Title: WordPress not in root directory Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # WordPress not in root directory * Resolved [vivienneflower](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vivienneflower/) * (@vivienneflower) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-in-root-directory/) * I have installed wordpress in a directory: /Organisation with the .htaccess and index.php at site root stellamaris.com.au. * I am not a wordpress developer so forgive me for bothering you when i am very appreciative at this plugin being made available. * I am creating a PTA site for our annual fair. When someone goes to sign up: [http://stellafair.com.au/organisation-portal/?sheet_id=5](http://stellafair.com.au/organisation-portal/?sheet_id=5) * It returns to home as it cant find the page: * > [http://stellafair.com.au/?sheet_id=5&task_id=8&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0](http://stellafair.com.au/?sheet_id=5&task_id=8&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0) * instead of * > [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?sheet_id=5&task_id=8&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?sheet_id=5&task_id=8&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0) * I wonder if you could direct me on where I find the code to correct this and whether you can envisage any other problems I have created by not using the home directory. * Thank you Vivienne * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/) Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Author [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/) * (@dbar-productions) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-in-root-directory/#post-5664148) * It sounds like you did not select the volunteer page in the settings for the sign-up sheet plugin. * Go to the Sign-Up Sheets > Settings page, and select the correct page for the setting that says “Volunteer Sign Up Page”. * The sign-up links for tasks/items are created by getting the permalink from WordPress for the page you select there, and then adding the needed arguments to that. * Thread Starter [vivienneflower](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vivienneflower/) * (@vivienneflower) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-in-root-directory/#post-5664261) * Site Home: [http://stellafair.com.au/](http://stellafair.com.au/) .htaccess and index.php live here. Files location: [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation) * > Settings: Set page to ‘Volunteers Needed’ * In the volunteers needed the permalink is: > Volunteers permalink: [http://stellafair.com.au/volunteers-needed/](http://stellafair.com.au/volunteers-needed/) ‎ * Clicking on this, get the list of opportunities. Select one: Sponsors: [http://stellafair.com.au/volunteers-needed/?sheet_id=23](http://stellafair.com.au/volunteers-needed/?sheet_id=23) * That page loads ok. You get a list of tasks from this page: Selecting one: “ Fair Friend” has a generated link: [http://stellafair.com.au/stella-fair-committee-pages/?sheet_id=23&task_id=40&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0](http://stellafair.com.au/stella-fair-committee-pages/?sheet_id=23&task_id=40&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0) * If I manually create the link: [http://stellafair.com.au/volunteers-needed/?sheet_id=23&task_id=40&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0](http://stellafair.com.au/volunteers-needed/?sheet_id=23&task_id=40&date=0000-00-00&signup_id=0) That would work. * Looking in the database: select ID, post_title, post_name, post_date, guid from wp_posts where post_title like ‘%Volunteers Needed%’ * With these results: 14 Volunteers Needed stella-fair-committee-pages 2015-01- 08 21:37:11 [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?page_id=14](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?page_id=14) 26 Volunteers Needed 14-revision-v1 2015-01-08 22:40:56 [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?p=26](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?p=26) 27 Volunteers Needed 14-autosave-v1 2015-01-08 22:43:59 [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?p=27](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?p=27) 46 Volunteers Needed 14-revision-v1 2015-01-09 01:31:58 [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/14-revision-…](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/14-revision-…); 39 Volunteers Needed 14-revision-v1 2015-01-08 23:16:15 [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/14-revision-…](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/14-revision-…); 28 Volunteers Needed 14-revision-v1 2015-01-08 22:44:23 [http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?p=28](http://stellafair.com.au/Organisation/?p=28) 222 Volunteers Needed volunteers-needed 2015-01-12 23:12:56 [http://stellafair.com.au/?page_id=222](http://stellafair.com.au/?page_id=222) 223 Volunteers Needed 222-revision-v1 2015-01-12 23:12:56 [http://stellafair.com.au/222-revision-v1/](http://stellafair.com.au/222-revision-v1/) * So it seems that either the rewrite rules or the plugin is looking at the first edition in the database and not the most recent. I am not sure how it works and so I solved this by deleting the ‘volunteers needed’ page and creating a new page for this information. * Hope this helps someone sometime * thank you for the plugin! Vivienne [http://www.stellafair.com.au](http://www.stellafair.com.au) * Plugin Author [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/) * (@dbar-productions) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-in-root-directory/#post-5664291) * If you have selected the right page in the settings, and you also have the correct URLs set up in the WordPress General Settings (WordPress URL and Site URL) and followed the instructions linked on the General Settings page to have your site homepage be different from the directory you installed WordPress, then it should fetch the permalinks just fine. If you manually did something with .htaccess to create your own rewrite rules, then it can definitely mess things up when WordPress tries to get the permalink. * Thread Starter [vivienneflower](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vivienneflower/) * (@vivienneflower) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-in-root-directory/#post-5664553) * This resolved – thank you! No idea why or how 🙂 Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘WordPress not in root directory’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/assets/icon-128x128.jpg?rev =980645) * [Volunteer Sign Up Sheets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pta-volunteer-sign-up-sheets/reviews/) ## Tags * [home directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/home-directory/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [vivienneflower](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vivienneflower/) * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-in-root-directory/#post-5664553) * Status: resolved