Blog error

[macuser]

Please help!

I installed wordpress, but I think I got stuck with step no. 5 in tutorial. I dont understand how to rename that .htaccesstext to .htaccess. (Im new to this so please give me step by step instruction) This is probably why I can't access my wpress admin. This is what my browser show every time I go to my wordpress admin:


404 - Not Found
The page you are trying to access does not exist.
If this error persists, please contact the website webmaster.
If you are the webmaster of this site make sure that:

* You have uploaded correctly your files to the public_html directory which is the web-root of your account;

* You have not misspelled the URL. Bear in mind that letters are case sensitive and no white spaces are recommended;

* In case you have applied SEO - SEF URL rewriting rules, make sure you have re-named the htaccess.txt file to .htaccess. If there is already a non-empty .htaccess file read it and make sure the necessary rules are un-commented.

And is it possible to have wordpress to be my primary site and joomla for my subdomain?

Thanks!

[Val]

Yes, perhaps it is the SEO that is responsible for the error. To rename the htaccess file:

1) Login to your cPanel
2) Click on FileManager
3) Locate the htaccess file
4) Click and rename the file to .htaccess

[CWebguy]

If you are installing wordpress you shouldn't have to rename the .htaccess file, I never have.

Cheers,

[macuser]

Thanks mate!

My old one has joomla root in it. But
I signed up for new webhosting account,
then installed wordpress to fantastico
and now every thing looks fine.

Except for one thing, when I went searching
for my domain name online, it doesn't
appear in google anywhere.

I can only see the website I created when I
click on "visite the site" in wpress but in
browser, it doesn't exist and doesn't have
the www. in the beginning of the domain
name, only http://domain name.

What haven't I done yet to release it
to the world officially?

[macuser]

Actually my site is activated even though it doesn't have
the "www." infront of my domain name.

I heard that Its better to have the "www." in url for better
search result. Now, how can I add "www." Intead of just
having http://mydomainname.com?

Please help!

[Val]

Not really, no :) The www does not add any good in terms of search engine friendliness, and unless you really want the www. there is no point of adding it.

To answer your question -- you would need to configure your wordpress to use www. instead of just your domain. You can do so by going to your cPanel -> phpMyAdmin -> select the database you wish to modify (and the one your wp is using), find the settings table and change the live site variable there. Another way of doing this is to simply search %yourdomain.com% in the whole database -- it will then list all rows matching your domain. Then change them to www.domain.com and save the changes.

Or you can post a ticket :)