Cannot get pages or posts to display

Question

I am trying to set up Wordpress for a client who uses XO Communications as a host. However, getting Wordpress set up is driving me nuts. I keep getting this error message (wrapping message for clarity):

Warning: main(./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php) 
[function.main]: failed to open stream: 
No such file or directory in /web/wordpress/index.php on line 17

I have manually installed the latest release of WP. The admin area is working fine.

I set my general configurations as:

• WP: http://newyorkharborschool.org/wordpress
• Site: newyorkharborschool.org/wordpress

I modified the index file with this code: require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');

I checked and wp-blog-header exists and is in the wordpress directory.

I have tried reinstalling Wordpress. None of that worked.

I tried downgrading Wordpress: XO offers a one-click installation of an old (2.2.3) version of Wordpress. After downgrading, pages and posts displayed. However, when I upgraded I get the above error message.

Thank you for any help. This is driving me nuts! Jeff

Answer 1

Did you get clean copy of WordPress for reinstall (like went and downloaded from wordpres.org)? That line should be following (SVN)

require('./wp-blog-header.php');

And it absolutely should not be edited since it is part of WordPress core.

Answer 2

what's this for?

require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');

and if you want to include file in wordpress directory which is below your current dir:

require('/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');

Answer 3

In order to get the latest release of Wordpress working in its own directory on an XO Communications server, I installed the Disable Canonical URLs plugin: 

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/01/24/how-to-disable-wordpress-canonical-url-or-permalink-auto-redirect/