more dirs inside them.

4. Shane G.
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   Check with these articles:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Detailed_Instructions
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

   Thanks,

   Shane G.

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