Specific installation set up issues

  • belenenses

    (@belenenses)


    15 years, 4 months ago

    Hi Guys,

    I have a problem and I need advice. I want to replace an existing site [built using CuteHTML & with Filezilla as ftp] by a WordPress theme. I want to build it ‘off-line’ so to speak before making it go ‘live’ and ensure I do this without losing the existing accumulated site history, etc.

    A very nice lady from Google Webmaster Forum advised me earlier as follows:

    “Set up a WordPress installation in a folder in your current site. Copy the index.php and a couple of others (can’t remember which, but it’s all in the WordPress documentation) into the site root, and follow the instructions for setting up the index.php to call up the content from the WordPress folder.

    You now have the WordPress and original site in the same root.

    The index.html for your original site will continue to appear and the site will function as normal. Noindex your .php file and the WordPress folder.

    Re-build in WordPress, when it’s ready, implement the 301 redirects and change the privacy settings to public and remove noindex from your index.php.”

    I have so far used my CPanel and downloaded the latest WP version via Fantastico into

    http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/

    1. I cannot find any relevant WP instructions so need to know where I go from here. Do I continue as above? If so, by copying the index.php and which others [?] into the site root, and then how do I set up the index.php to call up the content from the WordPress folder?
    2. How do I Noindex my .php file and the WordPress folder?

    The 301 redirects can wait…………….

    Hope the above makes sense and leads to a painlessly quick New Year’s resolution.

    Cheers!

    Belenenses

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Leave WP where it is for now and work on getting your site ready. when you are ready to launch the new site, follow the instructions in Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory.

    Thread Starter belenenses

    (@belenenses)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Okay, thanks Esmi, that’s a relief for now.

    However, might sound a silly question, but how do I get to the WP interface so I can download my StudioPress Theme?

    Cheers!

    Belenenses

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Try using http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/wp-admin

    Thread Starter belenenses

    (@belenenses)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/wp-admin gets me just a list of files

    and

    http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin gets me a 404 Not Found.

    I presume I’m missing something? This doesnt happen in my Crash Course WP video course where the above should take me to the Dashboard !

    B

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Did you actually install WordPress yet?

    http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

    Thread Starter belenenses

    (@belenenses)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Using your suggestion I get ‘Already Installed.’

    Then I clicked on Log in and got the Log in interface. I quickly did this and…..doh! Was taken back to a list of files at
    Index of /wordpress/wp-admin

    christopherross

    (@christopherross)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    belenenses, your server may not support PHP files. most likely that’s not the case but when you try to load a php file and it instead only loads a list of files or worse, the code in a file it means that your server is not ‘parsing’ the PHP.

    Try this,

    first try to load http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/readme.html

    If that loads, your installation is in the right place.

    next try to load http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/index.php

    If that loads and displays the site, your PHP is working. What I suspect however is that instead it will show the actual code such as this:

    <?php
/**
 * Front to the WordPress application. This file doesn't do anything, but loads
 * wp-blog-header.php which does and tells WordPress to load the theme.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

/**
 * Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it.
 *
 * @var bool
 */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);

/** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>

    which means that your server is not loading the PHP and you’ll either have to switch hosts or have PHP installed.

    Thread Starter belenenses

    (@belenenses)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Hi Chris,

    Firstly, the read me loads and is okay; but the index.php results in:

    The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server.

    I use Lunarpages [who get their own mention in the standard WP set up process. I asked them the question before deciding to adopt WP and they replied:

    “For your information, the version of PHP 5 that you are using on your server is 5.2.9 since it is considered to be the stable version.”

    What next?

    Thanks,

    B.

    Thread Starter belenenses

    (@belenenses)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Case solved!

    Tommy Wong of Lunarpages is a star and wrote:

    The Dashboard can be accessed via http://mysite.com/wordpress/wp-admin/.

    Your .htaccess file located within the “public_html” folder had entries which did not allow index.php to load as a default file. I have corrected this and you should now be able to view the login instead of a directory listing with the above URL.

    I hope this helps.

    It did!

    Thanks for all your input!

    B.

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