New wordpress site does not work correctly as the new index page

[Ronaldo777]

Hi there, can anyone please help me? I made a new website using wordpress. My old site is still live and if I copy all the contents from the wordpress folder into the www directory and delete the old index file, the page opens, but without any graphics and in a different format.

What is the correct way to publish the new site, do I need to change anything in Wordpress, or did I place this in the wrong directory?

 

[ruzbehraja]

My old site is still live and if I copy all the contents from the wordpress folder into the www directory and delete the old index file, the page opens, but without any graphics and in a different format.

Why dont you copy your old website into a new sub folder for a backup and then install wordpress in www?

It seems your wordpress files are not getting copied, since there is already another similar folder / file existent, or the CSS is not being overwritten.

You also need to change the Wordpress Website URL path.

 

[Ronaldo777]

Thank you ruzbehjara, I will try that and let you know how it goes, with all the trying I have now corrupted my Wordpress and will have to install it all over again. I will let you know.

When I go to /wordpress/wp-admin it I get an error 404 not found, but the file is there.

 

[ruzbehraja]

..... with all the trying I have now corrupted my Wordpress and will have to install it all over again. I will let you know.

Yes, it looks like that.

Start afresh.

 

[Ronaldo777]

Thanks for your help, re installed wordpress to the default directory from the start. I am busy editing the pages now, the changes are live, but its okay. It goes much quicker now. Would you like a link when its finished?

Thanks again. You helped me a lot!

 

[ruzbehraja]

As long as everythings working its good.