Title: Template Editor error when WordPress is installed
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Template Editor error when WordPress is installed

 *  [robgreeley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robgreeley/)
 * (@robgreeley)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-editor-error-when-wordpress-is-installed/)
 * I have installed WordPress in a different directory than the blog iteslf. This
   is a great idea, and keeps everything cleaner than it would otherwise be – Thanks
   
   One small problem that I have found is that the template editing tab now shows
   the following error at the top of the page: Editing index.php Oops, no such file
   exists! Double check the name and try again, merci. I think this is where the
   main template would be shown, but in this case it can’t find it because it is
   looking in the WordPress folder, not the home directory.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-editor-error-when-wordpress-is-installed/#post-83254)
 * Did you follow all the instructions here for your install ?
    Different directories
   [http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/different-address/](http://wordpress.org/docs/installation/different-address/)
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-editor-error-when-wordpress-is-installed/#post-83255)
 * This is problem that has been noted before. You cannot use the Template Editor
   on pages “below” the wordpress directory, or to put it better, in a super-directory
   relative to the wordpress directory.
    A search of these forums might lead to 
   a solution.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-editor-error-when-wordpress-is-installed/#post-83259)
 * Ah… in that case, lines 153-157 of templates.php have the hrefs
    - 
       you could open that up and replace the hrefs ? (and while you are at it,
      add one for the css 🙂 )
 *  Thread Starter [robgreeley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robgreeley/)
 * (@robgreeley)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-editor-error-when-wordpress-is-installed/#post-83338)
 * Good idea – tried it out. Maybe I am being dense, but why don’t the standard ./
   and ../ file reference functions work here?

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-editor-error-when-wordpress-is-installed/#post-83338)
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