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changed both the wordpress address & site address from http://www.mbeinc.com to http://www.mbeinc.com/welcome.
To change URL properly, follow the istructions of this WP codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL
Looks like you want to change the home page to a new page titled ‘Welcome’.
To do so:
Admin Dashboard>Settings>Reading>Front Page Displays>select ‘A static page’>Front Page>Select the page ‘Welcome’>Save Changes>Flush any server cache in use>logout>load site>refresh browser>done.
I appreciate the help and really wish I checked beforehand. I will do it that way once I get logged in. But now that I made the changes (mentioned above) I can’t login to my dashboard resulting in a 404 error page. So I can’t login or make any changes to the site through WordPress. I’ve been reading about phpadmin, but not sure what it is or how to find my username & password.
apply this one as suggester by Tara
Edit wp-config.php
It is possible to set the site URL manually in the wp-config.php file.
Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where “example.com” is the correct location of your site.
define('WP_HOME','http://example.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');
Ok, now I just need to figure out how to get to the wp-config.php file. I know it’s in my database, but not sure where the database resides. Is it on my computer hard drive or in the internet? I’m with Godaddy if that makes any difference….
I’ve read the instructions in codex, I’m just not experienced enough to execute.
I know it’s in my database
No, it’s not. It’s in the folder that you installed WordPress into.
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t-p
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I’ve read the instructions in codex, I’m just not experienced enough to execute.
The Codex I listed contains several methods.
start with you find easy.
Ok, a folder, not a database. Either way, where do I find that folder? Is it on my computer hard drive or in the internet? I’m very sorry for being such an idiot about all of this. I got stuck doing this job, I’m actually an accountant by trade. I appreciate all feedback and I really need specifics.
Thank you Tara.
I’m so confused and frustrated. I have followed the “Changing the URL directly in the database” option by changing the url and home to http://www.mbeinc.com but that just seemed to make matters worse. So then I followed the “Edit wp-config.php” option by pasting the two lines at the bottom of the page & changing the example to mbeinc and that didn’t fix it either. Please go look at my page, if you click the links it still tries to go to mbeinc.com/welcome.
I backed up a couple of days ago…but don’t know how to restore it either. I may just have to call someone to come help…
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t-p
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I backed up a couple of days ago…but don’t know how to restore
http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup
I may just have to call someone to come help…
if you want to follow that option:
http://jobs.wordpress.net/
I called godaddy and they helped me restore my database from an earlier versions…there was apparently something wrong with my scripts? Anyway, my site is back up. Thanks for everyones input.
