How to go about setting up multisite

  • Ok, so here’s what I’m facing. I set up my main site (let’s call it https://www.MainSite.com) and over the last two months have altered code here and there and added plugins to make it exactly what I want. A few days ago, I installed a new wordpress site into a subdirectory (www.MainSite.com/UserReviewSite) Everything is going well, except that I’m using S2Member to restrict access to certain content and I would like to do the same with the subdirectory. Apparently, I’ll need to set up networking but I’m not sure the best way to do it. On the instruction page, it looks as if both sites have to be subdirectories?

    Also, deactivating plugins would render my site unuseable. Is it really necessary to deactivate them before doing the update?

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Multisite is running two WP sites out of the same install.

    You have two separate sites.

    Doesn’t work that way. You would need to make your mainsite into a multisite and then create a subsite.

    Thread Starter lefteye770

    (@lefteye770)

    Okay, so you’re saying I should go to https://www.MainSite and enable the networking option, and then add MainSite/UserReviewSite to the network. Will that work even if only one location is a subdirectory?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    If you chose to use Multisite, you will not have a subdirectory, you will have a virtual subdirectory (you know how you don’t have a /2012/ folder on your site, but domain.com/2012/ lists everything? Same idea ?? )

    If you activate a subdirectory Multisite off mainsite, and create ‘UserReviewSite’, then it’s URL will be mainsite.com/userreviewsite

    That’s exactly how it works ??

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