SteveL

Nevermind. I fixed it by adding an extra copy of the “index.php” file to my WordPress directory. There was already one in the “/WordPress-Content” subdirectory. But, I guess it needed to be in the parent “WordPress directory. Thanks.

The changes that I made were as follows:
–Under “Options,” I changed the blog address to the root address and clicked “Update.” (Now changed back and updated.)
–WordPress already had its own subdirectory on the server; so, never changed that and never had to move the WordPress files.
–I copied the “index.php” file from the WordPress directory into the root directory of my site. (Now removed from the root directory; original file still in the WordPress directory.)
–I made no change to the “.htaccess” file, because I couldn’t find it (WordPress documentation says that sometimes this file is a hidden file.)
–I edited the “index.php” file, as instructed, and saved the new version into the root directory. (Now deleted from the root directory; original still in the WordPress directory.)
Having made only those changes and now having restored them, is there some other step that I’m missing in getting WordPress to function again? Alternatively, is it better to delete all the Worpress files from my host’s server and download/upload Worpress anew? If so, is there a way to preserve the posts to the blog so far?

I have a similar problem. I had my WordPress blog installed and running fine on the “/wordpress” webpage on my website. However, I wanted to have my blog page show up on my home page. So, I followed the instructions under “Giving WordPress its Own Directory While Leaving Your Blog in the Root Directory” (except for moving the .htaccess file – which I could move becuase I couldn’t find it or it didn’t show up under my hosting company’s FTP manager). Making these changes caused both my home page and my WordPress page to become non-functional.

So, I undid everything — to try to restore it to its original condition. The homepage works fine now. But, I can’t get the WordPress page to work again. (I can log in to the admin pages just fine; but, I can’t view the WordPress page through my browser. I’ve dumped he cache, too, but still no luck). Can someone help?

I uploaded a new theme to my ISP’s server. But, when I try to use the WordPress Admin Panel (under “Presentation”) to implement the theme, I get a “Broken Theme” message, saying that the “stylesheet is missing” for the theme that I am trying to implement. However, I can see that the stylesheet is among the files that I uploaded and it appears to contain stylesheet-like code. Any thoughts on how to overcome this error message and implement the new theme that I have chosen?