Title: Adding a second/new site Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Adding a second/new site * [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/) * Sorry if this has been answered, but I can’t seem to find the answer. I have a domain registered at blogs.site.org. I set up a first blog at blogs.site.org/ site1. It wasn’t set up as a multisite, but today I did so. I am trying to add a second site at blogs.site.org/site2, but I get a 404 error. I can successfully add one to blogs.site.org/site1/site2, but, alas, that’s not what I want. Any ideas? Thanks so much. Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [ramith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ramith/) * (@ramith) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969521) * Hi, create another database and place it next to site 1 in https docs and it should work, but are you duplicating the site1 ? if so you have to change the urls in the backend in settings site and home to new (say blogs.site.org/site1 to blogs.site.org/site2 and similar to home ) it should work i have done the same thing and it worked fine for me, let me know how did you go. * Cheers, Ramith. * Thread Starter [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969567) * Thanks for the reply. I’m sorry but I don’t understand what you mean about creating another database in https docs. I don’t want to duplicate the site; I’d like two separate sites. Thanks! * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969571) * ramith, wrong answer. no need for another database, he;s running multisite / created a network. * sharrokc – the sub sites will have the address built off whatever location you installed wordpress and created the network at. * If you have wordpress at blogs.site.org, then you get blogs.site.org/site2, blogs. site.org/site3 etc… * Thread Starter [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969572) * Ah, perhaps my problem is that the original wp install and all the files are already in blogs.site.org/site1, rather than blogs.site.org? * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969578) * Then yes, you’ll get blogs.site.org/site1/site2 blogs.site.org/site1/site3 etc… * To change it you have to move your install & redo it. * Thread Starter [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969579) * Egad! Is that a very difficult endeavor? * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969591) * It depends. If it’s a brand new install, just tear it down. If there’s alreayd something at the subdomain… well, decide what you want to do with that. * If the subdomain has a wordpress install, make THAT the network. * Thread Starter [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969592) * Thanks for your response. It’s already up and used. Wouldn’t be able to tear it down. I’ve been doing some researching on moving the install, it doesn’t seem too bad. What do you mean by make that the network? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969595) * Depends on how big the site is that you’re moving… * If it’s a new site, just start over. If it’s an existing site, but with just a few users/posts, start over and export/import. * If you HAVE to move, it will involve some DB search/replacing/. * Thread Starter [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969615) * Thanks for the help. I’m going to try to move it. We’ll see what happens. * Thread Starter [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969743) * I ended up starting over. But I’m at a loss still. I moved the blog into it’s own folder, to keep the directory neat. So, if my domain is blogs.site.org, I put the wordpress files in a folder called blogs.site.org/sitewp. * However, I don’t want the site address to be there – I’d like the site to be accessed at blogs.site.org/site1, and then I’d like another, separate blog to be at blogs.site.org/site2. * I’m completely at a loss as to what steps I need to take. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969744) * > So, if my domain is blogs.site.org, I put the wordpress files in a folder called > blogs.site.org/sitewp. > However, I don’t want the site address to be there * you cannot do this with multisite. It’s written all over the place. * Thread Starter [jiminy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharrock/) * (@sharrock) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969746) * Thanks Andrea_r. Can I put the files in the root directory (not in separate folder), and then use multisite to have blogs.site.org/site1 and blogs.site.org/ site2? * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-secondnew-site/#post-1969747) * Yes, like I said above. Install it at blogs.site.org and your subsite will be blogs.site.org/site2. * Site 1 is always the main install. 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