Problems moving root install its own directory

Hi all,

I’m on wordpress v 4.1 right now.

I just went through moving a wordpress site across different servers and domains, and I ended up with all my files installed in my root directory (http://example.com/public_html). My aim is to now move all these files to a subdirectory (http://example.com/public_html/wordpress), but still have it so that wordpress will appear to operate out of http://example.com instead of http://example.com/wordpress.

I’ve been trying to follow the instructions on The WordPress Codex article on Giving WordPress Its Own Directory”. But now going to http://example.com will only show my root directory with links to “cgi.bin” and the subdirectory. And I cannot access the admin panel from either “http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/” or “http://example.com/wp-admin/”

Am I missing something? Do I need to change links in the database too?