Posted by: ambercraftastic
Posted on: 2009-06-06 12:54:00
OK so I'm really new at all of this web design and hosting stuff so sorry if I sound like a total idiot.
I registered my domain and got my wordpress blog installed on it. Problem is it made me put it at mydomain.com/blog So my question is how do I make it where people can just type in my url www.mydomain.com and get to my blog? I just want it short and sweet. I hope that makes sense?
Posted by: sdayman
Posted on: 2009-06-06 13:25:00
It shouldn't have "made" you put it at /blog. You can leave that directory box blank so it'll put it in your root directory. You have two good choices:
1) Delete it and reinstall it in root
2) Go to the panel here under Domains -> Manage Domains and click Edit for that domain. Change the web directory and add on /blog
Then go to your WordPress admin under General Settings and change the URL so it's no longer at /blog.
-Scott
Posted by: ambercraftastic
Posted on: 2009-06-07 11:02:00
Yeah when I tried to put it at my main domain name without /blog it told me I couldn't put it there because the directory wasn't empty. I'll try doing the other thing you said though.
Posted by: mmx
Posted on: 2009-06-08 05:55:00
Hello!
If you do not mind to still have it in www.mydomain.com/blog but you want when someone types www.mydomain.com to point him at www.mydomain.com/blog then in the index.html file in www.mydomain.com add this line
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.mydomain/blog/">
right after the <head>.
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A second thing you can do is that..
Move all the files from /blog to / and edit the config.php (should be like this) and change the root dir of the script from "/blog" to "/"
As it concerns the database you should not have any prob because ussualy you set it as localhost.
If you need smt more and we can help, we would be happy to ask.
Cheers!
Posted by: sXi
Posted on: 2009-06-08 11:04:00
meta redirects are the worst option available.
localhost isn't a pointer to databases at DreamHost.
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Posted by: mmx
Posted on: 2009-06-08 11:26:00
I do not know if is localhost.. that is y I said "ussualy".
For the meta redirect thing.. It seems that is the only option he has.. I did not see anyone else to offer an option.. :D
Instead of saying that meta redirect is not a good option it is better to offer a nice solution. :D
Till then the meta redirect seems to work fine.
Posted by: sXi
Posted on: 2009-06-08 13:28:00
Scott provided the correct process already. It helps to read the threads in flat mode.
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Posted by: reelrandom
Posted on: 2009-06-08 16:29:00
The "refresh" idea is a quick fix, but search engines aren't fond of it. So if you're end goal is to get your site listed in Google, then I suggest using the canonical tag which is the easiest way to add a 301 redirect to your site.
Above the </head> of your code add the following:
<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/page.html"/>
Put that on your index.html page and use your blog url for the "example.com" part.
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Posted by: dtobias
Posted on: 2009-06-12 18:11:00
No, it's not the only option, or even the best one. Apache server-based redirects via .htaccess files are a better way to redirect a page, and I think there's also something in the Dreamhost panel to set up such redirects.
-- Dan