You can follow the steps below to move the blog to root dir.
1. Backup the folder /blog , this is done as a precaution.
2. Copy all the files in blog to root dir, make sure .htaccess file is also copied. There shouldnt be any index files such as index.php or index.html.
3. Add the following line in wp-config.php under root dir.
define('RELOCATE',true);
4. Open the URL abhionlinux.co.cc/wp-login.php and enter the admin login details.
5. Go to general settings, Make sure in wordpress address field you have abhionlinux.co.cc(root dir) and make blog address URL as abhionlinux.co.cc(root dir). Most likely it will be having
http://abhionlinux.co.cc/blog, dont leave '/' in domain name.
6. Check htaccess in root dir and make sure it is similar to the one given below.
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IfModule mod_rewrite.c RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] IfModule===================
Now your wordpress site is move from subfolder to root dir.
7. You can remove the line below from the file wp-config.php
define('RELOCATE',true);
Try it out !!!
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