If you want WP to be in the root directory – I think you do by the above URL – read and do this, http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
Your theme folder needs to be in wp-content/themes for you to see it from the dashboard.
This is where I am at this point for: http://www.mimirbooks.com/
I have my theme in ‘wp-contents/themes’ with wp files in root (not under ‘wordpress’).
However, when I add ‘/wp-login.php’ and enter my username and password I get a HTTP 404 website not found error at this URL:
http://www.mimirbooks.com/wordpress/wp-login.php.
Appears to be looking for ‘/wordpress/’ which doesn’t exist.
Any help here?
Thanks,
Mike
mimirbooks.com seems to be all about your theme, Mercury.
This is a new site correct? Not an upgrade? At this point it is probably much easier to delete all WP directories/files in the root. Delete all files in the directory wordpress.
Reinstall wp into the root directory. As you go through the re-install, all the pointers, etc. should be correct. Then after wp is installed and working, you see Hello World with the twenty ten theme at mimirbooks.com, move your Mecury theme into the wp-content themes folder and use the dashboard to change themes.
kmessinger,
This is a new site. I think the problem may lie in that I did not change the old dir. markers in admin before I moved wp to root.
Can I get access to admin now or am I doomed to delete and re-install?
Can you explain the dir. structure when I move wp files to root. Do I access the worpress dir. and upload all files to root?
Same question for my theme. I will upload my theme to /wp-contents/themes as one folder?
Thanks in advance for any help.
You can go to the database and make the changes there but you can delete and reinstall in just a few minutes.
Root (with wp root files including wp-config.php)
- wp-includes
- wp-admin
- wp-content
- twenty-ten folder
- mecury folder
kmessinger,
I deleted all wp files and theme files. I then went into FTP program and went into wordpress 3.1 folder and uploaded all files to my root suggested by host. Then I went to my theme folder and uploaded that folder to /wp-content/themes as you suggested. I have the same file structure as above with the addition of all the ‘wp-‘ files in root.
Now when I go to my URL I get a blank page and when I add /wp-login.php, it is also blank (great not to see any error messages).
Any ideas?
A blank page is a sign of an extra space at the beginning or end of a php file. Please check wp-config.php for a blank space in the first or last line. Delete the space and save.
You also have an extra directory. http://www.mimirbooks.com/wp-content/themes/mercury/themes/ There should be nothing beyond themes/mecury and there should be a folder twentyten under themes.
kmessinger,
I looked for the blank line and deleted, as you suggessted (1 at end of wp-config.php). No change at URL.
Also, moved all files to root of mercury (same structure as twentyten).
No change at URL or my ability to login to admin dashboard.
Hope you are not running out of suggestions, :).
Thanks
Did you use a new database when you “reinstalled” or did you use the old one?
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: get_header() in /home/thehu22/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentyten/index.php on line 16
This usually means some WP files did not get downloaded correctly. You have the same cause of the error with mecury. Delete all files in the root, except wp-config. Delete the wp-includes folder and the wp-admin folder. FTP replacements for the deleted files and folders.
