Index works other links don’t

  • Hello community!

    I just moved my fully functioning wordpress install from /wordpress to the root directory (/) (Note: the root directory also includes a couple of other unrelated folders with non-conflicting names i.e. names not used by WP as far as I know) and 2 other unrelated files (indexOLD.html and screen.css from the previous holding page). I changed the URLs in the database and followed the basic instructions.

    The index works at root (including material from various posts) and the admin pages work, but the links to posts and pages do not (I get a 404 “Not Found. The requested URL /musica was not found on this server.”), although I have changed the URLs.

    I thought this would be the simple task of shunting WP one directory level down, but I’m stuck!

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

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  • Do you have and URL?

    Thread Starter deepthings

    (@deepthings)

    Thanks for your reply.

    Yes but i changed it back to the previous, basic holding page for now since the wp install is broken. But all you would really see if it were active is as I described: the index, wp-admin if you have access, and a bunch of 404s from any other link.

    It’s sumsin.com.

    Any thoughts?

    Possible problems (from my limited knowledge and guesswork) are:

    – The presence of other folders and files in the root.
    – Something in .htaccess.
    – Some unknown (to me) in wp meaning that changing the URLs in the options table is insufficient to make it all work.

    Thanks again.

    But all you would really see if it were active is…

    You are underestimating my ability to deduce information about a site.

    Sounds like you are on the right track though. Something in .htaccess or bad values in wp-admin->Settings

    Thread Starter deepthings

    (@deepthings)

    I fixed it now! I don’t really know what it was but I think it had something to do with the fact that I manually changed the URLs in the db (I only changed it in 3 rows, the two standard URL rows and the upload row) before moving the files to their new place. There must be something I failed to do manually that got done when I updated in the settings. Do you know what? Never mind anyway, I’m running now.

    Many thanks for your attention!

    I’m having the same problem! HELP!!! :o)

    Here’s my address:

    https://www.theconnectionag.org

    Everything is saved in /wordpress. I copied the index.php and .htaccess to the Root Directory. I opened .htacess and posted the permalinks code in it, ’cause someone else said I should (I’m a newbie). That didn’t fix anything, but didn’t make it worse. I did notice, when I opened .htaccess that it WAS empty. Is that normal? Also, I tried to just create a web.config, but that made EVERYTHING disappear. HELP!

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