Moving a directory from a subdirectory to a root directory.

[Xarzu]

I kind of remember seeing somewhere the steps involved in moving an extablished Blog from a subdirectory down to a root directory. What are the steps involved in doing this?

[chipbennett]

I kind of remember seeing somewhere the steps involved in moving an extablished Blog from a subdirectory down to a root directory. What are the steps involved in doing this?

Have you tried searching the Codex? You should always do that first.

Here, LMGTFY. These two Codex articles should help you:

Giving WordPress Its Own Directory
Moving WordPress

[Ryan]

Xarzu, I think you need to start searching before asking questions here. Many of your recent questions here have been very basic and could have been answered within seconds via a simple Google search.

For example:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?aq=f&...dpress+to+root

The first thing that showed up in that search for "move wordpress root" was the following article which answers your question:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_Wo..._Own_Directory

[Xarzu]

I did try searching.

I found this link:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_Wo...thin_Your_Site

and this link

http://www.pre23.com/2010/01/how-to-...omain-to-root/

I changed the WordPress address (URL) and the Site address (URL) to be the root directory of my web site, then I copied all the files over to my root just as it says. But now when I open the web site in the browser, it is a blank page.

[chipbennett]

I did try searching.

I found this link:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_Wo...thin_Your_Site

and this link

http://www.pre23.com/2010/01/how-to-...omain-to-root/

I changed the WordPress address (URL) and the Site address (URL) to be the root directory of my web site, then I copied all the files over to my root just as it says. But now when I open the web site in the browser, it is a blank page.

Take a look at [root]\index.php and make sure this line's require path is still correct:

 require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php'); 
  

Take a look at your wp-config, and make sure this line's require path is still correct:

 define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php'); 
  

After that, take a look at your .htaccess file. You might just delete everything between the WordPress comment tags:

 # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
(rewrite rules go here)
</IfModule>

# END WordPress 
  

You can safely delete everything between these tags and let WordPress re-create them, if they are causing problems.

[Xarzu]

I think it is all about the .htaccess file. It is apparently not structured to handle an index.php file. This file is hidden. It does not show up in my filezilla ftp client.

http://www.arguemax.com/.htaccess

[andrea_r]

No, a blank page is a php error. If you can find and read the error logs in your server, it should give lots of hints.

You have to copy all the wp files and the folders to the root.

[Xarzu]

No, a blank page is a php error. If you can find and read the error logs in your server, it should give lots of hints.

You have to copy all the wp files and the folders to the root.

I thought the same thing at first until I opened the .htaccess in the browser and it did not list index.php as acceptable. After working with my service provider, we fixed the problem.

Now to change the link settings between the blog and the bbpress forum so that they talk to each other.

[Xarzu]

it seems to be working fine now.

When I installed the wordpress and the bbpress, I gave settings to ensure that they were tied together.

Now that I have moved the wordpress to the root directory, what do I have to change in the wordpress and the bbpress to make sure that when you post to the blog it appears in the forum etc.?

[hakre]

it seems to be working fine now.

fine.

When I installed the wordpress and the bbpress, I gave settings to ensure that they were tied together.

Now that I have moved the wordpress to the root directory, what do I have to change in the wordpress and the bbpress to make sure that when you post to the blog it appears in the forum etc.?

Just give bbpress the updated settings you once initially set when you tied both together. I think that should do the job. In case you moved bbpress as well, you need to reflect that in bbpress settings as well. Please take a look into the bbpress documentation for more information about that.