[wp-docs] Proposed change to Giving WordPress Its Own Directory

[esmi at quirm dot net]

on 20/09/2011 20:15 Lorelle on WordPress said the following:

> Someone
> blogging about cars and never WordPress shouldn't have WordPress in the URL.

Couldn't agree more. Perhaps this should be dealt with at the 
installation stage?

<http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress> does mention it but 
perhaps it could emphasised more? In fact maybe the whole 5 minute guide 
could do with an overhaul? There are lots of references to "directories" 
and subdirectories" whilst people seem more used to "folders" these days.

Sample rewrite of Step 5:

5. Get ready to upload the WordPress files to your web server:

# If you want WordPress to run your main site (e.g. 
http://example.com/), upload all of the contents of the 'wordpress' 
folder (but *not* the folder itself)  to your web server.

# If you want to have WordPress to have its own folder on your web site 
(e.g. http://example.com/blog/), rename the wordpress folder on your 
computer to your preferred name (e.g. blog) and then upload the entire 
folder to your web server.

Thoughts?

Mel