Title: Website half wordpress half html
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# Website half wordpress half html

 *  [Athmaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athmaus/)
 * (@athmaus)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-half-wordpress-half-html/)
 * Boss bought a website: combofix.org, half of it i in PHP and other half in WordPress.
   It is rankign really well with SEO, but Boss wants it all in wordpress which 
   is just two pages the download and the index page.
 * The previous owner made the index page (for whatever reason) look like the wordpress
   theme. Here is the tricky part.
 * The wordpress portion of the site (and where 99% of the content is located) is
   actually: [http://www.combofix.org/blog/](http://www.combofix.org/blog/)
 * Yet all posts will look like this:
    [http://www.combofix.org/what-the-difference-between-combofix-adw-cleaner.php](http://www.combofix.org/what-the-difference-between-combofix-adw-cleaner.php)
 * It doesnt used the /blog/ subfolder
 * If you go to combofix.org/blog gives a 404 error
 * Does anyone know how i can get the entire site to be wordpress?
 * Do i need to install another instance of wordpress on the root and move the datebase
   over?

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 *  [frasermarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frasermarlow/)
 * (@frasermarlow)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-half-wordpress-half-html/#post-7621295)
 * Hi Athmaus,
 * Your wordpress is simply installed in a sub folder. This is a fairly standard
   thing, and you log in at combofix.org/blog/wp-admin . You do not need to move
   the entire WordPress installation, and you could rebuild the pages in WordPress
   and keep the blog functionality. You are using the twentythirteen theme, so you
   just need to look at changing the homepage.
 *  Thread Starter [Athmaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athmaus/)
 * (@athmaus)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-half-wordpress-half-html/#post-7621299)
 * Main reason is we are changing themes and want to use the some of the nice plugins
   across entire site, and much easier to maintain
 * Would this be the cleanest way to do this:
 * – Install wordpress on root (using the same database as /blog/ install), that
   way all content is there
    – delete /blog/ subfolder?
 * Creating a testing site while doing all of this of courese
 *  [frasermarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frasermarlow/)
 * (@frasermarlow)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-half-wordpress-half-html/#post-7621301)
 * Running two instances of wordpress on the same host can be a bit tricky, but 
   can be done. You would actually use your host’s install tool (if they have one,
   or install by FTP if they do not) in a separate subfolder, and with a separate
   database altogether.
 * You would then access your first database via MySQL and export all the content.
   
   Make sure your second install is fresh (clean install of WordPress and a new 
   theme). Access the second database via MySQL and IMPORT the contents you exported
   form the first database. Now you can go to your new site at combofix.org/newfoldername
   and build there until you are ready to go live. When you want to launch you will
   need to modify the .htaccess file and change the new WordPress installation ‘
   general’ settings. Refer to this as you go: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 * Once all is running well, back up then delete the old site.
 * Good luck.
 *  Thread Starter [Athmaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athmaus/)
 * (@athmaus)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-half-wordpress-half-html/#post-7621304)
 * Thank you for your help and various suggestions, will let oyu konw how it goes
   😉

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