two sites, one server

  • gtown

    (@gtown)


    16 years, 12 months ago

    I’m pretty new to this stuff, so sorry for being slow.

    I am using 1 and 1 and filezilla for my site.

    I was able to get one site up and running, mostly. Now, I am trying to start another. I set up a new database in 1 and 1 for my new site.

    Now, when I sign in to Filezilla, the WordPress files from the other site are already there. I have not uploaded anything new.

    I don’t want to change my wp-config file for the new site and have it overwrite the one for my other site. What should I be doing differently?
    I’m learning as I go, so thanks for your patience.

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  • figaro

    (@figaro)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    You can use a different db, but you don’t really need to. The simplest way is to use the same db for both sites. See the following video for step-by-step procedures.

    http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=34

    Thread Starter gtown

    (@gtown)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    Where is the public.html file?

    on my root directory, I have log, wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes

    figaro

    (@figaro)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    That just means your existing install is in root (public_html). Install your second one in a subdirectory. So, take the wp source code and upload it to the same location where you see those files, but leave the code in a single directory called “wordpress” or whatever you want. Then the address to your second install will be http://your_first_install.com/wordpress (or whatever you named the directory).

    Thread Starter gtown

    (@gtown)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    Does this work for a new url?
    I am wanting to set up a whole new site, not a subdirectory.

    Thanks

    figaro

    (@figaro)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    I am wanting to set up a whole new site

    Well, that’s a whole new issue…two sites, one server, two web addresses 🙂

    Yes, it should still work assuming your new website will be installed in a directory on your existing account–I assume you will be setting up some kind of add-on domain to connect to it with a new web address, but maybe not…there are several ways to setup completely different web addresses on the same account and I’m not familiar with all of them.

    Thread Starter gtown

    (@gtown)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    I guess I should have been more clear, sorry.

    I did purchase another domain through 1 and 1, and it’s listed in my account, I just don’t know how to set up a new site. Do I use the same ftp? It seems as though I only get one.

    I went into the ftp and set up a new sub-directory on the root directory and uploaded the wp files to that. I then went to install it, and it said it had already been installed. When I try to go to the login page, it automatically redirects me to my other site’s login page.

    I hope I haven’t done too much damage.

    I don’t want to waste your time. If this is too involved for this forum, I will try to seek help elsewhere.

    Thanks.

    figaro

    (@figaro)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    I’m not familiar with 1 and 1, so I’ll leave this for someone else to provide insight.

    Thread Starter gtown

    (@gtown)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    Thanks for your help, figaro.

    Does anybody else have any suggestions?

    jacobburke

    (@jacobburke)

    16 years, 12 months ago

    I use 1&1 and have about 15 sites running on my account. Every site is in it’s own folder and I have the domains pointing to those folders through the settings in 1&1.

    Some examples of my setup:

    http://jacobburke.com -> root/main
    http://blog.jacobburke.com -> root/blog
    http://drewgriffin.net -> root/HOSTING/dgriffin
    http://aronpo.com -> root/HOSTING/apo

    I would not suggest setting anything up in the root folder, it makes for a messy FTP setup.

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