Title: Multisite Install
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Multisite Install

 *  [division123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/division123/)
 * (@division123)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-install-6/)
 * I am replacing a very basic ‘html’ website (www.myclient.co.uk) with a new WordPress
   multisite install.
 * I would like to install on the actual server [http://www.myclient.co.uk](http://www.myclient.co.uk)
   as I have previously found it difficult to move a multisite install and it can’t
   be installed in a sub folder or directory.
 * My question is, once I have installed the WP multisite, can I copy back my simple
   html site so that the current site can be used until I have finished the build
   of the new site?

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 *  [Dheeraj kumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dj1z/)
 * (@dj1z)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-install-6/#post-6417520)
 * You just need to rename index.php to some other file name when you wanted to 
   copy back your old “html” site, so that you can access your old site. And when
   you want your wordpress site back, just delete your old “html” files and rename
   back to index.php.
 *  Thread Starter [division123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/division123/)
 * (@division123)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-install-6/#post-6417533)
 * Hi, thanks for your help. Would I still be able to login to my admin area and
   develop the new site whilst index.php was renamed?
 * My current home page is index.htm so the file names don’t clash anyway, so would
   it be possible to just specify that index.htm is the one used for my live website
   until my WP build is complete?
 *  [HostPuma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hostpuma/)
 * (@hostpuma)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-install-6/#post-6417655)
 * I think by default, apache will load index.html and not index.php
 * This mean you can keep the index.html and have index.php as well, once the website
   is ready, you can delete index.html and the website will start loading from index.
   php
 * You can also do what was suggested above and rename index.php

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-install-6/#post-6417655)
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