Title: adding another site to same server – cannot open install.php
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# adding another site to same server – cannot open install.php

 *  [Claytonian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonian/)
 * (@claytonian)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-another-site-to-same-server-cannot-open-installphp/)
 * I am brand new to WordPress taking over an environment created by someone else.
   We have a Windows 2008 server in house that serves two sites to WordPress. I 
   need to create third site.
 * I created the new database. I added all the extracted WordPress files to a new
   folder under wamp/www. I created the wp-config.php file with the newly created
   DB name and the user and password.
 * If I open the install.php file from it’s location (IE C:\ProgramData\wamp\www…)
   it gives an error about PHP not running on the server. The other sites are running,
   so I know PHP is installed and running. If I go to [http://localhost/newsitedirectory/wp-admin/install.php](http://localhost/newsitedirectory/wp-admin/install.php),
   the page that displays is a not found error page from one of the other sites 
   on the server. If I go to [http://www.newsite.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.newsite.com/wp-admin/install.php),
   IE just says it cannot display the webpage.
 * It appeared I was following set up directions so far, but now I’m stuck and can’t
   seem to find anything through my searches that appears to be the exact same issue
   I’m having. I feel like I’m just missing something easy, but, due to my newbie
   knowledge, I’m just not aware of what it is.
 * Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer!

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 *  [SierraTR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sierratr/)
 * (@sierratr)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-another-site-to-same-server-cannot-open-installphp/#post-5354862)
 * It sounds like you have done everything right except the last step.
 * If you have installed WordPress on a localhost/WAMP server, just go to:
    localhost/
   newsitefoldername
 * WordPress will start the installation process automatically.
 * If you have a new domain name set up and operating, accessible from an Internet
   connection, just go to:
    newsitename.com
 * and the install process will begin.
 * Yes, the codex says to use the full url, but I just did a test install to confirm
   my instructions using my WAMP server and WordPress completed the installation
   as advertised.
 *  Thread Starter [Claytonian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonian/)
 * (@claytonian)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-another-site-to-same-server-cannot-open-installphp/#post-5354891)
 * Thanks for responding, Tracy. I tried what you suggested and got the same negative
   results. Is there something that needs to be added to the wp-config file or to
   Apache that tells it where on the server to serve the page from, almost like 
   a host header in IIS? It’s just odd that the new site url goes to the original
   site’s home page.

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 * Last reply from: [Claytonian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonian/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-another-site-to-same-server-cannot-open-installphp/#post-5354891)
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