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1. antal.kerekes
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am trying to set up WordPress for the first time.
   I am using Yahoo Web Hosting, and installed WordPress successfully. My WP files are stored in the wordpress_files subdirectory, while my blog is hosted on my site's root.

   I have followed the instructions here, step by step, modified every file, and the permalinks.
   However, when creating a new post, it gets posted to
   mydomain.com/wordpress_files/post_title/
   instead of
   mydomain.com/post_title

   All the internal links (even the WP admin interface) correctly links to the root folder. But - since the new post is in an incorrect location -, none of the posts can be opened from the main page.

   Help would be very appreciated, as I am getting very desperate here. Hopefully this is an easy question for those who have some more experience.

   Regards,
   Antal

2. antal.kerekes
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   If anyone is having the same problem, I figured out what the problem was:

   Yahoo does not allow filenames beginning with a dot on their FTP server. Since the permalink configuration is supposed to be stored in the.htaccess file, setting permalinks is not that easy as on other web servers.

   I had to move the WordPress files in the root folder, and configure the permalinks to use the mydomain.com/index.php/%postname%/ format.

   This is as close as it can get using Yahoo.

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