Can't get rid of old redirect

  • Resolved ngast

    (@ngast)


    12 years, 12 months ago

    I’m completely new to all this so bear with me!

    I recently purchased a hosting account with network solutions and installed wordpress through their automated system. It wouldn’t let me install it in the root directory, so I created a directory called “home” for them to put it in.

    I was using the wordpress settings to redirect my main url to the home directory.

    I read up on how to install wordpress manually and did so in my root directory, htdocs.

    Once I did that I uninstalled wordpress from the home directory on my network solutions account and deleted the home directory.

    I can successfully log into wp-admin at my root address, but if I try to go to my site it’s still redirecting to the home directory I created and have since deleted, giving me a 404 error.

    SO, in essence, my question is how can I get rid of this redirect so my domain doesn’t keep re-routing to the home directory which no longer exists?

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  • Thread Starter ngast

    (@ngast)

    Oops! Sorry that’s a copy/paste error.

    Permalinks are set to https://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?

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    No WordPress files, you can just download those again. As for host provided files, there shouldn’t be anything to keep.

    But if in doubt, check with your host.

    Thread Starter ngast

    (@ngast)

    Alright, cleared out my root directory and re-installed and everything seems to be working properly!

    Thanks so much for all the help!

    I had the exact same problem. Solved it by clearing the cache on my browser. ooops.

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