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1. victorbrca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi all,

   I would like to install a second instance of WordPress in a sub folder on my domain (host is godaddy/linux). I'm doing that so I can have two instances of the same site in different languages. I would end up with something like this:

   http://agitostoronto.com/
   http://agitostoronto.com/english

   The first instance was installed using the godaddy installer. What would be the best way to install the second one? Should I download the tar file and install manually, or copying the existing install into a sub folder and editing the table_prefix variable would also work?

   Thanks!

   Vic.

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   or copying the existing install into a sub folder and editing the table_prefix variable would also work

   that will work

3. victorbrca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks... I did it that way and it worked. I was surprised with the fact that it greeted me with a install page the first time I tried to access wp-login.

   Also not all of my settings were brought over. I'll lay down the behavior in case anyone have to come back to this:

   => Settings brought over:
   - Installed plugins
   - Installed theme (however not enabled by default)
   - Theme settings (css)
   - php file modifications

   => Not brought over:
   - Users (including admin)
   - Posts
   - Site name
   - Site description

   I don't think pages and links (blogroll) were imported, however I did get a lot of data back by importing the xml backup.

   Vic.

4. nicole_rod
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i'm also trying to do something similar but don't know how. what is the tar file you have mentioned?

5. victorbrca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It's the installation file for Linux systems. But I ddn't use the tar file. I just copied my WordPress folder into a subfolder.

   Vic.

6. Douglas
   Administrator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It might be easier to get a plugin that allows you to translate your site into different languages and then to go from there. I don't have personal experience with any of them, but there are quite a few plugins in the plugin directory (link to search) that do something like that.

7. victorbrca
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks Doug... but I don't really like translating softwares. They don't do a good job.

   As of now it's working the way I want.

   Vic.

8. Douglas
   Administrator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I hear this plugin is pretty good. It might work for your needs as well.

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