Title: Lost website after relocation Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Lost website after relocation * Resolved [Oded Ben-Ami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oded-ben-ami/) * (@oded-ben-ami) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/) * Hi, * I used the following instructions to relocate my WordPress website from odedbenami. com/wordpress to odedbenami.com * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory) ( Using a pre-existing subdirectory install ) * Now I can only see my home page at odedbenami.com * All other links generate the following error message: * Internal Server Error * The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. * Please contact the server administrator, [webmaster@odedbenami.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/webmaster@odedbenami.com?output_format=md) and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. * More information about this error may be available in the server error log. * Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. * Please help. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Rab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rab-rrdev/) * (@rab-rrdev) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298772) * Can you get into the Dashboard? If so, try visiting Settings > Permalinks and pressing Save changes. * [Julian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm300/) * (@jm300) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298774) * Also if you can login to the dashboard take a look at the settings and make sure that it is the correct WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL). It would probably generate a 404 page instead of a 500 page though but it’d still be something worth checking. * Anonymous User 9105421 * (@anonymized-9105421) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298776) * Perhaps still need to update your .htaccess? * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] ``` * The `RewriteBase /` * Thread Starter [Oded Ben-Ami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oded-ben-ami/) * (@oded-ben-ami) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298780) * I can login to my dashboard. Going to settings > permalinks * Just below “save changes” I get the following message: * If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all. * RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\. php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!- d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] * What should I do with this? * Thread Starter [Oded Ben-Ami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oded-ben-ami/) * (@oded-ben-ami) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298781) * I can login to my dashboard. Going to settings > permalinks * Just below “save changes” I get the following message: * If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all. * > > RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\. > php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!- > d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] * What should I do with this? * [Julian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm300/) * (@jm300) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298783) * It sounds like a permission issue with the .htaccess file. Can you login to your site via FTP? * [Rab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rab-rrdev/) * (@rab-rrdev) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298786) * Like Julian says, if you can login to your site via FTP and paste the code it’s given you into your .htaccess file that should resolve your issue. * Thread Starter [Oded Ben-Ami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oded-ben-ami/) * (@oded-ben-ami) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298791) * I am logged into my site via Cyberduck. I tried editing .htaccess with the new info but it didn’t register save. The permissions are 644 and I cannot change them. I right-click .htaccess, then click permissions and add two checkmarks on write for group and for others, but it doesn’t reflect in the file list. * Anonymous User 9105421 * (@anonymized-9105421) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298801) * I’m not familair with Cyberduck, when it can not edit and save online you could try FileZilla: [http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client](http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client) * You could also try download the .htaccess file to your computer and edit it there and then reupload. * Probably better not make your .htaccess permanently writeable on your server. * Thread Starter [Oded Ben-Ami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oded-ben-ami/) * (@oded-ben-ami) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298804) * OK, I figured it out. I had to rename .htaccess to htaccess. I was then allowed to edit the contents and save it. My website is now back up in the root directory. * Still, the message in settings > permalinks did not disappear. * Also, the .htaccess file that I originally copied from the wordpress folder, is not longer there. * [Julian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jm300/) * (@jm300) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298805) * Also you could try copying everything in the .htaccess file and make an entire new file out of it then upload and rename it to .htaccess. * Anonymous User 9105421 * (@anonymized-9105421) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298812) * The message in settings > permalinks stays, thats no problem, thats same with me. * I believe you are on a Mac computer, on Mac files that start with ‘.’ like .htaccess are hidden files, perhaps that is why you not see it. * Does Mac has a option to show hidden (system) files? * Thread Starter [Oded Ben-Ami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oded-ben-ami/) * (@oded-ben-ami) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298818) * I’m working with Cyberduck, (through a Mac) – I see the .htaccess file in the root directory, but I no longer see any .htaccess file in /wordpress. So it is not a visibility issue – the .htaccess file that was previously in /wordpress is no longer there. * Anonymous User 9105421 * (@anonymized-9105421) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298825) * OK i thought that you downloaded a copy to your computer. * I have no idea how it disappeared from /wordpress directory but its not needed there. So no problem when its gone now. You have the .htaccess that is needed in the root. * Perhaps you ‘cut’ the file instead of ‘copy’. * Thread Starter [Oded Ben-Ami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oded-ben-ami/) * (@oded-ben-ami) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-website-after-relocation/#post-3298826) * I dragged/dropped the file – thinking – from past experience anyway, that it copies. If you say it’s not needed in /wordpress anymore, so be it. * Thank you everyone for the prompt help – losing one’s website on a key-click is an unpleasant experience. Thank you for “bringing me back to life”. * Happy Holidays y’all. 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