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1. jng
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hi there, I was wondering if anyone can help me.

   I used to have multiple copies of wordpress installed, each with own install, database, etc. for example:
   

   example.com/site/resources
   example.com/art/history

   I have finished importing one of them into a new multisite install located here:
   example.com/wordpress/

   and so the new URL for the first one is like this:
   example.com/wordpress/site-resources/

   How do I setup a mod_rewrite, so that my old URLs run from the newer install? For example
   example.com/site/resources/2010/12/29/hello-world/
   is the same as:
   example.com/wordpress/site-resources/2010/12/29/hello-world/

   I prefer to keep the first URL structure without "wordpress" because that is how my older ones were.

   Thanks!
   Julie

2. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 9 months ago #

   This is not really advisable.

   Can you move the multisite install out of the /wordpress/ directory into the root? Multisite builds the URLs based on where it's installed.

3. jng
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hi Andrea_r,

   unfortunately not. It is a very large website that is now 13 years old and I need to maintain the existing static file structure for the client too.

   Can anyone help me?

   Thanks,
   Julie

4. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 9 months ago #

   And there's no 'acceptable downtime'? Not even for an hour?

5. jng
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hi Ipstenu,

   we can accept downtime, but I have folders, etc. in root directory that I need to keep working.

   If I move wordpress out into the root, I am afraid those mod_rewrite rules would mess up my static directories.

   What would you suggest I do?

   Thanks,
   Julie

6. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Existing static folders maintain priority.

7. jng
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   What about old URLs?

   I have some that look like this:
   example.com/site/resources/2006/08/15/hello-world/

   From as far back as 2005...

   They currently only work like this with the multisite install
   example.com/wordpress/site-resources/2006/08/15/hello-world/

   And I still need those old URLs to work. So I need a mod_rewrite code for that anyway...

8. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 9 months ago #

   The first idea that comes to mind is to edit the site names.

   Change site-resources to 'site' and then change THOSE permalinks to /resources/YYYY/MM/DD/Postname

   Ditto art-history

   Once the layout is right EXCEPT for the /wordpress/ bit, move everything into root, search the DB for /wordpress/ and replace with /, make sure you edit the wp-config.php and the .htaccess and Bob's your uncle :)

   THAT I've done before. Worked fine. The 'move' took all of an hour and most of that was stopping to answer a weird phone call.

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