Title: Can’t access website or admin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Can’t access website or admin

 *  [cathyfbc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathyfbc/)
 * (@cathyfbc)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/)
 * Please help a beginner! I can access my “splash” page from the browser (FF and
   IE), but nothing else on my website (www.fbcmcdonough.com). The index page is:
 * [http://www.fbcmcdonough.com/fbcnew/index.php](http://www.fbcmcdonough.com/fbcnew/index.php)
 * but that page is blank, as is wp-admin, wp-content, etc.
 * I can see everything in FileZilla (FTP), but what have I done to wipe out access
   to everything?
 * Did I mention I’m a beginner? Thanks for your help, friends!

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 *  [asfodel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asfodel/)
 * (@asfodel)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712890)
 * It’s hard to guess, but it seems like you may have uploaded the rest of the files
   to the wrong directory?
 * For instance, I’ve made the mistake of uploading a folder instead of opening 
   it and uploading the individual files inside the folder.
 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712892)
 * Check your wp-config file for empty spaces. There should be nothing before the
   starting `<?php` (at the top) and nothing after the closing `?>` (at the bottom)
 * Check plugins for the same thing.
 *  Thread Starter [cathyfbc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathyfbc/)
 * (@cathyfbc)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712911)
 * And where is the “wp-config” file?
 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712920)
 * In the root folder.
 *  Thread Starter [cathyfbc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathyfbc/)
 * (@cathyfbc)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712956)
 * By “root” folder, I’m guessing you mean the one (on my system) called “fbcnew”,
   under public_html? (Since I don’t have a folder called “root” 🙂 )
 * At any rate, I can’t find a file called “wp-config”. Can you possibly be more
   specific as to where to look? I apologize for asking questions that must seem
   extremely simple for you, but I took over the maintenance of the already-created-
   and-in-place website, and am still not sure how it all works. (WordPress isn’t
   near as easy as FrontPage!)
 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712958)
 * <<(WordPress isn’t near as easy as FrontPage!)<<
 * Ha!
 * That gave me a giggle.
 * Okay, the “root” folder is just what it sounds like: your public root. Usually
   where your main “index” file is located – the root is the base directory for 
   your site. So wherever the “wordpress” files are located would be the WordPress
   root. wp-config.php would be there.
 *  [jaap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaap/)
 * (@jaap)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712959)
 * You should acces your root folder with your ftp programme.
    After connecting 
   you’ll find all folder/ files of WordPress.
 *  [carlscape101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlscape101/)
 * (@carlscape101)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712960)
 * just saying… even though I think this has already been mentioned.. there is no
   file at
    [http://www.fbcmcdonough.com/fbcnew/wp-config.php](http://www.fbcmcdonough.com/fbcnew/wp-config.php)
   so I think the wp_config.php file should be in the fbcnew folder instead of what
   I think is meant by root, the main directory.
 * DONT MIND ME HERE sorry wrong info and just accident don’t even notice this is
   here.
 *  [hoopa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoopa/)
 * (@hoopa)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712961)
 * Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php
 *  Thread Starter [cathyfbc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathyfbc/)
 * (@cathyfbc)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712967)
 * <<(WordPress isn’t near as easy as FrontPage!)<<
 * Ha!
 * That gave me a giggle <<
 * At least it has a simple drag and drop navigation tree to set up my site navigation!
   Very easy for someone who doesn’t know HTML or CSS. 🙂
 * Thanks so much for your help, friends!. I found my wp-config.php file! It was
   actually in the fbcnew directory after all. 🙂 Following is what it contains (
   nothing before <? or after ?>):
 * <?php
    // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘fbcmcd_fbcmcd’); // The 
   name of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘fbcmcd_user’); // Your MySQL username
   define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘++++++++’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);//
   99% chance you won’t need to change this value
 * // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   prefix
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-includes/languages. // For example, install 
   de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.
   php’); ?>
 *  Thread Starter [cathyfbc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cathyfbc/)
 * (@cathyfbc)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712968)
 * oops, and I see I just posted my username and password for the world to see! 
   I just replaced my password in previous post with +++++.
    Cathy
 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712976)
 * Your wp-config file looks fine. Check your server error logs.
 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712979)
 * Actually, you may want to check with your host. While checking the blog viewing
   live HTTP headers I get a 500 Internal Server Error.
 *  [rajsw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajsw/)
 * (@rajsw)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-website-or-admin/#post-712980)
 * I don’t know if you have your databases configured yet, but try this. I’m using
   Windows and FrontPage also.
 * 1) Unzip WordPress to your local hard drive.
    2) Rename the WordPress directory
   to something else 3) On your local copy of WordPress, edit your wp-config.php
   file 4) Open up Explorer or My Computer (whichever is easier for you) and navigate
   to where you have unzipped wordpress. Minimize Explorer ore move the widnow out
   of the way 5) Start up FrontPage and connect to your site 6) Switch to the view
   where you can see the folders on your site (this may be the default) 7) Cool 
   trick… bring your Explorer window back into view and then click-and-drag the 
   WordPress folder from your local drive to your FrontPage site. You’re going form
   window to window. 8) It might take a few minutes to copy all the files 9) Test
   your site… fingers crossed
 * Hope this helps,
    /*Raj*/

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