linux - nginx, web page degraded when root path is changed

I'm setting a wordpress up with nginx.
Everything's seems ok :

• server is up


• phpinfo() test is ok


• the worpress install routine is showing up

The only trouble is the root statement in the web server conf file.
If I use :

[/etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress]
server{
    root /var/www;
    index index.php
    server_name example.com
    ...
}

I can reach the service using http://example.com/wordpress, now I want wordpress to be designated as the root folder.

Here's the change :

[/etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress]
server{
    root /var/www/wordpress;
    index index.php
    server_name example.com    
   ...
} 

Broken! The web page http://example.com is only displaying basic html data, no pics, no css, ... ugly.
No errors reported in /var/log/nginx/access.log

nginx version: nginx/1.2.1

What's wrong?

Answer

You should also update the wordpress configuration. Without that, wordpress still links the static content to subdirectory. Step taken from Moving your Wordpress from a subfolder to the root directory

1. From the main dashboard, go to Administration -> Settings -> General.


2. Next, look for the WordPress address (URI): and change it from (example.com/wordpress to example.com)


3. Lastly, look for the Site Address address (URL): and change it from (example.com/wordpress to example.com)