Moving WP site but have a question please!

  • Resolved mwelch

    (@mwelch)


    14 years, 10 months ago

    Hi All,

    Ok I’m going to start the ball rolling with moving a wp site from https://mysite.com/wordpress to https://mysite.com.

    It’s to my understanding from these directions that all that it requires for me to do is make changes in the WP dashboard and then copy over the index.php and .htaccess files to the root.

    However, here is my question:
    1. I don’t see an .htaccess file under my wp folder. I read:

    Note that .htaccess is a hidden file in Unix/Linux (as dictated by the preceding period ‘.’), meaning it may not be visible using the default settings of some FTP clients.

    does anyone know how I can access this file so I can see it to move it to the root?

    thanks!!
    PS using filezilla

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  • Here is the best way to show hidden files in FTP.

    https://blog.dreamhosters.com/kbase/index.cgi?area=2932

    Thread Starter mwelch

    (@mwelch)

    Thanks for the response! according to that link I should do the following

    In FileZilla ( https://filezilla.sourceforge.net/ )

    Edit -> Settings -> Remote file list

    Be sure that “Always show hidden files” is checked.

    Yet don’t see this option on filezilla????

    Also, just checked the file manager in cpanel as well as the original files I downloaded WP from and there is not htaccess file anywhere.

    Does this mean I have to create one?

    By the way, I am working with yahoo small business server. I know they do permalinks very differently so not sure if that may have an impact on this.

    Thanks!!!

    Thread Starter mwelch

    (@mwelch)

    oh…just in case this is relevant. I was having issues with yahoo permalinks when I tried to change them to a custom one (turns out I have to use their own plugin for this)

    Anyway it’s currently still at the default

    Default https://www.mysite.com/wordpress/?p=123

    Thread Starter mwelch

    (@mwelch)

    ok I think I know what the problem is. I never set up a permalinks (still at the default). WP I guess sets one up for you when you customize this.

    So it’s safe to say at the moment I don’t need one.

    PLEASE someone correct me if I’m wrong!

    Thread Starter mwelch

    (@mwelch)

    ok just in case anyone need to know….I moved it without the htaccess file and all was fine- guess since I had not touched the permalink structure it wasn’t necessary

    Yes, you can change the permissions on the .htaccess file as well and change your permalinks through the WP dashboard. Or you can do it manually by editing the .htaccess file.

    Thread Starter mwelch

    (@mwelch)

    thanks!!

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