KristiMc

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  • Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: WordPress build in sub-directory?
    Thread Starter KristiMc

    (@kristimc)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks WPyogi. Sorry I’ve had such a delay in reply; I was in a car accident and have had a few weeks off!

    Anyway; on their server, the existing install is in a subdirectory called root/flindersclosingthegapprogram.com and the admin dashboard is accessed via the following URL (not a normal wp-admin URL) http://www.flindersclosingthegapprogram.com/fctgpadmin – I can’t figure out where it is accessing this fctgadmin from? It’s not a file anywhere I can see,

    I made a complete copy of this current directory and renamed it to FlindersCTG15

    When I try to access http://flindersclosingthegapprogram.com/FlindersCTG15/wp-admin
    (where the new copy is), I get a 404 page not found error (or any other page for that matter, I just keep getting redirected to 404 page). I’ve tried to replace the wp-admin file with a new version & even reinstalled WordPress itself leaving just the content there.

    I was also given a password to their MySQL directory. I’m not sure if this comes into play at all?

    I tried to create a new database on the server & pointed the config file to this.

    But I just can’t figure out how to access the dashboard for the separate installs?

    Help!

    Thanks
    Kristi

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: WordPress build in sub-directory?
    Thread Starter KristiMc

    (@kristimc)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks.

    So, if they already have an existing WP site and I can access their dashboard but want to keep their existing site live while I build the new site, what’s the correct method?

    Would I create a copy of the existing WP folders (all or just admin) to a new directory on their server (say 2015), install the new theme here, make my changes & once I’m done update the site URL to the new sub directory?

    Would this new build be accessed via the old dashboard? Sorry, I’m new to WP and dealing with the one site and dashboard is all good, but how the dashboard system works with more than the one site becomes confusing! I’m not sure yet it is means one dashboard accesses several sites OR if each site has it’s own dashboard.

    Sorry & thanks for your help. Very appreciated.

    K

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