You can change or delete the file using FTP. Also did you edit and move the .htaccess file?
I had changed the site address on the General panel….
If you changed the URL in WordPress admin, see Changing The Site URL « WordPress Codex for recovery instructions.
But that’s a completely different change than you did with the index.php and .htaccess files to move from the subdirectory to root as outlined in http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
I’ll try to tell you just what I did. I followed these directions from codex:
1. If you already have WordPress installed in its own folder (e.g., http://example.com/wordpress), then the steps are as follows:
Go to the General panel.
In the box for Site address (URL): change the address to the root directory’s URL. Example: http://example.com
Click Save Changes. (Do not worry about the error message and do not try to see your blog at this point! You will probably get a message about file not found.)
Copy (NOT MOVE!) the index.php and .htaccess files from the WordPress (wordpress in our example) directory into the root directory of your site.
(I did not have an .htaccess file.)
Then I did the following:
Edit your root directory’s index.php.
Open your root directory’s index.php file in a text editor
Change the line that says:
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wp-blog-header.php’ );
to the following, using your directory name for the WordPress core files:
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php’ );
Save the file.
Login to your site (if you aren’t still already). The URL should still be http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/
After this, when I go to my site: http://im.mikediane.com I get the content, but no template. Exactly the same thing happens when I go to the subdirectory install: http://im.mikediane.com/wp/
The same thing happens when I use the wp-admin added to each of these urls.
I hope this helps to explain my problem. Thank you very much for your help!
Diane
Well, I think the problem, here Diane, is that you copied the instructions, but the directory name the codex used is wordpress, & you’ve installed yours to wp. If you’ll change wordpress to wp, I think you should be ok. You should also copy the .htaccess file in the wp directory to the root.
Actually, I did that. This is how I wrote that line:
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wp/wp-blog-header.php’ );
Is that the correct way?
Thanks!
Diane
Diane, I’m seeing your site. When I type
http://im.mikediane.com/wp/wp-admin
or
http://im.mikediane.com/wp-admin
I get your homepage, which is not expected behavior, so I rather suspect that either a plugin or your .htaccess is causing it. However, you can still log into your site by typing:
http://im.mikediane.com/wp/wp-login.php
We can look at your .htaccess file, if you wish. Also, please advise us of any security &/or content hiding plugins that might be running which could cause this sort of behavior.
There is no .htaccess file in wither the root directory or the sub directory. What do I do about that?
Thanks,
Diane
To create a .htaccess file, the easiest way is likely to go to ‘Settings > Permalinks’ & change from the default to another style like postname, & please *be sure* to save the settings. That will create a .htaccess file in your wp folder, which you can then *copy* to your root.
I’m sorry, I was distracted and didn’t see your most recent reply when I posted the last comment.
It is very unexpected behavior. I would really appreciate anything you can do to repair this problem.
I don’t believe there are any plugins or security that would interfere with your help.
Thanks!
I don’t see how to get to the Settings> Permalinks if I cannot get into my wp-admin page.
Diane, I’m afraid you’re under the mistaken impression that we in the support forums can somehow go into your website & repair it. We can’t, as we have no access. We have no idea what plugins you’re running, etc. The self-hosted version of WordPress, i.e., from wordpress.org, resides on your server, & we on the support forums have no access to anyone’s server. Sometimes I pull my hair out because of that, ie., if we did, we could likely solve the problem much more quickly, at least in some cases.
When I’ve seen this behavior before, it is generally due to some sort of plugin, either security or content restricting. If you could go into your wp-content/plugins folder & provide us w/the names of the plugins there, it might really help us to be able to track down this behavior.
I’m sorry. I know this is really frustrating for you.
Diane, you can indeed log in, as I said in my prior post, by going to:
http://im.mikediane.com/wp/wp-login.php
I’m sorry this is so complicated. I understand your limitations and appreciate anything you can do to save the mess.
When I use the above link including: wp/wp-login.php, I just get the home page of my site without the template.
My plugins are: askimet, jquery-drop-down-menu-plugin, printfriendly, and responsive-add-ons.
Thanks!
I have to leave my office for a while. I’ll get back to you and do as you suggest.
Blessings to you, Jackie McBride!
pw Diane, please clear your cache, cookies, etc. from your browser, or please use a browser you haven’t used before to work on your site.
Then, please copy & paste the following into the address bar of your browser.
http://im.mikediane.com/wp/wp-login.php
I receive the typical login screen when I do that.
I’m guessing pw stands for pastor’s wife? Me, too–though sometimes I think maybe it should be POW instead lolol.
We’ll sort this out. We pw’s gotta stick together, right?
