JG99

Hello

I had a similar problem, and since it was a new blog I could simply delete the database in cPanel and start over. Here were the steps I followed:

Deleted my database.

Deleted wordpress files using file manager.

At this point, “public_html” were empty. Deleted files _vti_inf.html and postinfo.html , and the directories cgi-bin, images and _vti_bin.

Uploaded the ALREADY UNZIPPED wordpress files and directories (with their contents) from my desktop to “public_html” using FileZilla.

Then I followed the 5-minute install instructions on www.remarpro.com and now the blog is working perfectly and is in my root directory which means “www.mysite.com”

This is how I solved the problem:

Deleted my database in cPanel.

Deleted wordpress files using cPanel file manager.

At this point, “public_html” were empty. Deleted files _vti_inf.html and postinfo.html , and the directories cgi-bin, images and _vti_bin.

Uploaded the ALREADY UNZIPPED wordpress files and directories (with their contents) to “public_html” using FileZilla.

Then I followed the 5-minute install instructions on www.remarpro.com and now the blog is working perfectly and is in my root directory which means “www.mysite.com”

This is how I solved the problem:

Deleted my database in cPanel.

Deleted wordpress files using cPanel file manager.

At this point, “public_html” were empty. Deleted files _vti_inf.html and postinfo.html , and the directories cgi-bin, images and _vti_bin.

Uploaded the ALREADY UNZIPPED wordpress files and directories (with their contents) to “public_html” using FileZilla.

Then I followed the 5-minute install instructions on www.remarpro.com and now the blog is working perfectly and is in my root directory which means “www.mysite.com”

Thank you for trying to help me.

I attempted to move the htaccess file. But I think it is already in the root directory! I get the error message “source and destination are the same.” I tried it a couple of times, and the last time I tried to drop it into the highest location on the left side. The file went there no problem, but now I get a slightly different error message when I try to view my blog:

Index of /

* _vti_bin/
* _vti_inf.html
* cgi-bin/
* images/
* postinfo.html
* wordpress/

Have I made the problem worse?

OK, so I followed the instructions on putting WordPress into its own directory from above. However, in my case the instructions are a little different because it is ALREADY in its own directory. Basically what I did was change the index.php file to read

require(‘./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php’)

and then I was able to change the General settings in WordPress so that my blog shows up at “https://www.mysite.com”

(but I still log in at “mysite/wordpress,” because that is where the files are located)

I can log in and navigate all around my site, but when I actually try to view my site, I get this screen at “www.mysite.com”:

Index of /
* cgi-bin/
* images/
* postinfo.html
* wordpress/

Does this mean that the database is not communicating with my site? Or perhaps the .htaccess file needs to be moved or changed?

APPRECIATE THE HELP!

Up to this point, I have uploaded it via my webhost’s cPanel. I uploaded the entire zip file, and that’s why it went into its own folder called wordpress. Now everyone is telling me to unzip it first and use FileZilla. I can do that, but I am not sure where to put the files when I transfer them – there are many choices.

WordPress comes in a zipped folder, if you upload that folder along with the WordPress files, you’ll naturally end up having a sub-directory in the URL.

Thank you for your reply – so now I have unzipped the WordPress file to my desktop, but are you saying I should upload all those files one by one to my root directory by using Filezilla? Won’t that take ages?

# Get a FTP client (like FileZilla)
# Open FTP client and login to your hosting account using your FTP account information
# Place all the files from your WordPress folder onto your server
# In this example I will place all files in root directory (https://www.yourdomain.com).

OK, so I just connected via FileZilla, but I am not sure where to transfer the files to?

There are all sorts of choices!

I’m sorry, but I am not as advanced as you folks are. I would like a more simple way to do this – is there one?

I have re-installed WordPress probably 5 times now – I cannot get it into the root directory! It has its own directory and there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do about it.

PLEASE HELP – I am losing my mind here!

Thank you very much!

OK, so I ended up deleting the database and starting over…

Now I have successfully completed the install and have the “Hello World!” new page in front of me.

But my blog address is “https://www.mysite.com/wordpress”

I am afraid if I change the settings in WordPress to simply

“https://www.mysite.com” I will be right back where I was before.

So do I need to first set up a redirect in cPanel?

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

Thank you for your advice – I am on another forum (not as good as this one, that’s for sure), but one of the posters told me to do this:

You have to put a redirect to your wordpress folder.

Goto cpanel and click on redirects

Select the domain set to https://yourdomain.com/wordpress

Would you agree with this advice?

Thank you again!

Bringing to the top, hoping someone can provide further details!

THANK YOU.

what is the path to the wp url and blog url in the db? does it coincide with your installation? <–Could you elaborate on this a bit?

also serversidewise … have you got a redirect from your domain to the subdir? is that planned?<—I’m sorry, I don’t understand this completely either!

does you blog show when you enter ….www.domain.tld/wordpress/
can you log in that way?<–Tried this, but it says “URL not found.”

I appreciate your help, sorry for my lack of ability in these areas!

Thanks for replying.

I have switched the “Google xml sitemap” plug-in for the plain old “xml sitemap” plug-in.

The latter version seems to be working!

However, I am unable to delete the former one! I get an error message when trying to do so!

Any suggestions as to how to clear the former plug-in from my system?

Thanks again!

Thanks, I understand now !!

I was able to access it via the cPanel file manager – YES !!