Did you follow these docs?: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress You can leave all your files in /wordpress/ and simply make WordPress appear to be in root. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install If /html/website is really web root, you don’t use that string in any configurations, you use mydomain.com.
First ensure the normal browser install works. If not, here’s a really good article on that: How to Fix the Error Establishing a Database Connection in WordPress. Next thing to note is that your database may not be hosted on localhost. Then try to create the wp-config.php using 127.0.0.1 or 127.0.0.1:8889 (for MAMP for example) … Read more
Quick and dirty: Go to the theme editor and echo ABSPATH in a comment of header.php.
There is extensive question/answers for moving from development to produciton in general Easily Move a WordPress Install from Development to Production? However for your specific question best plugin that I know is commercial BackupBuddy. It packs whole site (including WP itself) and can restore it to different URL.
register_activation_hook() is only called when the user activates the plugin. It is not called after a plugin upgrade. The preferred method of handling upgrades is using register_activation_hook() to store the current version in the wp_options table and then checking it on each admin page load.
I normally just map my hosts file to the correct IP. This would work if you were only wanting to work on a site from your box only. Only benefit to this option, as opposed to others, is that you wouldn’t need to change any of your WordPress settings to go live.
Links: http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress http://perishablepress.com/press/tag/security/ (lots of great articles) http://www.wpsecure.net/secure-wordpress/
One of your old favourite songs from way back when For the fun of it, straight from the plugin page. This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly. When activated you will randomly see … Read more
If your database is set up to deny remote connections (i.e. only applications on the same server can interact with the database) then there’s no danger in giving your WordPress user full access. As a matter of fact, most automated installation scripts used by web hosts grant full access to their WordPress user by default. … Read more
What I generally do Install WP in sub directory. Open permalink set required permalink. Open settings->general link Remove the sub directory name from ‘Site Address (URL)’ Cut the index.php and .htaccess files from sub directory and paste them to root change code in index.php as you did. Again access settings->permalink save the form Done. You … Read more