Hi, I'm really new to website building so bear with me. We had an existing crude website that we're trying to replace with something powered by WordPress. I followed the instructions for the manual install on GoDaddy's hosting control center. I created a MySQL database and I uploaded the WordPress files into the HTML Directory and I edited the config.php file to reflect the proper username, password, etc. When I try to access the install page however, I'm getting the 404 page error response. Is this because I still have prior existing files in the HTML directory or is there something else I'm doing wrong. Thanks for your time.
Issue Installing over Existing Website (8 posts)
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kwilsonoffice
Posted 4 months ago # -
I'd suggest that you re-install WordPress in a sub-folder initially.
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Posted 4 months ago #Hmm I just tried this. I created a sub-directory and attempted to access the appropriate install page. I'm still getting the error message.
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WordPress url?
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Posted 4 months ago #I'm guessing this is what you mean?
http://houstonobgyngroup.com/Site/wp-admin/install.phpwhere Site is the subdirectory where I put the extracted WordPress folder.
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kwilsonoffice,
I could probably figure out what's going on if I knew the domain name, but there's another option - you could do an auto install using the Hosting Connection tool. If you'd rather do that, here are the instructions for how to do it: http://x.co/cICq
If you have any trouble with is, feel free to call Go Daddy Support. Contact info is here: http://x.co/cICy -
You need to check where you uploaded the WordPress files & folders to. Right now, there is no sign of any WP files in http://houstonobgyngroup.com/site/
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Posted 4 months ago #I think I got it. Thanks though
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