Locating and renaming site folder after Bitnami localhost installation

  • Resolved clydeus77

    (@clydeus77)


    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greetings to all,

    I’m a non-tech newbie totally new to WordPress, servers, and all. I’ve just installed a localhost Bitnami package (v. 5.4.2-1) on a Win 8.1 laptop. I simply validated the default paths, labels, names, etc. that popped up during the process, then started to fumble around learning to set up a website.

    From what I’ve understood, this site is entirely contained within the following directory named “wordpress”:
    C:\Bitnami\wordpress-5.4.2-1\apps\wordpress\
    (This folder in turn contains the following subfolders: bin, conf, htdocs,
    licenses, and tmp)

    Is my guess correct?

    If it’s the case, can I rename that “wordpress” folder by using my Windows Explorer, or do I have to do it through the WordPress or myPHP admin access? I plan to create several separate projects, hence the need for specific names.

    I haven’t done much work on the first site yet, but I wouldn’t want to mess things up at this stage, either.

    Big thanks for your help!

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  • corrinarusso

    (@corrinarusso)

    3 years, 9 months ago

    Yes, you can create sub-directories under the apps wordpress path in Bitnami.
    See here :

    Thread Starter clydeus77

    (@clydeus77)

    3 years, 9 months ago

    Greetings,

    @corrinarusso Thanks for the video. It didn’t trace an immediate straight-line to the solution, but it did provide clues and bits and pieces of where to go.

    So, I eventually managed to create a second site by running a Bitnami “module installer” from the command line followed by the new folder name I wanted. This folder now appears right under the first “wordpress”. Still haven’t succeeded in renaming “wordpress” to “wordpress1” yet, but I’ll leave that out for the moment.

    Here’s where I still have a doubt. When I type “localhost” on my browser, it opens the Bitnami WordPress access page. But there’s one single link, which leads by default to the initial site (“wordpress”). If I want to go to “wordpress2”, I have to type it myself into the url. Is there a way to display on that localhost page the different sites that have been created?

    corrinarusso

    (@corrinarusso)

    3 years, 9 months ago

    Screenshot ?

    Thread Starter clydeus77

    (@clydeus77)

    3 years, 9 months ago

    Oops. I’ve just realized it’s not possible to upload images directly into the post, but only via url link. And I don’t have any image hosting account.

    But it’s not that important for me to have all my sites accessible through a link from the localhost page. So I’m considering this thread solved.

    See you, for future upcoming questions. There sure will be :-).

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