Please don’t install WordPress in a folder or directory named “blog”

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WordPress can work wonders improving the SEO and search marketing for websites that are also using Flash based templates from companies like BluDomain, Portfoliositez, Flashpalette and the like, but many people lose some of the advantages by placing their WordPress install in a folder or directory named “blog”.  wordpress for seo Please dont install WordPress in a folder or directory named blog

This may seem an easy way to do it, but it can create an unresolvable redirection if you want to use WordPress to create and manage an optimized Splash or Landing page and have a link to a blog page.  The primary reason for the redirection problem is that your blog page and the folder named blog are sharing same.

Please go ahead and install WordPress in its own, just use a folder name other than “blog”.  Having WordPress in it own folder makes it easy to keep the files from your Flash website separate from the WordPress files. And you can still access the page holding your blog posts and even create a new SEO maximized WordPress splash or landing page for your website.

If you have questions and would like to learn more please feel free to leave a comment, send an email or even call.  I am happy to explain.

And remember if you wish, we have a quick, low-cost expert setup service specializing in integrating WordPress with websites using Flash templates.

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  1. Dino Borogovac says:

    i have a problem with exactly this, i uploaded wordpress to my host in the folder where my flash website is, now i have an problem after the installation of the wordpress in a folder (not named blog), after the log in it only shows me a black blank screen, do you know what the matter is? the installation was smooth, everythings is setup, the databse and my username for it. but just right after the ionstallation if i want to log in in the admin of the blog i displays a black screen, nothing else, and above in the tab where the name of the webiste is there stays the name of my initial website despite that i loged in in my admin of wordpress, why?

    • Hi Dino, At first glance I would suspect that when you installed WordPress “in the folder where my flash website is” the WordPress index.php file over wrote the BluDomain index.php file. Or there is some other similar file replacement/loss. I would suggest getting your BluDomain site working and then re-installing WordPress in a folder named something like “wp”.

      What happens if you try to access this URL – http://INSERT-YOUR-SITE'S-DOMAIN-HERE/index2.php