How Will a Second WP Installation Affect the First

  • Resolved questions4wp

    (@questions4wordpress)


    17 years ago

    I currently have a website set up using WordPress, I was not the one who set up this particular website but I have set up WordPress on two other wesbites and have a general idea for what needs to be done. This particular client, who had his website set up by someone else, now wants an additional blog page for content related to what is on the first, but not identical. I have researched WordPress MU but I do not want to mess up his original website, merely create a second blog page.

    My question is this – if I install WordPress a second time on his same server, but in a subfolder (WordPress is installed in his root directory, but I’d be installing the second WordPress in domain.com/blog/ or something similar), would it in any way affect the original installation?

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  • webjunk

    (@webjunk)

    17 years ago

    As long as you use a seperate database you are fine. I have a client with five installations of WordPress on one server.
    I am not a fan of subdirectories. You know you can also use:
    blog.domain.com? Same directory but looks better to site visitors.
    Personal prefernce.

    Thread Starter questions4wp

    (@questions4wordpress)

    17 years ago

    Thanks!

    Hmmm…the subdomain does seem better. How would I set that up? I’ve set up a subdomain before, but wouldn’t putting another copy of the wp-content and wp-admin etc. folders in the same directory cause problems?

    Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    17 years ago

    but wouldn’t putting another copy of the wp-content and wp-admin etc. folders in the same directory cause problems?

    they would not be in the same directory – a sub domain is basically a folder off the root – like:
    http://example.com/new-install
    would point to
    http://new-install.example.com
    if you set up sub domain correctly

    webjunk

    (@webjunk)

    17 years ago

    If you hosting company has Plesk or cPanel there will be a menu choice for subdomains. Kind of rerpeating what samboll said but to clarify.

    If your domain is: mydomain.com
    And your web site starts at the /public_html directory.
    Lets say you then have a subdomain created in Plesk or cPanel called “blogone” It will create a subdirectory called blogone so that copy of WP will be installed in:
    /public_html/blogone
    The URL in WP settings will be set to:
    http://blogone.mydomain.com
    Then you create a second subdomain called “blogtwo”
    copy of WP will be installed in:
    /public_html/blogtwo
    The URL in WP settings will be set to:
    http://blogtwo.mydomain.com

    Hope that helps. Just a personal preference and then each looks like their own website. Make sure each also has its own seperate database.
    Have fun!

    Thread Starter questions4wp

    (@questions4wordpress)

    17 years ago

    Ok, thank you very much for your help!

    f2r

    (@f2r)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    Dear All,
    Hi. I sense the question I will ask is soooo simple to proceed. Nevertheless I have no clue how to!
    Could you please tell me (knowing I am a novice); I already have a website on server a with a domain abc.com. Now I would like to set another wordpress for my xyz.com domain on the same server.
    I uploaded the wordpress files via ftp to xyz.com. Setup the wp-config file (my my it seems I learned to much in time) 🙂 In the address bar I write xyz.com and nothing happens. I write xyz.com/wp-admin/install.php says: WordPress already installed.
    I do something wrong in someplace but where?
    Can anyone tell me how to make a proper operation please?
    Thanls in advance
    CD

    f2r

    (@f2r)

    16 years, 3 months ago

    Dear All,
    Hi. I sense the question I will ask is soooo simple to proceed. Nevertheless I have no clue how to!
    Could you please tell me (knowing I am a novice); I already have a website on server a with a domain abc.com. Now I would like to set another wordpress for my xyz.com domain on the same server.
    I uploaded the wordpress files via ftp to xyz.com. Setup the wp-config file (my my it seems I learned to much in time) 🙂 In the address bar I write xyz.com and nothing happens. I write xyz.com/wp-admin/install.php says: WordPress already installed.
    I do something wrong in someplace but where?
    Can anyone tell me how to make a proper operation please?
    Thanls in advance
    CD

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