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1. katie1
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Hi Guys,

   I've been running and testing WP in a folder called, funnily enough, wordpress on my hosting service's account for the last week to assess the following:

   1) If I like WordPress - which I do. (seriously!)
   2) If I can master your software, as in understand what I need, how to do things, and the biggy: Permalinks - yikes! (PS: I have a question on that one!)
   3) whether or not it is truly suitable for my needs.

   What I've decided to do is to go ahead with the new install. But I need some serious advice first. I would like my domain name to remain my domain name eg: blahblah.com instead of blahblah.com/wordpress as I have seen this last week.

   My service provider has admitted to not knowning anything about WP, but he's told me to go ahead with the fresh install - via CPanel - and place the download into a sub-directory as before (WP). After download, I'm to use FTP (which I have) and move the CONTENTS FOLDER only into my public_html folder. From there I'm told that my domain name will remain blah.com regardless of what activity I now undertake.

   Is this right? Can you foresee any problems down the track regarding this type of install?

   Your professional help would be greatly appreciated.

   Thanks
   Kate

   PS: Permalink - I know, dreadfully cheeky of me. Am I suppose to create permalinks for each and every page/post I do, or only create the "path" once and forget the rest?

   thanks again.

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   If you have FTP you don't really need to rely on cPanel (which, I guess, means installing through Fantastico). Just upload the WP files via FTP into your public_html folder.

   However, if it is already there in the /wordpress folder, you can easily move it "up", by following the instructions here: Moving_WordPress

   Re: permalink. You just go into Options > Permalinks and create the "structure" based on the examples there and you are done. Note. For Pages you'll have to keep your .htaccess file writable whenever a new Page is created. But first focus on the move :)

3. katie1
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Goodness, thanks Moshu for your really quick reply.

   I confess, I've been reading LOTS on your site, trying to understand so many variations that I often wonder if I'm up to it all. I don't consider myself stupid by any means, but sometimes...

   OK. I'll check out your link - thanks again. After I've read up on the Moving WordPress I'll make a decision. As to the rest, I'm keeping a list for a time when I can post without fear of finding myself slanted into the notorious "Search The Forum First" category.

   Thanks! :)

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