Concrete5 installed to file path other than my home page
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When I installed c5, I installed it towww.www.mywebsite.com/concrete5... instead of justhttp://www.mywebsite.com. Now that it is there, I don't know how to fix this because when I go to my website it just says "website coming soon" but when I go to the /concrete5 version, there is the site I'm building. I need help with these please!
Ok, I just don't know what any of that means. Can you explain how possibly?
I am obviously a complete newbie at this, and I'm just trying to get this stupid website up! I'm sorry for being an idiot!!
I am obviously a complete newbie at this, and I'm just trying to get this stupid website up! I'm sorry for being an idiot!!
sorry - only trying to help - wasn't trying to confuse or frustrate you.
How did you install concrete5 - did you upload all of the files using an ftp program or did you just use an installer through a control panel?
You might be better off just using a redirect -
if you are able to upload a file into the root of your website (the very top/first level) then you could create a text file called 'index.php'
containing the following lines:
<?php
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: /concrete5/" );
?>
This isn't the best solution but is quick and will most likely work, but if you are really unsure and think you might mess your everything up then you should probably get someone to help you.
For this solution you need to create a file called index.php with the above text in it and put it in the top level of your website.
At the moment you have a file in there which has text in it saying 'website coming soon' you should rename that file out of the way. Most likely it will be index.htm but it depends on your server.
You will not need to touch anything in the /concrete5 directory to do this.
How did you install concrete5 - did you upload all of the files using an ftp program or did you just use an installer through a control panel?
You might be better off just using a redirect -
if you are able to upload a file into the root of your website (the very top/first level) then you could create a text file called 'index.php'
containing the following lines:
<?php
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: /concrete5/" );
?>
This isn't the best solution but is quick and will most likely work, but if you are really unsure and think you might mess your everything up then you should probably get someone to help you.
For this solution you need to create a file called index.php with the above text in it and put it in the top level of your website.
At the moment you have a file in there which has text in it saying 'website coming soon' you should rename that file out of the way. Most likely it will be index.htm but it depends on your server.
You will not need to touch anything in the /concrete5 directory to do this.
Oh no, this is all confusing to me...I am very appreciative of your help.
I installed it using DreamHost. It was just a one-click install.
I installed it using DreamHost. It was just a one-click install.
I thought that might be the case.
I've never used Dreamhost but I would think they'd have a file manager.
If you can put that text in a file called index.php and upload it to the root directory you should be ok but if you put it in the wrong place you can mess the website up.
I've never used Dreamhost but I would think they'd have a file manager.
If you can put that text in a file called index.php and upload it to the root directory you should be ok but if you put it in the wrong place you can mess the website up.
sounds like you just need to download the concrete5 directory down to your pc, remove the directory from your website and then just reupload it to the root of your website...
if you really don't want or cannot do that you could use a rewrite or a redirect...