I am assuming that you have two complete sets of WordPress files, one in public_html and another in public_htm/test
Is this correct ?
Does the 2nd WordPress site (the one in /test) work ?
Does each WordPress have its very own database ? the wp-config.php file names the database, please check that the two config files have different databases named. (One possible cause of your problem is that your installations are sharing a database and tables, this will not work).
If you have two differences databases, then all I can think of is that somehow your WordPress address and/or Site address settings are wrong. These can be fixed by adding these lines to your base “wp-config.php” file:
define('WP_HOME','http://yourdomain.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://yourdomain.com');
NOTE that your 2nd website will have ‘http://yourdomain.com/test’ as these two settings, DO NOT change them.
Please get back here with what you find.
Yes, I have complete sets of WordPress files, one in public_html and another in public_htm/test.
They share a database, but have there own database preflix which are defined in config.php
I checked your solution. The root WordPress now works. Only when I go to the subdirectory WordPress, only the index works. The other pages redirect to the root WordPress.
I have changed the .htaccess by adding test to the last RewriteRule. This now works for all but one page. Now I’m trying to figure out why this is.
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . test/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Well done for figuring out the .htaccess angle.
I guess it is for this reason that by instinct I never setup WordPress in sub-directories. Instead I use a domain prefix, like:
http://test.domain.com/
I configure the sub-domain to use its own directory which is OUTSIDE public_html, (inside is the default but is easily changed).
This way I have completely independent websites.
Giving the websites different table prefixes can be a useful variation.
Which page is not working in the /test website ?
The page that is not working is the shopping cart. So I’m now digging in the Woocommerce plugin to see what is going wrong.
If I knew it would be such a hassle putting it in a sub-directory I also would have chosen the domain prefix option.
My client has hosting with only one DB. Thats why I had to use different table preflixes.
Thanks for the help!
