I'm all for adding bits to the install procedure to persuade people to not use /wordpress/. Yes.
a. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Lorelle on WordPress <[email protected]> wrote: > On your side. Good point. Maybe we need to do a full run at this and make > sure that we aren't shooting ourselves in the foot and making things worse. > > Lroelle > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:55 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wp-docs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs > > > _______________________________________________ > wp-docs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs > > -- -- Andrea Rennick, http://wpebooks.com and http://ronandandrea.com Co-author of WordPress All-In-One For Dummies http://rml.me/aio _______________________________________________ wp-docs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs
