Title: Please help me get started
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Please help me get started

 *  [nawazh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nawazh/)
 * (@nawazh)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-me-get-started-1/)
 * Hello
 * I have completely reset my hosting account in despair twice to completely delete
   WordPress and start again but each time run into the same problem 🙂
 * I want to create a website that does not have “/wordpress” in the URL. SO for
   example purposes its abc.com I want it as [http://www.abc.com](http://www.abc.com)
   not [http://www.abc.com/wordpress](http://www.abc.com/wordpress)!
 * I use Go Daddy (domain and web hosting) and installed WordPress from their Plesk
   hosting control panel for my domain. The first two times I used the quick installation
   ie. I changed no settings. I started using, playing with themes, adding pages
   etc. I soon realised as I built my site that [http://www.abc.com](http://www.abc.com)
   never works, only [http://www.abc.com/wordpress](http://www.abc.com/wordpress).
   So I tried the hard route to save the web pages I had built… I looked up how 
   to change it, got an FTP software (filezilla), found the index.php file under
   httpdocs/wordpress folder, copied it over to my PC drive, amended the code and
   then copied it back one level up into httpdocs. Also amended the site address
   in WP dashboard to [http://www.abc.com](http://www.abc.com). Failed – when trying
   to access my site I got the blank screen with no content and “maintenance” written
   above it. In the end I completely wiped my domain and reinstalled WordPress
 * This time I went for custom installation, in the box called “Specify the location
   where this web application should be installed ” I deleted everything as I believed
   this would set everything installed in the root. I then clicked install…
 * This time whilst I can still get into the dashboard, when I want to click onto
   my site I just get a blank page identical to what happened when I tried amending
   the files above. No theme, no data, nothing – just “Maintenance” written in the
   bar above. What on earth have I done wrong??
 * Grateful for any advice, this is my first time creating a website 🙁

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 *  [S4ku](https://wordpress.org/support/users/s4ku/)
 * (@s4ku)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-me-get-started-1/#post-6061669)
 * Hello,
 * Have you tried the WordPress Codex for installing WordPress ? If you haven’t,
   I recommend to give it a try. You can find it [here](https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress).
 *  [GoDaddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/godaddy/)
 * (@godaddy)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-me-get-started-1/#post-6061756)
 * When you’re installing WP it should ask you what directory you want WP installed
   on. Leave it as “/” which is the root. If it says “/ANYTHING HERE” it will then
   install and create whatever directory text is in there.
 * To Install WordPress on Your Hosting Account
    Log in to your Account Manager.
   Click Web Hosting. Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Manage.
   Go to the Applications tab. In the WordPress section, next to Install, click 
   the downward-facing arrow, and then click Install (Custom). Select the domain
   name you want to use, enter the directory** (leave this part as “/” for your 
   goal of having it just on abc.com and not abc.com/wordpress) **where you want
   to install WordPress, and then click Install.
 * I hope this helps you get the WP installed to the directory you want! ^Colby

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-me-get-started-1/#post-6061756)
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