Stuck changing site url in Wordpress

I did not yet do the lesson but might be an issue with the configuration. Make sure on whatever local server your using that mod_rewrite is on.

I've had a bit of success following instructions which seem easier to understand at http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

I've changed the wp_config so that the WP_HOME is unchanged (i.e. mysite.com/subfolder) and the WP_SITEURL is changed to just the web address (i.e. mysite.com). I've copied the index and .htaccess file from the subdirectory into the root, and amended the index.php file. Next step is to log in to mysite.com/subfolder/wp-admin change the permalinks but I can't log in, I get a 404 error, arrh!

Check your apache config file to make sure mod_rewrite is not commented (hash-taged)out.

Checked the htaccess file. It had been considerably chopped in the backup file, so I've found an earlier version and copied and pasted the Wordpress chunk at the end which does reference the subdirectory. Still a 404 error though. Curiouser and curiouser. . .

I think it has to be the htaccess file causing the problem. I can see my site if I put in mysite.com/subdirectory but it's unstyled. If i try to log in to my site.com/subdirectory/wp-admin it redirects to mysite.com/wp-admin and gives a 404 error. Any ideas? Two conflicting instructions i have found mention the change to the index file but with a very subtle difference, a period. is it with, or without i.e.

/** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template / require( dirname( FILE ) . './mydirectory/wp-blog-header.php' ); or /* Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */ require( dirname( FILE ) . '/mydirectory/wp-blog-header.php' );

the difference being the '.' just before the forward slash /mydirectory

I've enabled debugging in the config file and get this error if I try to lo into wp-admin

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mytheme_categorized_blog() in /home/sites/mysite.com/public_html/subdirectory/wp-content/themes/mytheme/404.php on line 25

If anyone could put that into english for me i'd be ever so grateful : )

Hi Nathalie C,

You basically need to follow the steps for moving a site to a new domain as that is in essence what you're doing. On a server, you can run multiple sites and they're all just put into a directory of their own.

What you need to do is move the database to your new domain as well and update it. Basically, your database is looking for files at http://site.com/sub-directory but you've moved them all to http://site.com.

Thanks for your help guys but I'm still stuck with a site that's loading but no css, or access to wp-admin. I've updated the database too, to no avail : ( time to call my hosting company.

Reset back to how it was. Hosting company suggest move to root folder and update the database then. Bit disappointed haven't been able to get it to work.

I've solved it now. In case anyone else has the same problems, I restored from backup then started again, but first removing the WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL reference from the wp_config file. I cleared the browser cache and then logged in to wp-admin. Now I could change the site url through the admin panel. Then it all worked fine. Phew!