Basic URL and .htaccess question

  • Resolved leer

    (@leer)


    16 years ago

    I set up a blog at http://www.mysite.com/wp/ and would now like it to be accessible at http://www.mysite.com/

    I changed the Blog address (URL) to http://www.mysite.com in the admin but nothing has changed; the old static site files still load.

    The .htaccess in the web root folder is accessible by WordPress; the timestamp updates after I save the admin settings, and it contains the lines

    # BEGIN WordPress

# END WordPress

    I know I must be leaving out some basic modification but I’m not sure what it is. This codex page (http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory) doesn’t quite apply to me since I haven’t actually moved any files. Also, I’m not using pretty permalinks.

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  • Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    16 years ago

    you can’t just change the address and expect it to work
    wordpress thinks it is in a folder
    to actually access at root you need to do what it says at
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

    Thread Starter leer

    (@leer)

    16 years ago

    Hi samboll, thanks for your reply.

    As I mentioned, that page doesn’t really apply to me, since I’m not moving any files. I’ve done up through Step 5. Step 6 is:

    6. Move your WordPress core files to the new location (WordPress address).

    But files are already at that address, so I can’t perform that step or any of the rest.

    Thread Starter leer

    (@leer)

    16 years ago

    OK, now I see the problem. I got tripped up on Step 8 because the .htaccess was already in the root. I’ve now moved index.php as well and the site is working.

    Thanks!

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