Hi,
I currently have one installation of WordPress on my website. Located in http://www.example.com/blog
What I would like to do, is to create a second (and maybe later on more) blog on a subdomain, for example: http://subdomain.example.com/ (or maybe in http://subdomain.example.com/blog).
Whithout installing WordPress again.
I've checked out MU WordPress, but I'm not sure that's the thing I'm looking for.
Can anyone point me in the right direction (with a nice set of instructions) for what I want? If posible at all...
Treat each subdomain as a normal install. IF you are using a single database, be sure to denote a different database prefix.
Installing_Multiple_Blogs
Does that mean that I have to install 2MB of data on my webspace for each blog?
For each blog to have its own posts/authors/themes/links then the answer is yes, you have to have a separate directory for the WordPress files and separate set of MySql tables (delineated by $table_prefix).
Hmm... and MU wordpress will have the same issue?
MU = multi user, which means you can have a separate blog for each "user" (even if the users are your altergeos...)
The size of the script files will not be X times 2MB (is that the WP's size?) but you still will need a nice big database for all the blogs you plan.
(Having in mind that a decent host offers 2-5,000MB for basic packages - I don't see why 2MB would cause any issues.)
I have a host that charges 1 Euro a month for 25MB and 2.5GB of traffic. (Small family website).
So then 2MB is a lot. ;)
But maybe it's time to upgrade to a bigger package.
Unless you plan on hosting a bunch of images/videos, 2mb for the install, and a few MB for each blog's posts still give you room for several blogs. For instance, I have a blog that's almost 2 years old, and though I don't post that often there, with over 300 entries in the post table, the database is only 3.3mb.
Hi,
Just to clarify can I ask if I am to copy the .htaccess file to each subdomain that a new WP installation is made?
Many thanks.
Derice
Binarx