bigal543

Thanks figaro for the help. Nice catch on the path in the index file.

I believe it is working as desired now. I haven’t added any posts yet but the blog is displaying as desired in the root even though the core files are in a sub-directory.

Plus, the default Hello post and the About page appear to display properly from the sub-directory.

One part of the process confused me some and didn’t go smoothly. I will mention it here for reference in case it will save someone else some problems in the future.

I thought I would want the Blog address in the general settings to be the root URL (mysite.com), since the objective was to get the blog to display as my domain home page. Even the description in General Settings for Blog address says if you want your blog home page to be different from the directory you installed WordPress, enter it there.

When I did that, the blog home page displayed properly as my domain home page but the About page or default post (Hello world!) would not display. Closer inspection revealed the path for the About page and the default Hello post did not show the sub-directory where the content is located.

When I changed the Blog address to include the sub-directory, it appears all pages display properly.

My conclusion for this situation of wanting the blog to display as my domain home page but wanting the core files in a sub-directory, is that both the WordPress URL and Blog URL have to tell the system where the core files are located.

Copying the index.php file from the sub-directory, modifying it to include the sub-directory in the path and then loading in the root directory is what allows the system to display the blog home page as my domain home page. That is all that needed in this situation.

Does this sound correct or does it sound like I will run into problems when I start making posts with things as is? Thanks again for the help.

Big Al