Multiple WordPress sites on one computer

  • markf1

    (@markf1)


    13 years ago

    I’m getting started with wordpress. I searched for previous discussions of this and got somewhat confused by what I found. I have WP installed on my local workstation computer. I plan to create a site on the local computer using WP and then upload it to a server (with WP installed.

    While I’m working on the site I hope to also begin creating a second site to be later uploaded to another server/domain. I’m sure that many others must work on more than one WP site at a time.

    I’m not sure on how to arrange for this on my local computer. Below is my current directory structure.

    C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyPHP-5.3.6.0\modules\wordpress310x110329161401\wp-content

    This seems too simple but – for a second site could I duplicate the wp-content folder and name it wp-content02? I suspect I need to somehow have a second database that would be referenced and maybe a different login name? This is new to me and I’m trying to get it sorted out. thanks for any advice or pointers to info on this.

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  • David Gwyer

    (@dgwyer)

    13 years ago

    I use WAMP under Windows for my localhost server. All you need to do is create a new folder under the root local host for each new site you want to work on.

    I have had dozens running simultaneously before, it is so easy its ridiculous. Also, combine it with SVN for developing themes/Plugins and you will supercharge your workflow!

    Thread Starter markf1

    (@markf1)

    13 years ago

    Thanks for your reply. That sounds like what I want to do but I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean. Given my directory structure (shown above) where would I add the new folder? What would it contain – the wp-include stuff? What is SVN?

    Thanks!

    David Gwyer

    (@dgwyer)

    13 years ago

    Firstly SVN is Subversion, you can read up on it here:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Subversion

    I love WAMP it is soooooo easy to use. Check it out here:

    http://www.wampserver.com/en/

    When it is installed you have a folder on your computer, something like:

    C:\wamp\www

    This is the root of your localhost. You can add as many versions of WordPress here, just put each one in a separate folder. In your web browser just go to the web address:

    http://localhost

    And you will see all the folders available to go to, or if you know the full address then you can just go straight to that.

    Honestly it is very easy, I’ve probably made it sound harder than it is! Let me know if you have any further Q.

    sofaking21

    (@sofaking21)

    13 years ago

    Let me start with my preferred method: virtual server. If you don’t have experience with Linux this may not be the quickest, but this has been by far the most stable environment I’ve ever used.

    So, here’s what we do. Install a virtualizaiton product of your choice (VirtualBox is free). Install a flavor of Linux in your virtual environment (my preferred flavor: Ubuntu 10.10 Server). During the isntall, you can chose to install the LAMP stack and I would also suggest installing BIND (useful for quick and easy subdomain multisite). Install Webmin on your Linux box. While it’s not necessary, Webmin can make administration tasks quite a bit easier. Give your Linux box a static IP. Set up an Apache virtualhost with widlcard subdomains and a wildcard DNS entry (if you’re going to do a subdomain multisite). Install a Microsoft Loopback Adapter and assign a private IP address to the adapter and set up the DNS to your local DNS server. This is helpful if you’re on a laptop that may not always have an internet connection. With all this, you can set up a subdomain mutlisite WP install. I’ve found this easiest to work with mutliple sites though the set up takes a bit longer. I’m typically doing development on no less than 4 sites at any given time. Having separate subdomains helps me make sure I’m working on the proper site.

    David Gwyer

    (@dgwyer)

    13 years ago

    Yeah, you can install WordPress multisite on WAMP localhost too if you wanted to try that out. Setting it all up is about as easy as falling off a log! 🙂

    Thread Starter markf1

    (@markf1)

    13 years ago

    Thank you for your help. On advice from this forum I used EasyPHP to install Apache and MySQL. Then I used the EasyPHP WordPress module to install wordpress.

    I sounds like your suggestion is that would install the WAMP and re-install WordPress? I may go that route if necessary. I was hoping I could use my current install somehow.

    Sofaking,

    I have no experience with Linux. I’m sure your method works great but I’m not up for all of that just now. I’ll file this away for future reference.

    Thanks!

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