Title: Changed URL – wrecked everything :( Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Changed URL – wrecked everything :( * [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/) * SO I was fiddling about in the settings page and changed my url from [http://www.vanessa-paris.com](http://www.vanessa-paris.com) to [http://www.vanessa-paris.com/blog](http://www.vanessa-paris.com/blog) * It seems others have done this too and there’s a fairly simple fix….that won’t work for me. * I’ve gone into my database at ipage (and changed home page back to [http://www.vanessa-paris.com](http://www.vanessa-paris.com)) * I’ve tried every fix I have seen (function.php etc) and still a blank white page is all I get. * I’d happily start again and be done with it…except this blog is full of my life over the past 2 years, complete with stories on my 5 children. * I can’t believe I did something so stupid/ I don’t know a great deal about computers– our school got it’s first computer when I was 26…an AppleIIe – 1 computer, 800 students – so all of my learning has been done through reading and listening to others. * I would really appreciate some help here, I’m just at a complete loss. * Vanessa x Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Thread Starter [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538069) * when I was 16….sorry….not 26. * I’ve tried logging in through another blogs admin page but it’s saying I’m not a registered user. * [MathSmath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathsmath/) * (@mathsmath) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538070) * Try changing it again, but removing the “www”. * Not sure how your domains are configured, but something weird is going on–if you go to [http://vanessa-paris.com/](http://vanessa-paris.com/) (minus the www), you get one blog. If you go to [http://vanessa-paris.com/blog](http://vanessa-paris.com/blog), you get redirected to a completely different blog at [http://vanessaparisphotography.com/blog](http://vanessaparisphotography.com/blog). * Do you have two WordPress installations running on the same box? Or some kind of domain forwarding set up? * Thread Starter [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538072) * Hi MathSmath and Thnaks for replying. * Once I mucked up the first blog I bought another domain (www.vanessaparisphotography. com) so that I could keep a blog running for clients (as well, I want to buy a website and would rather it [http://www.vanessaparisphotography.com](http://www.vanessaparisphotography.com) than vanessa-paris.com…..apparently without the hyphen it’s a bit of an adult site…) * I thought I had them as separate blogs through ipage but they sort of run into each other? * Somehow (my next problem) they’ve become intertwined… * So go back to database….and get rid of the www is my next step. * Thread Starter [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538073) * Sorry, just checked in the database and I haven’t used www. * [MathSmath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathsmath/) * (@mathsmath) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538078) * Ah, okay. Try ADDING the www. * Which URL is supposed to go to which blog? * Thread Starter [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538079) * I was so excited and in such a rush to get this blog happening, I took no notice of instructions and I think everything comes under the one folder? * [http://www.vanessa-paris.com](http://www.vanessa-paris.com) should lead to a blog with a bigger header Vanessa with Paris written underneath (has a photo of a cat as the first post) * [http://www.vanessaparisphotography.com/blog](http://www.vanessaparisphotography.com/blog)… should lead to another blog with a smaller heading and a heading about winter( a winters day?) * Ideally, I would move everything from vanessa-paris.com to the newer blog but that’s unrealistic for someone who thought ftp was a police code (well, until a week ago….I’m learning:) * [MathSmath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathsmath/) * (@mathsmath) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538081) * Oh, hey–if you haven’t already, try this fix mentioned in the [“Changing the site URL”](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL) codex article: * _Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where “example.com” is the NEW location of your site._ * ``` define('WP_HOME','http://example.com'); define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com'); ``` * _ This is not necessarily the best fix, it’s just hardcoding the values into the site itself. You won’t be able to edit them on the General settings page anymore when using this method. * Thread Starter [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538082) * I’ve tried it a few times… * but I was wondering…..should I go back into database, change it back to /blog( the silly thing I originally did) and then inset these lines of text? * Should they say vanessa-paris.com/blog ? * or just the name it originally was before I changed it vanessa-paris.com ? * Thanks again:) * [MathSmath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathsmath/) * (@mathsmath) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538083) * Sorry to keep firing posts out at you, but you know what I think might have happened? You may have changed the URL in the wrong database. * If you have two WP installs (which it looks like you do), there should be two DBs (unless you’re using WordPress MU, which is totally not a police code). Maybe you “fixed” the url in the wrong one? * When you go into your ipage control panel (or phpmyadmin…however they’re letting you manage the DB), do you see two databases listed, or just one? * I’m about to log off, but if you’re still struggling with this tomorrow morning, I’ll check back and see if I can come up with any more suggestions. * Thread Starter [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538084) * I see two and they say which one’s which so I’m pretty sure I’ve changed it on the right one (that’s about the only thing I am sure of:)) * Thanks for your help – middle of the day here in Australia, so I’ll keep on trying:) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538108) * It looks like everything is working perfectly now. Were you able to resolve the issue? * Thread Starter [vanessa-paris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessa-paris/) * (@vanessa-paris) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538155) * Hi macmanx! Yes, it’s all sorted now thankfully:) It was a combination of things– we renamed the blog them folder and it miraculously worked? The site has neen renamed [http://www.vanessa-paris.com/blog](http://www.vanessa-paris.com/blog) as I’m doing a bit of a website next week and will just use [http://www.vanessa-paris.com](http://www.vanessa-paris.com)( let’s see if I can mess that up too!) * Vx * [MathSmath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathsmath/) * (@mathsmath) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-wrecked-everything/#post-1538210) * Glad to see you got it working! 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