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

[Mika A. Epstein]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:56:05 -0700, Claude Needham wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Mika A. Epstein 
> <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:
>> # If you want WordPress to run your main site (e.g. 
>> http://example.com/ ),
>> upload all of the contents of the 'wordpress' folder (but
>> <strong>not</strong> 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.
>
> # If you want to have WordPress to have its own folder on your web
> site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/ ), create a folder with the
> preferred name (e.g. blog) on the server. Then, upload all of the
> contents of the 'wordpress' folder (but <strong>not</strong> the
> folder itself)  into the newly created folder on your web server 
> (e.g.
> blog).
>
>
> I know this is late in the discussion. But, I wanted to present the
> above modification as a possibility.
> I like the other paragraphs.
> The main impetus for even suggestion and alteration is to create a
> situation in which the upload process is basically the same. The only
> difference being the target directory on the server.

I think more new users are more comfortable renaming folders on their 
computers than via FTP.  (This is based on nothing but a gut feeling.)

-- 
Mika A Epstein (aka Ipstenu)
http://ipstenu.org