I have never developed a site locally, but check your wp-config.php file and make sure all of the entries are correct for the server environment. You may also need a .htaccess file in the WordPress folder. If WordPress is installed in the root folder, your .htaccess file should include these lines…
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Thanks for your prompt reply…I have a .htaccess file and the only thing that looked suspicious was I had “RewriteBase /Wordpress” and “RewriteRule . /Wordpress/index.php” I deleted the ‘WordPress’ part as my Remote site is located directly in ‘somethinggoodhappenedtome.com’. There is no ‘WordPress’ folder. Unfortunately, my site “loads” but still displays nothing. I have a feeling that you are correct that something is amiss with my wp-config.php file. I added the line: define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’) as I read in another post that memory can be an issue. Still no load. I have confirmed all the DB settings in wp-config.php. Any other thoughts? Can you tell me what file is first needed after I type “www.somethinggoodhappenedtome.com” into my web browser?
IF WP is installed in the root folder, then those lines should be in the .htaccess file in the root folder.
The .htaccess should look as SS_Minnow has specified. You may need to follow the steps in “moving your site“. (See the section “If you forget to change the locations “)
Thank you for the tips and suggestions…I will try these out and hopefully scream “SUCCESS” tomorrow!
If your .htaccess file says
RewriteBase /Wordpress/
and
RewriteRule . /Wordpress/index.php [L]
and your site is in the root folder, take /Wordpress out of each of those lines so that it reads like the .htaccess file above. You are probably asking your browser to redirect to a folder that doesn’t exist, or at the very least does not contain your WordPress files.
