Title: Different directory problem
Last modified: December 28, 2016

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# Different directory problem

 *  [Benoit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benoit/)
 * (@benoit)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/)
 * ** UPDATE **
    Never mind the question. I downloaded the CVS and found out that
   the installation instructions to a different directory that are posted on the
   website refer to THAT version rather than the last stable release. You may wish
   to indicate that little detail on the instructions page. 🙂 I know I’ve seen 
   the issue discussed before, and maybe I’m just being dense, but I can’t seem 
   to figure how to set WP the way I want as far as directories go. My current MT
   blog is at `http://benoitbisson.com/blog/index.html`. What I am trying to do 
   is have WordPress run the blog at the same place, so that just going to benoitbisson.
   com/blog will take you there once I include the php inclusion in htaccess. However,
   between what the instructions say about different directory and what is actually
   there, things differ and I can’t quite make out WHAT I should indicate where.
   The instructions say: Go to your Options page. It should say your WordPress address
   and Blog address are the same. Under my Options page, I assume we are talking
   about the one address that is specified, and that’s under Basic Settings, where
   there is the mention of “siteurl”. And I just cannot seem to find a place where
   there is mention of WordPress address. In fact, the only instance I can think
   of where that’s brought up is in the installation process. So (sorry for the 
   length of this!), the question is simply this: if I want to have my blog address
   to be `http://benoitbisson.com/blog/index.php`, how do I go about it? What addresses
   do I indicate at install and in the options?

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 *  [annabloom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/annabloom/)
 * (@annabloom)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/#post-48294)
 * i assume wp-admin/options-general.php is where you want to go:
    wp-admin | options
   | general wp and blog address both [http://benoitbisson.com/blog/](http://benoitbisson.com/blog/)
   of course your wp files and dirs should be in /blog/ as well
 *  [andrea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea/)
 * (@andrea)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/#post-48908)
 * I have a similar problem to Benoit. I saved my WP files in the wordpress/ folder,
   and want my blog to live in the root directory. There are no options anywhere
   in my version of WP (downloaded and installed today) that match “Go to your Options
   page. It should say your WordPress address and Blog address are the same.” I 
   went through all the options links… help.
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/#post-48909)
 * Instructions for the beta version and upwards (I am not sure about whether particular
   nightlies support this functionality) :
    1) Install WordPress as you normally
   would, following the instructions in the [http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/5-minute/](http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/5-minute/)
   installation document. Let us assume that your website has the URL [http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com),
   and that you installed WordPress in the Directory wordpress ([http://www.example.com/wordpress/index.php](http://www.example.com/wordpress/index.php)
   is where your blog homepage is now at), and that you want to have the index.php
   page (the blog) at the address [http://www.example.com/blog](http://www.example.com/blog)
   2) Go to [http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php](http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-general.php)
   after logging in as the administrator. (‘admin’ on a fresh installation) 3) Change
   the option that reads “Blog address (URI):” to read [http://www.example.com/blog](http://www.example.com/blog)
   and click on the “Update Options” button. 4) Edit the file index.php in the “
   wordpress” folder on your server, changing the line `require('./wp-blog-header.
   php');` to be `require('../wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');` (in short, the above
   line should specify the relative path to the file named “wp-blog-header.php”)
   5) Move the edited file named “index.php” from the “wordpress” folder on your
   website’s server to the folder called “blog”, or if you edited index.php after
   first downloading it to your computer, then uploaded the edited index.php to 
   the “blog” folder that you already created 6) If you are using rewrite rules 
   for nicer PermaLinks, go to the page [http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-permalink.php](http://www.example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-permalink.php)
   and enter the desired Permalink structure using the tags and the help on that
   page, and click “Update Options” to get the new .htaccess rules. Copy the WordPress
   generated lines from the box, and paste them in a file called .htaccess in the“
   blog” directory. Create a file called .htaccess if one is not already present
   in that directory. Use a simple text editor such as notepad or wordpad to create
   the .htaccess file if you are creating it on your computer. 7) Sit back and enjoy!
   Easy does it.
 *  [andrea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea/)
 * (@andrea)
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/#post-48910)
 * Sigh… I think I’m downwards from the beta version (downloaded it from the Sourceforge
   link, 1.0.2). I guess it won’t work for me.
    Also, I now know my webhost doesn’t
   like us to mess with .htaccess, so I won’t be able to sort out the permalinks
   anyway. Ah well.
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/#post-48937)
 * This solution is no good, since you will not longer be able to edit the index.
   php through the admin interface. Anyone with some thoughts on this?
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/#post-48984)
 * Just wondering if anyone found a solution to this that was mentioned earlier?
   “
   This solution is no good, since you will not longer be able to edit the index.
   php through the admin interface. Anyone with some thoughts on this?”

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 * Last activity: [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-directory-problem/#post-48984)
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