• Resolved leeham69

    (@leeham69)


    Hi,

    So basically I’m having a huge problem (I’ve had this problem before and I’ve tried so many times to get this working but no luck).

    What I have is 2 installations of wordpress on one godaddy hosting.
    My dad has the root folder for his wordpress website and I have a folder that is /liamkelly
    my website will be liamkelly.xyz I have managed to somewhat get this working but whenever I set up a page and then go to click on the link on the website it automatically redirects me to my dads website which is thearsenalhistory.com

    I’ve tried putting the wordpress address as liamkelly.xyz but that just messes everything up. So I only have the site address as liamkelly.xyz

    I honestly have no idea what the problem is and I’ve tried so many different things.

    If this doesn’t work my only other option is to create the site myself.

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  • Dear leeham69,

    I see your problem! Have you tried creating a new database called “liamkelly” or is it just a separate folder within your dad’s account? This may be your problem as it would change how you set up your wp-config file

    Thread Starter leeham69

    (@leeham69)

    Hi christystjohn,

    Yes I have created a separate database, made sure of this when I set it up!
    But if you go to my site (liamkelly.xyz) and click contact you will see that it redirects you…

    Right, I see your problem. liamkelly.xyz is not connecting to your pages (even your home page) as evidence by the error message. Thus, even though the theme is stored correctly, the link the the page content isn’t working. I would check the wp-config file

    You might want to contact Godaddy and ask if your account can support 2 WordPresses in the configuration you have attempted.

    What can you tell us about http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/ ?

    Thread Starter leeham69

    (@leeham69)

    christystjohn, what should I look for in the wp-config file?

    And santaven, I will have a check now. I would expect it to as it’s the unlimited hosting plan

    Thread Starter leeham69

    (@leeham69)

    I had a look in the wp-config, I can’t see anything that would be causing an issue.
    I think for now I’m going to build a site using bootstrap for now. I will give wordpress another go in the future (hopefully if I ever find out the problem or maybe if I just get my own hosting).

    One of the moderators can delete this post if they want as the issue hasn’t been resolved

    Thanks for your help anyway! 🙂

    What can you tell us about http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/ ?

    Is that your dad’s site?

    What I have is 2 installations of wordpress on one godaddy hosting

    I had a look in the wp-config, I can’t see anything that would be causing an issue.

    If there’s two WordPresses there should be two wp-config.php files to consider. Seems to me you have installed the second WordPress “inside” the first one, as opposed to somehow properly “alongside”.

    One of the moderators can delete this post if they want as the issue hasn’t been resolved

    If you’re done with the topic, you the original poster should mark it resolved.

    Thread Starter leeham69

    (@leeham69)

    Yes that is my dad’s site.
    I had my wordpress installation in a separate folder which I previously stated

    Hi leeham69,

    A few things:

    1. Have you purchased the domain name liamkelly.xyz? In order for this to work the way you intend, you need to have a top level domain (TLD). Once (or if) you have this, then you have to set the nameservers for that domain to the nameservers of your dad’s hosting account. And give that anywhere from a few to 48 hours to take effect (it is not immediate by any means).

    2. Once all that is done, then you have to set up an Addon Domain via your dad’s cPanel (assuming he has the ‘new’ Linux with cPanel hosting plan). You enter your domain and point it to the liamkelly folder in the root of your dad’s account.

    3. Open phpMyAdmin from cPanel and check the wp_options table in YOUR database for the correct URL for the siteurl and home fields. They should be:

    http://liamkelly.xyz or http://www.liamkelly.xyz

    If the above were NOT as indicated, then you will have to run a search and replace script to update the URLs stored in the database with the new values. This is a very popular one:

    https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

    However, if you really haven’t gotten that far along with your site yet, it may be easier to just start over, once items 1 and 2 are completed.

    Cheers!
    Lyle

    Thread Starter leeham69

    (@leeham69)

    Hi Lylem

    1. Yes I’ve had the domain since November last year. I set up domain forwarding but I haven’t changed the nameservers, I will try this and see if it works.

    2. I have set up the addon domain a while back and set it to that folder.

    3. The database had those fields correct.

    I will try the nameservers and hope that it works, thank you

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