Title: Improper sub folder???
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Improper sub folder???

 *  Resolved [orthotech138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orthotech138/)
 * (@orthotech138)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-sub-folder/)
 * Ok so i have a wp site hosted by godaddy. I built out the wp site and could not
   get the page to function. everytime i would go to the www. it would say under
   maintenance. I called godaddy and they said that i had created another subfolder
   for WP and that it would not function until i moved in under the http.docs folder
   in root directories. So I copied the WP folder and pasted it to http.docs folder.
   Now I cant even get back to the WP dashboard and I have no clue where to begin.
   I am a novice and any help would be appreciated. Thank you very much.

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 *  [Augustin56](https://wordpress.org/support/users/augustin56/)
 * (@augustin56)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-sub-folder/#post-6370248)
 * orthotech138, it’s not as simple as just copying the files. WP has a database
   that controls things, and if the database is still pointing to the old location,
   it doesn’t know where to find what it needs.
 * In short, what you’d really need to do is install something like Updraft Plus
   Backup, with the Migrate addon. Then, you’d just need to backup your site, reinstall
   a basic copy of WP, add the plugin to that site, copy the files you backed up,
   and restore, specifying you’d want the plugin to change any links it found.
 * OR…you could do it manually by following the instructions at [http://www.wpexplorer.com/migrating-wordpress-website/](http://www.wpexplorer.com/migrating-wordpress-website/)
 *  Thread Starter [orthotech138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orthotech138/)
 * (@orthotech138)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-sub-folder/#post-6370440)
 * Thank you so much that solved it! also thanks for the step by step link thats
   exactly what I needed. I am a little out of my depth but trying to learn:)

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 * Last reply from: [orthotech138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orthotech138/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-sub-folder/#post-6370440)
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