Title: ftp on wordpress help
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# ftp on wordpress help

 *  [mba2go](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mba2go/)
 * (@mba2go)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/)
 * Hi!
 * I;m trying to follow the “give wordpress its own directory” instructions using
   ftp to move the index.php and .htaccess files from the wordpress file to the 
   root domain file.
 * I’m not used to using ftp and want to know how wordpress defines the wp file 
   and the root domain file.
 * Is public_html the root domain and public_html>wp-admin the wordpress file?
 * Thanks all

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683197)
 * > Is public_html the root domain
 * Yes.
 * > public_html>wp-admin the wordpress file
 * No. From the sounds of it, WP is already installed in the domain root.
 *  [DJDoubleXL189](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djdoublexl189/)
 * (@djdoublexl189)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683199)
 * When you download WordPress you’ll see that it has structure. The index.php along
   with about a dozen other files go in the root. Upload the wp-admin, wp-includes,
   and wp-content folders as is into the root.
 *  Thread Starter [mba2go](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mba2go/)
 * (@mba2go)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683206)
 * basically my overall goal is to get the /home out of my pages (ex: example.com/
   home/about us, example.com/home/blog, example.com/home/contact
 * how should i proceed?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683208)
 * Did you install WordPress in the public_html/home folder? If yes, is it still
   within that folder?
 *  Thread Starter [mba2go](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mba2go/)
 * (@mba2go)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683212)
 * according to firezilla i dont have a public_html/home folder
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683214)
 * Where is your wp-config.php file? In public_html?
 *  Thread Starter [mba2go](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mba2go/)
 * (@mba2go)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683215)
 * yea, public_html
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683217)
 * Since WP is already in the root folder, you should not be following the “give
   wordpress its own directory” instructions unless you want to move it out of root
   to a /home folder. And it sounds like you don’t.
 * What urls are in Settings -> General?
 *  Thread Starter [mba2go](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mba2go/)
 * (@mba2go)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683219)
 * mba2go.com
    mba2go.com
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-on-wordpress-help/#post-4683223)
 * Your site is already in root. Try resetting your custom permalinks back to the
   default setting via Settings -> Permalinks. If this works, then review [Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
   before setting a custom permalink structure back up again.

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