Delete EVERYTHING, is this a bad idea?

  • Resolved Zelekhut

    (@zelekhut)


    10 years, 5 months ago

    My site :http://www.unclefantazmo.com

    Good! now that that’s out of the way

    My Problem:
    WordPress is installed over my old site. There are conflicts because of this. but it has been so long since I originally created the site, that I no longer can recall all the files that are part of the old site. So I don’t think I can reliably just clear them all out.

    The question:
    Can I delete EVERYTHING on the server and start with a fresh install of WordPress?
    I am hosted on GoDaddy and I dont know if deleting everything will be a terrible idea or not.

    If you could advise me on a better solution for why the internal links don’t work. That would be awesome.
    Thanks you.

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  • Moderator jordesign

    (@jordesign)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Hey Zelekhut,
    in my experience when there is a conflict of old files on the server – it tends to be WordPress that takes over and displays – with the old files no longer working.

    Getting a 404 error on the internal WordPress links could be related to your permalinks.

    Could you try going to Settings > Permalinks and simply hitting the save/update button?

    Thread Starter Zelekhut

    (@zelekhut)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Yep! seems like that is all it was! Thank you so much. You saved me so much headache and hastle

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