the ONLY thing that controls the db being used are the connection settings inside the wp-config.php — thats where the db connection settings are.
if you want to share the user table, then see this:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164758?replies=13
Yes. I have read that, and many others. The problem is, the blogs have to be in the same database to work.
I tried editing wp-config.php as well and the blog I’m trying to move broke.
As far as I can tell, I haven’t done anything wrong, but it’s still not working.
I tried editing wp-config.php as well and the blog I’m trying to move broke.
of course it did. there are 2 url settings inside the db that tell wordpress where the blog install is and at what url.
You are NOT moving a blog, btw. Not the way you are describing it.
You are attemtping to share ONE database between TWO blogs.
Yes. Exactly. I don’t mean literally ‘move’.
What URL settings do I need to change in order to make them both work?
if Im going to help you, you need to slow down, and do a little critical thinking.
Youve just asked, “What URL settings do I need to change in order to make them both work?”
you have 2 blogs at separate urls. Obviously you cannot just change url settings in either of the dbs.
Each blog has its own url. You cant have 2 wordpress installs at the same url.
So the answer to your question is “none”.
lets start from the beginning.
Is the goal to share content, Or JUST the user information?
Just user info. One blog is a comic strip, the other is just a blog. I need them to be able to share user tables.
Ok, so you move ONE blog’s tables into the other database. If both blogs are using the same prefix (wp_) you change the prefix on ONE of the blogs.
You will need to edit the wp-config.php’s mysql info for the blog you moved into the other db.
Than you follow the instructions youve already been reading.
Here they are again:
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/09/20/installing-two-wordpress-blogs-with-the-same-users
Ok, so you move ONE blog’s tables into the other database. If both blogs are using the same prefix (wp_) you change the prefix on ONE of the blogs
To elaborate: All of this can be done using phpmyadmin. Look under the operations tab.
I was able to do all of that, but now it says I don’t have permission to access the Dashboard.
You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
EDIT: also, is there a way for both blogs to share both tables, as in, just combine the two?
Because I have a user that signed up on Blog A but not Blog B, and a user that signed up on Blog B but not Blog A. And Blog B user isn’t showing up on Blog A’s user tables.
Also, I checked the usermeta tables in the database and it says that my permissions are the same in both.
I redid it, and now I can’t log into either the main or the secondary blog.
