Title: Using wordpress as website
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using wordpress as website

 *  Resolved [panagia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panagia/)
 * (@panagia)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-website/)
 * Ok, i nearly have wordpress working as a website.
    How do i go about replacing
   my existing home page (www.ionian-island.co.uk) whih has been established for
   many years with a google etc. with the wordpress homepage?? without losing existing
   search engine rankings or duplication penalties?
 * Thanks in advance
    Martin

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-website/#post-1127536)
 * Where is WordPress installed on this site?
 *  Thread Starter [panagia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panagia/)
 * (@panagia)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-website/#post-1127541)
 * as above then /wordpress folder.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-website/#post-1127577)
 * In the **root** folder of your domain, try adding the following to your .htaccess
   file:
 * `Redirect 301 /index.html http://www.ionian-island.co.uk/wordpress/`

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