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1. brancato
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hy guys,

   I'm very confused here. I can't get the wordpress installation file to run. I have uploaded all the files to the root folder (www.mydomain.com/) but when I try to run /wp-admin/install.php it returns me an error.

   I have successfully created the MySQL database and updated the wp-config file accordingly from within my hosting account.

   Do I have to install in the public_html folder instead? Sorry to be a pain but this wordpress installation thing keeps gettign me crazy.

   Thanks for your help!

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

   You say you uploaded the files to mydomain.com/, yes? If you didn't upload them to public_html folder, where do you upload them to?

   With (very) few exceptions, nothing outside of your domain's public_html folder is visible to the outside world. So if you want people to see (and you to be able to use) your WP site, you need to upload it to public_html or to a sub-folder inside public_html.

3. jonradio
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The root folder (on all the web hosts that I know of) is public_html.

   If you are uploading elsewhere, that will be your trouble (note: some web hosts have a www or other named alias of public_html)

   Personally, I think it is a bad idea to install WordPress into the root directory. This works a lot better and still gets WordPress when you go to the domain name:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

4. brancato
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Esmi thanks for your clear, easy to understand response. I'm doing exactly that!

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

   Personally, I think it is a bad idea to install WordPress into the root directory.

   Just out of curiosity, why? The only reason I can think of for a sub-dir install is that it makes 2nd or 3rd installs on the same domain a lot easier. Or have you had experience with a problem that I've not encountered yet?

6. jonradio
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   (1) I've seen neophytes delete files they shouldn't in the root. Either deleting everything in preparation for a WordPress re-install, including files needed for non-Wordpress purposes. Or deleting one or two WordPress files when they are cleaning up "other stuff" that also resides in the Root.
   (2) It allows really rapid switches from one WordPress instance to another, by having each in a subfolder, rather than one in the root.
   (3) It encourages initial testing of WordPress in a subfolder, rather than the root, which reduces conflicts with index.html and other files that take precedence on most hosts. Especially on a new domain where the web host has installed its own index.html as a placeholder.

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

   (1) and (3) are why I generally don't encourage clients to use FTP. :-)

8. alwayswordpress
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It will all depend on how many domain names you have set up. For instance, if you have multiple domain names on your hosting account, the directory location you need to install your wordpress installation may be: public_html/yourdomainname (note there is no ".com")

   If that is the only domain name you have set up, then it would, indeed, need to be in the public_html/ location.

9. jonradio
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Multiple domains on a single hosting account varies widely, in terms of directory structure, depending on the web hosting company. And even the type of account package you have with them.

   alwayswordpress has described one structure. But I can assure you that there are plenty of others. I, for example, have an infinite number of domain names possible on my hosting package, each with its own FileSpace. But, in the past, I have had hosting where all domains share the same FileSpace, but each domain had its own public_html folder, and the domain name was the parent folder to the public_html folder.

   Point is: it is important to see how your web host has things laid out, in terms of directory/folder structure.

10. brancato
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I would like to thank all participants of this thread who have been generous with my ignorance and who have helped me install my very first WordPress Blog. Thank you very much to all of you!!!

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