.htaccess - Welcome page before WordPress (sub directory install) -
i installed wordpress sub directory: example.com/wp i use rewrite rule serve wordpress root uri: example.com # begin wordpress <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c> rewriteengine on rewritebase / rewriterule ^index\.php$ - [l] rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule . /index.php [l] </ifmodule> # end wordpress i want provide welcome page project launch: example.com/welcome.html it have simple welcoming message , should redirect working version of wordpress. have pretty urls enabled in wordpress. welcome.html page can link example.com/about , example, , show page of wordpress (as expected). however, cannot link home page of wordpress. use static page wordpress front page (let's call start ). when link example.com/wp , issue error 404 in wordpress. when link example.com/start , redirect welcome.html page. sounds confusing? hope still me. want: a) users directly access example.com should see welcome page. b) clic...