How to Properly Add 2nd domain

  • paulapallo

    (@paulapallo)


    12 years, 3 months ago

    Hello,

    I’m adding a totally separate domain to my account at GoDaddy, which will be a blogging site. Both sites are WordPress. It would have a totally different theme and is totally unrelated to the main account. I have a Deluxe Linux Hosting account which allows me up to 25 databases. My site is working fine. I have done nothing as of yet since I didn’t want to screw up my site or the other site. (I’m doing this for someone else.)

    Domain2 has been added to my account and is active.

    I’ve read around in the forums about how to do this – but I’m still a little confused. Some of the posts talk about uploading to a public-html folder or an html folder. I don’t have one listed in my ftp manager. Here’s what I see:

    webroot
    /Apache Logs
    /Error logs
    /.errordocs
    /wp-admin
    /wp-content
    /wp-includes

    From what I’ve read, I should add a folder for domain2 at the root – so with the above list, I would have /domain2 under webroot. Correct?

    And it is in the domain2 folder that I would upload a second WordPress installation. Correct?

    And inside that domain2 folder I would unzip the theme. Correct?

    Here’s where some of the confusion steps in. It regards the database stuff. Do I assign a database for domain2 after I made the new folder and uploaded the 2nd version of WordPress to it or before I do all that?

    And there’s also mention of changing a line or two in the wp-config.php file. I’m assuming that’s the wo-config file for the 2nd site. Correct?

    Thanks of any assistance in clarifying this for me. I’m not a total newbie but I am treading in unknown waters here.

    Paula

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  • Dave Naylor

    (@wpranger)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    This is what I prefer:

    webroot/
    domain_one/public_html/
    domain_two/public_html/
    domain_three/public_html/

    Then I configure my hosting so that each domain’s root is defined as above. Each domain is then isolated from the next.

    It doesn’t matter when you create the databases because each wp-config.php will simply point to its database on the same (local)host.

    If you don’t want to interfere with the existing domain that sits in the webroot, no matter, just create and configure additional domains as and when you require. You could always add a directory called extra_sites/ and place additional domains in there:

    webroot
    (domain_one)/wp-content/
    (domain_one)/wp-admin/
    etc etc
    /extra_sites/domain_two
    /extra_sites/domain_three
    etc etc
    Thread Starter paulapallo

    (@paulapallo)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    WPRanger,

    Thanks for the info. I’ll opt for your second choice. I’ve made the extra_sites folder with domain2 under it. However, how do I configure my hosting so that domain2 will show up. Where do I go to set that up?

    I need this domain to be setup as a regular .com site. And will this site have it’s own dashboard? As I said, I’m doing this for someone else, and it’s her blog so she’ll have to be able to get to it with ease.

    I’m sure this is very simple and I’m making it harder than it needs to be. I thank you again for your help.

    Thread Starter paulapallo

    (@paulapallo)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I’ve tried what was suggested. Here’s what I’ve ended up with when I enter the added domain name.

    “Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access / on this server.

    Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”

    The 2nd domain is on my domain list however, it doesn’t show in the hosting list nor in the database list. So, what am I doing wrong here?
    I’ve read around in GoDaddy’s forum and here.

    I mean before when I entered the 2nd domain name, it showed me the standard 404 page so I HAVE moved on from that. And, apparently, in my first effort of adding the 2nd domain when I typed in the domain name, the main domain popped up, so I HAVE gotten over that.

    The 2nd domain was in another GoDaddy’s account. Is changing the nameservers on the 2nd domain necessary?

    Thread Starter paulapallo

    (@paulapallo)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I’ve tried what was suggested. Here’s what I’ve ended up with when I enter the added domain name.

    “Forbidden

    You don’t have permission to access / on this server.

    Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”

    The 2nd domain is on my domain list however, it doesn’t show in the hosting list nor in the database list. So, what am I doing wrong here?
    I’ve read around in GoDaddy’s forum and here.

    I mean before when I entered the 2nd domain name, it showed me the standard 404 page so I HAVE moved on from that. And, apparently, in my first effort of adding the 2nd domain when I typed in the domain name, the main domain popped up, so I HAVE gotten over that.

    The 2nd domain was in another GoDaddy’s account. Is changing the nameservers on the 2nd domain necessary?

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