Site installed at wrong directory level?

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  astutters · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:18 pm

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  I have a new site that I’m setting up

  Instead of viewing the site from SITENAME.com (which is my desire), you can only see the site from SITENAME.com/blog

  I want my viewers to see my site from SITENAME.com

  Clues?

  Thanks!!

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  wolfieb · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:22 pm

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  I suspect that you’re self-hosting your blog, using the WordPress.org software. If this is the case, you really need the WordPress.org support forum which you can find at:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  This support forum is for users of the multi-user WordPress.com software, and the two are very different. Check out this link for information on the differences.

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  ellaella · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:23 pm

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  Hi. It sounds as if you’re self-hosted. If so, you’ll need to get help at:

  http://wordpress.org/support

  The multi-user software here at wordpress.com is very different and many, if not most, of us are in the dark about the self-hosted version.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:25 pm

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  If you have a wordpress.com blog then the url will be like this example: http://myblog.wordpress.com

  The only way that url can be changed is through the purchase of a domain and domain mapping
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/10/05/can-you-change-my-username/
  http://faq.wordpress.com/category/domain-mapping/

  However, if you have w wordpress.org “powered by wordpress” installation and are self hosting then you are in the wrong forum. We run on different software and will not be able to help you here. In that case the correct forum link is http://wordpress.org/support/

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  astutters · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:27 pm

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  Ah – I’ll go to the other forum

  Thanks folks

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:27 pm

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  Three polite replies – simultaneously typed … :)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2007 at 10:28 pm

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  You’re welcome and happy blogging!

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  digitdarkes · Member · Dec 29, 2007 at 11:15 am

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  Actually, When a site is SITENAME.com/blog, it means that you are using a sub-directory. If you want your blog to be located at blog.SITENAME.com, then you would need to create a sub-DOMAIN, by going to your hosting provider settings. If you want your blog to be at SITENAME.com however, your main HTML file needs to be renamed index, which at the moment sounds like your html file you created using wordpress.org software was automatically named “blog”. Which makes sense seeing as how it IS a blog. BUT you just need your html file to be renamed “index” and when people go to SITENAME.com….it should be right there.

  coolies!