After Softaclous install, error

  • I’m on a shared server. I used Softaculous to install WP in the root of my account. DNS currently points to old server…and we want to keep the old Joomla site live while working with WP. When I navigate to the root folder, I get the message oops, nothing here. When I try to navigate to root/WP-admin, error 500. I ftp’d in and see files, including index.php. What have I done wrong? I’ve read all the new user info in the codex (I think), but there wasn’t much about dealing with problems like this.

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  • Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    Have you contacted your host? If there really is an issue with the installer they would be able to handle that.

    Thread Starter artshotwell

    (@artshotwell)

    My host tells me that sometimes WP doesn’t like to run on a temporary URL. He didn’t question the install. Looks to me like the files are there…

    Since you said, your DNS currently points to old server where you installed Joomla. So, if you try to access wordpress or its admin, you will get error but you can see the files in your directory.

    You need to change your DNS to point your new server, so that you can access your wordpress.

    Yes, like Dheeraj said. Also keep in mind that after you change the DNS, it can take up to 48 hours until they are fully propagated. Until the DNS aren’t propagated, WordPress installations will fail or not work properly.

    I recommend waiting at least 24 hours after changing the DNS, just to be sure.

    I resolved this problem on my site.

    In .htaccess comment out this line:
    #AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php .php5 .php4 .php3

    Added the “#” symbol at the beginning.

    Note that there might be a .htaccess file in your PUBLIC_HTML folder and in a sub-domain folder.

    Thread Starter artshotwell

    (@artshotwell)

    My htccss has this line
    AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .php54 .php
    And, that’s because I requested php 5.4

    But, thanks for the suggestion…

    You didn’t say which one was resolved your problem, maybe it will help others who will face this problem.

    Thread Starter artshotwell

    (@artshotwell)

    OOps…sorry.. my Web host edited the database to point to the temp location… No, I don’t understand it. And, when the site goes live, I’m not quite sure what I’ll do. I guess I’ll look at the database.

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