@sierracircle => cd /var/www => this dir only contains a wp-config.php file

another question: is this a fairly new Wordpress install? Did you add a lot of content?

If it is a new install we could just hose everything and re-install WP...not a huge job to do that. Your db is probably still intact, so the only thing you would lose is any images or files you uploaded.

@sierracircle it was a fresh install. and there is a dir /root/WORDPRESS

can you see the contents of /root/WORDPRESS

I wonder if that is where it is installed at?

@sierracircle if I try to do CD WORDPRESS I get

root@BELPOLTEX:~# cd WORDPRESS
-bash: cd: WORDPRESS: Not a directory

ah. It is a file, not a directory.

@sierracircle aha. So there must have gone something wrong?

so, a few options here: we can spend more time investigating if your files might be somewhere.

you can do a clean install of Wordpress on your existing server (I can install Wordpress in about 5 minutes.

you can nuke your entire droplet and create a new one.

You can do a quick search like so:

find / -type d -name "*wp-admin*" -print

should tell you if there is a folder named wp-admin anywhere

@sierracircle I did the

```root@BELPOLTEX:~# find / -type d -name "wp-admin" -print
root@BELPOLTEX:~#

So there is not a folder to be found.

I prefer to do a clean install of Wordpress but want to be sure it will be very good secured installation.

Any ideas? Or How-Tos? (not really my strongest field)

Thanks already for the help!

I am willing to spend a little time walking you through some steps, if you have the time now. Otherwise I can point you to a few tutorials

@sierracircle I have time now ! You are a gods gift!

thanks! happy to help people who are willing to learn and try...which is how most of us are developing our computer skills nowadays.

first things first, your server needs to be tightened up. A bare-bones install is not the most secure thing.

you will need both your sftp client, and your terminal to run commands.

Okay?

Okay

you will want a user other than root. it is good to have root access, but we want root tucked away for emergenices. Not for a regular user.

to create a new user, from terminal (where I type in ALL_CAPS you will make up your own thing):

adduser USERNAME

addgroup USERNAME

usermod -aG sudo USERNAME

usermod USERNAME -g USERNAME

Done,

on the last one I received

usermod: no changes

All still gooD?

I wonder if we should switch to a chat application...do you have google hangouts or something?

skype same name as here?

I dont have skype anymore...

if you have a gmail account there is a built in chat client

I think Firefox has some built in chat client ..I have never used it but it is there.

google hangouts is also good. just put a . between S & M @gmail.com ;) one word!

@sierracircle the best help you can have, thanks for helping me out. Big thumbs up!

@sierracircle could you come on Google Hangout for a second?