Putting wordpress in a sub directory.
If your like me, and had a hard time installing wordpress into a sub directory on your website, you probalby got really frustrated with it not working. I spent several hours trying to delete all the file off the server and reinstall them in the hopes that it would clear up the problems. All in all it was hard, took a long time, and had a very easy and simple solution.
I followed the install directions that wordpress gives you to install it in a sub directory, but it never worked. Turns out the wordpress really just likes to be in the root directory. So quick fix; change the wordpress folder name to the name of the sub directory you want it located in, for instance mine is on www.sidewaysgravity.com/blog/ with blog being the sub directory. Then with your hosting company, have the subdirectory “blog” set up as a sub root directory. Thats all there was to it. After I turned the sub directory into a sub root, everything magically worked and I haven’t had a problem yet.
Update:
This was an issue I had with installing an older version of wordpress and using godaddy hosting. I am pretty sure that this has become much easier, and the problems I faced were most likely related to godaddy. I am using mediatemple now and the install into a sub directory was a piece of cake.
