Title: WordPress Project
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress Project

 *  [cspice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cspice/)
 * (@cspice)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-project/)
 * I am sure this is basically a dumb question that has been asked before but I 
   could find it.
 * I am having not real issues installing WordPress, but I want to take some time
   in the custom design of it, and I currently have a html/php website already in
   place. I know I can’t install WordPress into the root because the index page 
   will replace my current one, but when I installed WordPress in another directory
   to work on and attemted to move it to the root directory it no longer functioned.
   When I moved it back to the project directory it worked again, so the situation
   is obvious. Is there a way to work on designing the WordPress without losing 
   your current website and beening down for a couple of weeks?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-project/#post-554770)
 * Well just design the site in as it sits in the sub-folder, then use the technique
   from [Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
   to allow WordPress to act as your ‘main page’ when you go live.
 *  Thread Starter [cspice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cspice/)
 * (@cspice)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-project/#post-554773)
 * Ok… So just to clarify (and not crash the site) I can design the site in a folder
   in the root directory “wp” (such as unzipping it) and then work on it. I am not
   sure where the giving wordpress its own directory is located to activated it 
   as my main page… can you help me with this?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-project/#post-554779)
 * Yes you can design with WordPress installed in wp for instance.
 * The Giving WordPress it own directory is actually a link to an article in Codex:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)

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 * [website](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/website/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-project/#post-554779)
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