Problem With Turning Website Into Wordpress Blog

remodeler · 04-10-2009, 02:35 PM

I have a website with a few pages of content that is about 8 months old. The site gets maybe 5 visitors a month because I simply never did anything with it. Now I am trying to turn it into a blog and really build it.

I went in under Fantastico and set up Wordpress. I did not add "blog" to the directory or touch it because I want the blog to show up as the domain name and not something like www.yoursite/blog/. When I tried to view the new site, it only shows an index page with all the public html files. Can anyone tell me what I've missed here?

Thanks

mywebwork · 04-10-2009, 03:48 PM

Did you install this over your existing site,or did you wipe the existing site and make a clean installation? Although WordPress should just overwrite any identically named files, it may not have actually done this. Also, if your old site used an "index.html" file and if it's still there it will get selected in lieu of WordPresses index.php file (at least with a standard Apache configuration it will).

Perhaps you should just uninstall it, make sure the site is "empty" and then reinstall it. I have had Fantastico installations that failed before, it's a rare event but it certainly does happen. In the couple of cases I've seen a reinstallation fixed the problem.

Bill

remodeler · 04-10-2009, 04:22 PM

Bill,
That was it. It still had the index.html file still showing. I deleted it and it works fine now. Thanks!

04-10-2009, 02:35 PM	#1
remodeler HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 496 Thanks: 87 Thanked 86 Times in 79 Posts	Problem With Turning Website Into Wordpress Blog I have a website with a few pages of content that is about 8 months old. The site gets maybe 5 visitors a month because I simply never did anything with it. Now I am trying to turn it into a blog and really build it. I went in under Fantastico and set up Wordpress. I did not add "blog" to the directory or touch it because I want the blog to show up as the domain name and not something like www.yoursite/blog/. When I tried to view the new site, it only shows an index page with all the public html files. Can anyone tell me what I've missed here? Thanks

04-10-2009, 03:48 PM	#2
mywebwork Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA & Montreal Canada Posts: 2,218 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 759 Thanked 724 Times in 505 Posts	Re: Problem With Turning Website Into Wordpress Blog Did you install this over your existing site,or did you wipe the existing site and make a clean installation? Although WordPress should just overwrite any identically named files, it may not have actually done this. Also, if your old site used an "index.html" file and if it's still there it will get selected in lieu of WordPresses index.php file (at least with a standard Apache configuration it will). Perhaps you should just uninstall it, make sure the site is "empty" and then reinstall it. I have had Fantastico installations that failed before, it's a rare event but it certainly does happen. In the couple of cases I've seen a reinstallation fixed the problem. Bill

04-10-2009, 04:22 PM	#3
remodeler HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 496 Thanks: 87 Thanked 86 Times in 79 Posts	Re: Problem With Turning Website Into Wordpress Blog Bill, That was it. It still had the index.html file still showing. I deleted it and it works fine now. Thanks!