Moving wordpress site to root folder

  • Resolved Boissiere

    (@boissiere)


    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hi there,

    I have build a new site via WordPress and whilst building it I placed it in a subfolder http://www.masdelaboissiere.com/Boissiere
    Now I have finished the site and intended to move it to the root folder. I followed the instructions as per http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site (section: “Moving Directories On Your Existing Server”)
    I completed all the steps until 8. Then it states that I need to login to my wordpress site via wp-login.php. That doesn’t work and any browser gives me a 500 Server Error message. Even though I can see that the wp-login.php clearly exists on the server.
    Any idea why? Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks
    Lars

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  • juggledad

    (@juggledad)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    If the new site is the same domain name, I’d go back and check the move of files since it gets a 404 when I try using the …/wp-login.php

    Thread Starter Boissiere

    (@boissiere)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hi there,

    thanks for the reply.
    I have checked everything and the move seemed to all have been done correctly.
    Now I came across an option of my ISP. Within the Blog manager I am suppose to specify where the blog is placed and I am unable to chose the root folder.
    Instead I have been told to create a php file that redirects all traffic to the homepage as per https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-web-hosting/redirect-traffic-page-blog-sln21268.html

    Could that maybe have been the problem why my WordPress site didnt show up in the first place?

    If that is the case I was wondering if you know whether there is a way to change back the WordPress Address (URL) and the Site Address (URL) to its original settings http://www.masdelaboissiere.com/Boissiere so that I can access My admin panel again and try to apply the solution the Yahoo provider suggested.
    Any idea? Thanks a MILLION….help is really appreciated since I am unable to access my site at all.

    Thread Starter Boissiere

    (@boissiere)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hi, was able to sort it out…finally.
    But thanks juggledad for the help. Greatly appreciated

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