• This might be a stupid question but I’ve only been exposed to php, MySQL, and WordPress for 2 weeks now so I’m not totally sure if this is even possible. I was wondering if I could run two blogs (installed in 2 different folders) off the same database. My host has a database limit and I want to be able to have a very genre specific blog aside from my normal everyday blog but I don’t want to have to install another database.

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  • This should help ya..
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs#Single_Database

    If need be, read through that whole section though to maybe..
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs

    Hope this helps.. =)

    spencerp

    edit: my link was included on one of the above linked pages

    sheesh, all I’m doing lately is editing :\

    edit: my link was included on one of the above linked pages

    sheesh, all I’m doing lately is editing :\

    Aww, don’t feel bad neon..you’re not alone there.. =( Maybe they will need more extensive help later, while I’m not around or something and you offer your services.. =)

    spencerp

    Thread Starter musk

    (@musk)

    so I can make a 2nd wordpress installation in a totally different directory and just change the table prefix? amazing! now do I have have all the wordpress files in the 2nd instalation? Do I just upload the entire wordpress instalation filesto the blog #2 directory? or does it work kind of like gallery2 where you can have a core file set and just install off of those files?

    Thanks for all the help guys! Man I’m pumped now!

    If you have all your blog’s files within either the root directory or a “domain.com/blog/” location…either way.

    Just have the main blog at example, for root directory:
    domain.com/

    Then upload for the second blog at like this, example:
    domain.com/blog2/

    Just upload all the files and stuff, in a SEPARATE directory, like “Blog2” or whatever you want it to be…..and in the wp-config.php file, just change the table prefix to something different then the other one..

    Hope this helps..

    spencerp

    Thread Starter musk

    (@musk)

    gotcha. my blog is currently in /root/blog/ and the 2nd one will probably be in /root/sports/ or something like that.

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