WordPress in its own folder

  • Hi

    I have read the codex about having all the wp files in a folder rather than in the root directory and its seems straightforward.

    When the files have been moved do the permalinks stay the same?

    I.e if in a folder called ‘wordpress’ will the pages show as – mysite.com/about/ become mysite.com/wordpress/about/ ??

    The reason I ask is that I have a site that is currently using the root for a traffic exchange – so I have mysite.com/members.php etc

    I want to use wordpress for the home page and have wp in its own folder for blogging, extra pages etc.

    Before I try on a live traffic exchange site – Will there be any conflicts such as wordpress not knowing that mysite.com/members.php is valid and not throw a 404?

    Any help and advice is most welcome please

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  • I.e if in a folder called ‘wordpress’ will the pages show as – mysite.com/about/ become mysite.com/wordpress/about/ ??

    No. Pages will retain the mysite.com/about/ syntax. However the urls of Posts will change to reflect the new /wordpress sub-folder.

    Thread Starter voddie

    (@voddie)

    thanks for the quick reply esmi

    So if I install in a folder /blog/ all pages will stay the same just the posts would have a prefix /blog/

    So mysite.com/about/ would stay the same whereas mysite.com/2013/06/post
    would change to mysite.com/blog/2013/06/post?

    How could I then access the blog posts? I couldn’t have a page called mysite.com/blog/ could I?

    So if I install in a folder /blog/ all pages will stay the same just the posts would have a prefix /blog/

    Yes.

    How could I then access the blog posts?

    Not sure what you mean by “access”…

    I couldn’t have a page called mysite.com/blog/

    Correct.

    Thread Starter voddie

    (@voddie)

    Thanks for your help

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