how to install wordpress into the directory /public/blog

[jaytelford]

Hi there, 

I want to install wordpress into a sub-directory on my site as follows 

/public/blog

that is accessable from the website address http://jaysgrandadventure.com/blog

but when I tried to install wordpress I was not able to do so - the installer ran for a long time without anything happening and it added a .htaccess file to my / directory which completely blocked all access to my website.  I had to go and manually delete that file using FTP before my site was accesssable again.

did I do something wrong?  I don't understand why I couldn't get it to work.

[markp]

Hi jaytelford,

If you are wanting wordpress to be in a specific folder, you would need to manually install it in that folder your self the 1 click installer wont work for this.

This is not something we are able to support, you can get help with this from Word Press

Markp

[Criesx]

the steps are as follows:

1. Go to the General panel.
2. In the box for Site address (URL): change the address to the root directory's URL.
3. Click Save Changes. (Do not worry about the error message and do not try to see your blog at this point! You will probably get a message about file not found.) Or you can just refresh your project with a new theme which can help you get this easier.