Title: url problem
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# url problem

 *  [asuka_forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asuka_forest/)
 * (@asuka_forest)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-problem-19/)
 * Hello. I’m a graphic artist in trade and only know a very basic coding to set
   up an simple website. I have a website that’s functional (I used DW), but my 
   client wanted to turn it into a blogsite he can update daily. So I just installed
   WordPress using installer of my hosting site (Hostica). It worked perfectly fine
   before on my first website, but this time, the only way I can view this site 
   is if I add /wp after it’s url.
 * I tried:
    1) removing index.html 2) copying index.php to the root directory 3)
   copying index.php to the rood directory and editing it 4) combination of the 
   above 5) removing /wp from the sitename in the general page in dashboard
 * But whatever I do, I can’t get the wordpress site to show up with the website
   domain name unless I add /wp. The readers are familiar with the original domain,
   so I want to keep it the same, but when I type that, it either gives me the 403
   error message (no index file in root directory) or leaves it blank (index.php)
   or gives me the original index page (index.html is present).
    How can I make 
   index.php to override the index.html???
 * I’d appreciate any advise. Thank you in advance.

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 *  [Marcel Brinkkemper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macbrink/)
 * (@macbrink)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-problem-19/#post-3609559)
 * Would this be of any help to you?
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 *  Thread Starter [asuka_forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asuka_forest/)
 * (@asuka_forest)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-problem-19/#post-3609561)
 * Hello macbrink. Thanks for your advice. I read that thread first and tried following
   it, but it didn’t seem to help. There are quite a few files in the root directory
   from when this website was originally set up. I’m wondering something in that
   is conflicting with WP and not letting it run properly…
 *  [Marcel Brinkkemper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macbrink/)
 * (@macbrink)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-problem-19/#post-3609568)
 * Couldn’t you remove the obsolete files, but leave the index.php and wp-config.
   php?
    Also check if .htaccess rules interfere.
 *  Thread Starter [asuka_forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asuka_forest/)
 * (@asuka_forest)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-problem-19/#post-3609588)
 * I’ll try. Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [asuka_forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asuka_forest/)
 * (@asuka_forest)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-problem-19/#post-3609611)
 * Okay, I deleted all the old files, but it still doesn’t work. I don’t have .htaccess
   file created on my domain. Perhaps I should reload the WordPress on this domain?

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 * Last reply from: [asuka_forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asuka_forest/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-problem-19/#post-3609611)
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