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1. davidca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi all,

   i have a question. Is it possible to make just one single installation of WP at root level on my website, write a few static pages and then have my blog set up in the blog/ directory under the same installation?

   My site is running roughly on a structure like this:

   http://www.mysite.com
   http://www.mysite.com/services.htm
   http://www.mysite.com/aboutus.htm
   http://www.mysite.com/gadgets.htm
   http://www.mysite.com/blog/

   is it possible to just install WP on the root then create a directory called 'blog' and have my blog there? The idea is not having to install WP twice and have to login to two different backends to manage my website static pages and blog posts respectively

   thanks for any help/advice
   david

2. design_dolphin
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Are the static pages created in WordPress or separately?

   If you mean static pages in WordPress, I don't know.

   You could install WordPress in the /blog/ directory and then do url rewriting for the WordPress static pages. Rewriting the your_domain.com/blog/static_pages to your_domain.com/static_pages. Not sure if that is the best way to go though.

3. figaro
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Several ways to go with this, but why not just install the blog in root...set a static frontpage and then create a page called "blog" for your post page? See the following video for how to do this.

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5. davidca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   figaro, thanks, good video, if i go with your approach , will i be able to have my blog posts all appearing into blog/directory? like this:

   http://www.mysite.com/blog/post1.htm
   http://www.mysite.com/blog/post2.htm
   http://www.mysite.com/blog/post3.htm

   dolphin, thanks a lot, yes the static pages will be under wordpress too, i will try your approach too with my second blog and see which system brings me the best results

   thanks again to both
   david

6. davidca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   hi,

   this doesnt work, i have tried and instead my posts come out like this:

   http://www.mysite.com/post1.htm
   http://www.mysite.com/post2.htm
   http://www.mysite.com/post3.htm

   I want them to appear in the directory 'blog' any ideas at all, anyone else?
   thanks
   david

7. davidca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi , I have found the way, i was just not doing it properly:

   Once on the WordPress admin area, go to permalinks options:

   http://www.davidcarralon.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php

   select the last one: 'custom structure' and enter it this way

   /blog/%postname%

   or if you prefer it like this

   /blog/%postname%/

   so your blog posts will appear with the forward slash at the end of the url. I wonder myself if both approaches are equally SEO friendly.

   I would quite like to add the .htm or .html extension now but if I install the .html plugin, I cant use the custom structure, so best to have urls without extension, that was my compromise. If anyone finds out how to add the .html or whichever extension based on the url structure model outlined on this thread, please go ahead and make a suggestion

   cheers
   david

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