• Resolved funkydivachic

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    Hello. I have read that you can run two different WP programs on the same server. This would allow you to test things on one without it being seen on the live website. Is this true? How would I go about doing this as it would be very beneficial to me? I am fairly new to all of this and I’m trying to learn from books and such. I’d appreciate any help on this. Thanks.

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  • Sorry for my english. The thing that I’ve done was similar to what you want to do. Inside your Cpanel create a sql database (yourdomainame_yourdomainame2) and then in sub domain create the sub domain (yourdomainame2.yourdomainame.com) Install wordpress on it and test many things that you can then apply on your first domainame.com

    And you will have to re configure your wp-config.php for your sub domain ( the DB_NAME )

    Thread Starter funkydivachic

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    Thank you. As far as the wp-config.php…I would create another DB with WP uploaded to that and would have to have different user and password for config. Correct?

    Yes something like that. Create a new database sql and upload wordpress on using FTP or webdisk or whatever you use to upload things on it for a brand new instalation of wordpress and create a new user password. But open your new wp-config.php and rename the DB_NAME to your new subdomain name because it wont work if you dont. As example if you create a sub domain the adress will replace the www by your sub domain name /wp-admin to access the control of wordpress. If your domain name is “www.example.com” and your sub domain is “sub”, then your adress to install wp will be “sub.example.com/wp-install.php” or something like that and for login “sub.example.com/wp-admin”

    Thread Starter funkydivachic

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    Thank you so much. Seems pretty simple. We’ll see if I get it right. I appreciate your help.

    You welcome. If you made it for your website you can make it for that its only repeat every steps.

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