Title: Saving wp_config changes HELP
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Saving wp_config changes HELP

 *  [chgogrrl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgogrrl99/)
 * (@chgogrrl99)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/)
 * Hi,
    Before I screw this up I think I should ask for a little help. I’ve checked
   the forums, found one exact same question, but it didn’t work. Also, I’ve followed
   all of Michael H’s steps up until now.
 * Question: After opening the wp_config_sample.php file in notepad and making the
   necessary changes, I “saved as” wp-config.php Save As Type = All Files Encoding
   = UTF-8
    But, when I look at the saved file in the WordPress Folder, it doesn’t
   look like the other php files, it looks like a notepad file. Before I upoad the
   WordPress file from my desktop, I’d like to make sure I’ve done this correctly.
   Also, are there files in the 2.3.1 file that I should NOT ftp to my server?
 * Thanks

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651316)
 * All files in the 2.3.1 zip, should be uploaded to your host.
 * Here’s a list of [Text editors. Also review ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Text_editor)
   [Editing Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files) and [Uploading WordPress to a remote host](http://codex.wordpress.org/Uploading_WordPress_to_a_remote_host).
 *  Thread Starter [chgogrrl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgogrrl99/)
 * (@chgogrrl99)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651324)
 * Hey,
    Thanks for answering. I downloaded HTML-Kit from chami.com and it seemed
   to work.
 * I do have one more question. I want Wp to be main page. So, I upload it to root
   directory, right? But, here comes the dumb question, using filezilla I see a 
   folder icon followed by … and then a couple of html pages of mine on my server.
   How do I get it to be main page? Should I make a sub-directory called wordpress
   and them somehow move index.php?
    I keep looking at the codex, but not getting
   it yet. Only want to do this once. Thanks
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651337)
 * If you put the WordPress files in folder in your web-root folder called wordpress,
   then after the installation (www.sample.com/wordpress should kick-off the install),
   login and in Options->General change the Blog address (URL) to [http://www.sample.com](http://www.sample.com).
 * Put this index.php in your web-root folder:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /* Short and sweet */
       define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
       require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * This particular setup is described at: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 *  Thread Starter [chgogrrl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgogrrl99/)
 * (@chgogrrl99)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651355)
 * Ok,
 * I have WordPress installed!!!
    Now, if you don’t mind, and I know this might 
   sound silly, but how do I copy index.php from wordpress sub-domain into the root?
   Also, the codex says something about .htaccess
 * Thank you
 *  [verabass](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verabass/)
 * (@verabass)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651357)
 * If you didn’t have both index files in the right places, then I don’t think you’d
   be installed and live.
 * The one with wordpress/blog-header stays in the root, and the one with just blog-
   header stays in the main folder.
 * You should be able to view your files either with FileZilla or through a CPanel
   in the hosting account. Look in the main WordPress folder files and see if the
   htaccess was already created (it normally is).
 *  Thread Starter [chgogrrl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgogrrl99/)
 * (@chgogrrl99)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651364)
 * Well,
 * I have **everything** in a sub-domain called wordpress.
 * I think I have to somehow move the index.php to the root, use a text editor to
   cut everything out of that file and replace it with the code in the post above
   right?
    Then I’ll have a folder(Subdomain) called wordpress where all wordpress-
   related files live and in the root I’ll have index.php?
 * So, it’ll look like this:
    -  myphp
       wordpress index.php
 * I apologize if this sounds simple-minded, it’s just that I’m one step away from
   success. I don’t want to screw this up. Five minute install? Not for me. But,
   I’m pretty proud of myself so far
 *  [verabass](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verabass/)
 * (@verabass)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651370)
 * PHPMyAdmin isn’t a file or folder. It is an interface that you open in order 
   to see and administer your MySQL database. The data (posts, links, comments, 
   etc.) live in the database.
 * PHP is the language (code) that most of the WordPress files are written in, and
   this is what makes your data go to its proper home in the database and appear
   on your website when called. (Additional language files are css, javascript/js,
   etc.)
 * Your hosting root is probably called html or public_html or something like that.
   That’s the top of the tree when you view your root files and subfolders.
 * In the root you have a WordPress index.php file that has the code that Michael
   wrote for you above.
 * When you open the WordPress sub-folder, seeing the next level on that branch 
   of the tree, the files there include one called index.php that came with the 
   package.
 * So you already have all the index files you need for WP and don’t have to move
   anything.
 * The htaccess file will be either at the (html) root or in the (next level) main
   WP folder, depending on how your host sets things up.
 *  Thread Starter [chgogrrl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgogrrl99/)
 * (@chgogrrl99)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651379)
 * OK, and I thank you for taking the time to respond,
    but, I’m not quite getting
   this.
 * On my server, under file manager my files are listed like this:
    -  clipart
       myphp wordpress index.html (the main page of my site I’m trying 
      to replace. It still shows as main page when you go to [http://www.mywebpage.com](http://www.mywebpage.com))
 * I can click on the folder in the wordpress sub-domain and then click “move” and
   then click “up one level.”
    Should I do this? And, if yes, then I use a text 
   editor to go in and replace that code with the new, right?
 * Or, am I really off base?
 *  [Aeterno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aeterno/)
 * (@aeterno)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651380)
 * create a new file called index.php and place it where the current index.html 
   file is. Delete the .html file and place the code given to you previously into
   the index.php file. You will end up with:
 * clipart
    myphp wordpress index.php
 *  Thread Starter [chgogrrl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgogrrl99/)
 * (@chgogrrl99)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651382)
 * Success!
 * Well, thank you everybody. You just helped me get through my first installation
   of WP. I’m glad I learned how to do it, though it took a while. I’m sure this
   new knowledge will come in handy in the future.
 * Is there anything else I should do? Go back and make any changes or anything?
 * If not, thanks again, and I guess this topic is resolved.
 *  [Aeterno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aeterno/)
 * (@aeterno)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651383)
 * nope, you’re all sorted! Well done! I remember my first wp install, before the
   5minute installer!
 *  Thread Starter [chgogrrl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chgogrrl99/)
 * (@chgogrrl99)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saving-wp_config-changes-help/#post-651384)
 * Thanks again. I’m so happy to have done it.
    I’m sure I’ll be in these forums
   often in the coming weeks as I get this blog rolling. Thanks again and take care

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