ahhhh….1and1.com. I love how they do this. I do the install4free thing, and I run into this ALL THE TIME. (search my posts, and you’ll find that I absolutely *adore* 1and1.com! – feel the sarcasm there?)’
So much for the five minute install!
It’s not WordPress’ fault, it’s your host’s. They have their servers set this way on purpose.
I’m trying to remember what it is I have to do when I run into this. I *do* believe I had to do the .htaccess thing to force the server to see the WordPress index.php file. But for some reason, I keep thinking that wasn’t right.
go to my website and use the contact form there. Drop in your login info (control panel login, username, password, ftp information) and I’ll see what I can do.
But believe me, this is most assuredly NOT a WordPress problem. Not one bit.
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awild
(@awild)
I just tried it on my laptop in IE, in Firefox and still get the parked page with http://www.theadblog.com. I have no clue how anyone is getting the website to show up without the “/wordpress” extention.
doodlebee – I’m calling 1and1, if that goes nowhere, I’ll send you the info.
Seemingly there is still an index.html file in the root:
http://www.theadblog.com/index.html – the ugly thing
but index.php shows the blog (for me)
http://www.theadblog.com/index.php
EDIT. Oh, and if you can run away from that host now! It has a very bad reputation for WordPressers…
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awild
(@awild)
moshu – I just deleted that index.html again. It was in there because on 1and1.com they say it HAS TO have an index.html file to load.
Do I need the .htaccess file in the root to? Because I have no idea where that is, what it should look like?
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awild
(@awild)
Is it maybe this “log” folder that is undeleteable? It’s been there since day one when I tried uploading stuff and it won’t go away. It has another index.html file in it and a .htaccess file.
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awild
(@awild)
FIXED – it must have been that index.html file and I wasnt giving it enough time to take earlier. Thanks to all that helped. I can finally get some content on my page without worrying if I am sending ppl to the right spot.
Good to hear you got it working! Wish you all the best in future (with that host) !
Trent
Yeah – glad you got it working. (chalk this up to another sarcastic “I love 1and1.com” statement 😉 )
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awild
(@awild)
yeah I currently really love installing WP on godaddy and 1and1. Seems I know how to pick ’em!
For the record, the two best hosts (I’ve never had an issue installing for either of them) I’ve had the pleasure of installing WordPress on (aside from mine LOL – but mine seems to be a little pricey for some of the folks here) are bluehost.com and “a small orange” – both of them are *superb*.
