Wordpress and www.nnn.com domain

amen · 10-03-2013 7:39pm #1

Silly question but I have a domain, www.nnn.com with an irish hosting company and I installed Wordpress using their Application Installation tools.

I can access wordpress via www.nnn.com/wordpress.

Any easy way to make anyone typing www.nnn.com to go straight to www.nnn.com/wordpress ?

I realise I could install wordpress in the root or maybe use a http redirect(not sure about this bit) but I am doing this to help a voluntary organisation (no charge) and I want it easy for them to maintain or get some one else to help them in future.

frozenfrozen · 10-03-2013 7:43pm

The easiest method would be to use a http redirect and it could stay in tact after you're finished developing. It's nicer to keep the root free of things like wordpress in case you ever want to move to a different system. Do you need a hand setting up a redirect?

amen · 10-03-2013 7:53pm

yes please

OneIdea · 10-03-2013 10:01pm

I think you possible installed the wordpress into a directory folder called wordpress where as you should have entered just a forward / off your domain name

Why not just re-install to a normal position?

Trojan · 11-03-2013 4:06am

Check out this info: http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Moving_a_Root_install_to_its_own_directory

amen · 11-03-2013 12:22pm

Why not just re-install to a normal position

Because I used the Hosting companies self install option!

OneIdea · 11-03-2013 12:28pm

amen wrote: »

Because I used the Hosting companies self install option!

..and there should have been a question about where you want to install it. the directory /wordpress is a default location setting.

What was the installer program?

dahamsta · 11-03-2013 12:28pm

If it was Plesk, you can install to the root directory by removing "wordpress" from the install directory field (i.e. leave it blank). If you want a do-over, the installer supports uninstallation. If you've already added content, WordPress has export and import facilities.

L8rdude · 11-03-2013 12:32pm

Can we mention the hosting company?

I had this issue last week, and it it's the same hoster then

Log into your hosting control panel
Click on Sites & Domains on the left hand side of the screen
Now click on the domain
Now click on Web Applications
Now click on Wordpress
Now scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on 'Change URL Path'
Now delete 'wordpress' from the input box and click Submit

May take a few minutes to update

11-03-2013 12:42pm

Just upload a index.php file to your root and make the following the PHP file contents.

<?php

header("Location:http://www.nnn.com/wordpress");

?>

Crude, but should work fine.

amen · 11-03-2013 6:32pm

got it working.

thanks for all the help.

Graham · 11-03-2013 7:12pm

It might be worth mentioning how you got it working, otherwise there will be someone really frustrated when they come across this post in a few months looking for an answer to the same problem.

Trojan · 12-03-2013 3:41am

Deleted User wrote: »

Just upload a index.php file to your root and make the following the PHP file contents.

<?php

header("Location:http://www.nnn.com/wordpress");

?>

Crude, but should work fine.

I recommend not doing it this way: a redirect like this is more of a temporary hack than a permanent solution.

Here's more on moving the WordPress directory.

amen · 12-03-2013 2:17pm

I created a .htaccess to redirect requests to www.nnn.com to www.nnn.com/wordpress.

I will be using the proper wordpress moving directories option next week.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?nnn.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ wordpress [L]

ChRoMe · 12-03-2013 6:42pm

Graham wrote: »

It might be worth mentioning how you got it working, otherwise there will be someone really frustrated when they come across this post in a few months looking for an answer to the same problem.

amen · 12-03-2013 9:20pm

xkcd - a cartoon for every occasion.

Have to say been that guy in the image...

Wordpress and www.nnn.com domain

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