Title: Install–correct folder?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Install–correct folder?

 *  [ultraswan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultraswan/)
 * (@ultraswan)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-correct-folder/)
 * After installing wordpress my root website shows up as:
 * Index Of:
 * And lists all files/folders here.
 * My main website page – index.html – was installed into a file directory here:
   URL.com/public_html/
 * So I installed wordpress under the / directory AND the public_html/ directory
   because I wasn’t sure which was right.
 * When I go to URL.com/wp-admin/ I can see my dashboard. But when I click on the“
   View site” button where the default template should be, I’m back to:
 * Index Of:
 * And lists all files/folders here.
 * What am I doing wrong?
 * TIA
 * Joan

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 *  [ptasker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ptasker/)
 * (@ptasker)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-correct-folder/#post-1382966)
 * Couple of things. /public_html/ is typically your webroot on a Linux server. 
   I would remove the files from the directory above it as the wp-config.php files
   may interfere with each other. Also make sure you .htacess is writable by wordpress
   i.e. chmod 777
 *  Thread Starter [ultraswan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultraswan/)
 * (@ultraswan)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-correct-folder/#post-1382967)
 * Got it figured out.
 * For those of you who have a similar problem:
 * 1) Only install WP in ONE location (one directory)
    2) Install it where your 
   index.html file would go 3) Make sure the files/folders are not in a parent folder(
   i.e. wordpress)
 * Off to play now.
 * Joan
 *  Thread Starter [ultraswan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultraswan/)
 * (@ultraswan)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-correct-folder/#post-1382968)
 * Thanks ptasker – you were right on!!!

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 * Last reply from: [ultraswan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultraswan/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-correct-folder/#post-1382968)
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