Title: ngast's Replies | WordPress.org --- # ngast [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/page/2/#post-2611731) * Alright, cleared out my root directory and re-installed and everything seems to be working properly! * Thanks so much for all the help! * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/page/2/#post-2611704) * Oops! Sorry that’s a copy/paste error. * Permalinks are set to [http://nickgast.com/?p=123](http://nickgast.com/?p=123) * I’m thinking starting from scratch would be easiest at this point. I’m just wondering if I should keep anything in my root directory (any files from my hosting service that I should never delete) or if I can just clear out everything? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/#post-2611702) * I really appreciate all the help! * My permalink option is set to [http://nickgast.com/wordpress/?p=123](http://nickgast.com/wordpress/?p=123) * Both the WP address and the site address are set to [http://nickgast.com](http://nickgast.com) * and the front page displays are set to “Your latest posts” * When I go to nickgast.com it still takes me to nickgast.com/home and gives me the 404 error. * At this point, if we can’t find a fix, I’m starting to wonder what it would take to wipe everything clean from my server and just start fresh? I haven’t done any editing on the blog so I’m not losing any work, and I don’t mind re-installing everything. * I’m assuming I’d have to delete the MySQL I created with Network Solutions. * I’m just wondering what I should/shouldn’t delete from my root directory or if there’s anything else I should do? I know there were some files already in the directory before I installed wordpress. Is it necessary to keep those or can I just wipe everything clean? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/#post-2611697) * Okay, I found the .htaccess file, backed it up, and deleted it on my web server. * My permalink settings were already set to the default, and when i went to nickgast. com it gave me the same 404 error as always. * I went back to my permalink settings and changed it to the “month and name” option( [http://nickgast.com/2012/03/sample-post/](http://nickgast.com/2012/03/sample-post/)) and now when I go to nickgast.com it still takes me to nickgast.com/home but now there is a blog there. * I’ve left the setting to “month and name” if you’d like to go to nickgast.com and see what I mean. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/#post-2611670) * I’m not sure what you mean. I tried the redirect options at the links that Jan Dembowski supplied me and none of them worked. * It’s like even though I deleted the nickgast.com/home wordpress blog and uninstalled it, the redirect setting that I applied in the admin options of nickgast.com/ home hasn’t/won’t go away. * No matter how many times I try to redirect with the current blog that’s housed in the root directory, it can’t override the redirect from my previous (and now nonexistent) blog. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/#post-2611668) * The settings on my new, root blog are all correct in general settings. * I can’t go back to the old /home blog and change the settings because it is deleted. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/#post-2611666) * I never created a redirect manually in code, I used the redirect option at [http://your-new-url/wp-admin/options-general.php](http://your-new-url/wp-admin/options-general.php). * When I had a blog installed at nickgast.com/home I told it to redirect nickgast. com to nickgast.com/home from the admin general settings. * When I uninstalled/deleted the home directory and blog, the redirect never went away. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/#post-2611664) * Thanks for your patience! * I’m not sure exactly what you mean when you reference the “database” (sorry, super newbie!) but I’ll try to walk you through what I did. * I went to the network solutions management center and deleted my install from there, then went into my root and deleted the “home” directory that was created when I originally installed. Then I downloaded the .zip file from wordpress.org and installed a new blog manually in my root directory. * Again, I’m not exactly sure what you mean you talk about “database and tables”. I created a new MySQL and deleted the old one that the home directory blog was using if that has anything to do with it. * the new link is nickgast.com, which automatically redirects to the old link, nickgast.com/home, which no longer exists. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Can't get rid of old redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/) * Thread Starter [ngast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ngast/) * (@ngast) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-get-rid-of-old-redirect/#post-2611626) * Those settings are correct for my current site. * The problem is I originally created a wordpress blog at a /home directory and was having my root url re-direct to this /home spot. I tried changing those settings at the old /home blog and it would still redirect. I uninstalled the /home blog and deleted the home directory from my FTP, but it’s still redirecting to /home whenever I type my url in. Even though all the settings on the root level are correct. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)