Yeowza

ok I think I fix it..

what I did was just go some directory’s up relativly

<?php require('./../../../wp-blog-header.php'); >

This just goes 3 directories up, where wp-blog-header.php is located.. gonna keep testing to see if there are any problems.

I’m planning on distributing this theme so I guess it will keep working as long as the user does not move files around

still not sure why <?php define('WP_USE_THEMES', true); require('./wp-blog-header.php'); ?> works with index.php though

I moved wp-blog-header.php into wp-content/themes/ThemeName/ and it works..

So this means that the problem is because ./ is referring to
wp-content/themes/ThemeName

Is there way for me to specify root when I do not know the URL?

ex: https://www.website.com/wp-blog-header.php

ahh i see, wp-blog-header.php is located on root

I guess ./ points to root then, why would it load with index.php and not with articles.php though? the are both in same directory

my bad, stupid error