Title: GoDaddy Setup question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# GoDaddy Setup question

 *  Resolved [darrinhoudek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrinhoudek/)
 * (@darrinhoudek)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/)
 * OK heres the deal, I have a website up and running with GoDaddy and have just
   ran the installer on their site and it says the install was a success so….I pick
   a theme and upload it thru the dashboard.
 * My problem is I didnt delete any of the old files before the WP install on GoDaddy
   hosting. So when I check the url [http://www.darrinhoudek.com](http://www.darrinhoudek.com)
   Im still seeing my original site. What do I have to do to get the WP theme to
   work instead of my older site thats still there?
 * Thank You,
    Darrin

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 *  [Rebecca O'Brien](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjmastey/)
 * (@rjmastey)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678233)
 * If you go in to the GoDaddy installer, it should give you a link to visit the
   installation. Is it in a different folder (darrinhoudek.com/blog/)?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678236)
 * does your old site contain an index.html to run it?
 * If so, that is getting precedence over WPs index.php
 * You can delete/rename the index.html and should be fine
 *  Thread Starter [darrinhoudek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrinhoudek/)
 * (@darrinhoudek)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678278)
 * To rjmastey: No there is no different folder.
 * Rev: My old site does in fact have an index.html
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678293)
 * just rename it to old_index.html or something….
 * Best thing really is to remove all old files if you won’t be using that site 
   anymore, or plop them in their own folder or something
 *  Thread Starter [darrinhoudek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrinhoudek/)
 * (@darrinhoudek)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678316)
 * OK gonna try this….I hope the whole thing doesnt fall apart 🙂 One more question
   tho, when you say plop them in a new folder, am I able to do that right in the
   GoDaddy Control Center do you know?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678318)
 * yeah, from the file manager.
 * You can make a new folder in there, called somethink like old_site
 * The option is on the top left in the fiole manager
 * then select the files to do with your old site, and select ‘Move’ from the top,
   and then select the old_site folder from the left to move them there
 * Careful you don’t move any WP files
 * You can pretty much do anything you need in the godaddy file manager, I’ve never
   needed ftp software or anything. I upload, download, and edit right in godaddy’s
   file manager
 *  Thread Starter [darrinhoudek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrinhoudek/)
 * (@darrinhoudek)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678332)
 * Sweet, thanks for the tips. Will try
 *  Thread Starter [darrinhoudek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrinhoudek/)
 * (@darrinhoudek)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678372)
 * Hey that worked thanks. Now time to start getting dirty with the theme.
 * Thanks again,
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-setup-question/#post-1678373)
 * yup…. it’s easy to back things up to a different folder on godaddy too, by copying
   files.
 * I’d recommend you do that if you are going to edit themes. Copy it to another
   folder before messing with it in case you break anything
 * Also, godaddy has a history tab in the file manager, which allows you to roll
   files back if you wreck anything. I use it a lot…. I break websites!!

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