Title: Multiple Database / Server Help
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multiple Database / Server Help

 *  [MarkMarks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markmarks/)
 * (@markmarks)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-database-server-help/)
 * Ok, I have got myself into a state trying to work out how to do the following.
   Reading countless forum posts but just need someone to simplify this for me please,
   i’m sure it’s relatively simple:
 * • I want to have x2 WordPress installations on the same server both with DIFFERENT
   databases
    • One of them will be the BLOG posts and that’s it • One of them will
   be the WEBSITE content • I’m doing this as the client wants a completely different
   looking theme for their BLOG page which is nothing like the theme I’ve designed
   for their main site. Also, the client’s current setup is a standalone WordPress
   blog and HTML site so makes sense to keep it the same. Don’t want to risk damaging
   a 5 year old blog database introducing a new site content
 * How do I tell WordPress installation 1 – that I want it to be the main site URL
   and WordPress installation 2 that it’s the blog in a subfolder called /blog ?
 * So for example…
 * mysite.com is the main site URL but the URL mysite.com/blog re-directs to the
   second wordpress installation.
 * I have multisite setup and ready but can’t see a way in setting of telling WordPress
   that the folder /BLOG contains the 2nd installation.
 * Going mad here, been a long day!!

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-database-server-help/#post-3703998)
 * > I want to have x2 WordPress installations on the same server both with DIFFERENT
   > databases
 * Then you install WordPress twice, separately, and point it to separate databases.
 * Doing this is NOT multisite, however. Multisite would use the same DB.
 *  Thread Starter [MarkMarks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markmarks/)
 * (@markmarks)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-database-server-help/#post-3704008)
 * Sorry for the misunderstanding, I thought multisite admin area was still needed
   even though they were separate databases. Obviously got confused there.
 * I’ve installed 2 different WordPress’ and put the new website installation in
   a folder called ‘mainsite’ within the default directory. Created a wp-config 
   file successfully, can log into the backend no problems, set my URL to mysite.
   com/mainsite and presented with a 404 error when visiting the site?!
 * Do you have any ideas as to why that would be. Admittedly, this is in the incorrect
   forum now sorry.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-database-server-help/#post-3704098)
 * > Created a wp-config file successfully, can log into the backend no problems,
   > set my URL to mysite.com/mainsite and presented with a 404 error when visiting
   > the site?!
 * So mysite.com/mainsite/wp-admin works?

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-database-server-help/#post-3704098)
 * Status: not resolved

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