Installing second, independent, copy of WP on same hosting acct

  • I want to install a second copy of WordPress (2.7 in this case). I currently have a hosting account with the following partial directory structure:

    public_html
    blog
    MyDomain
    CustomerDomain

    MyDomain is the directory representing my main website
    blog is the directory into which WordPress was installed.
    This blog is currently in production and is not to be changed in any way.

    CustomerDomain is a directory representing the domain of one of my development customers. Domain is unrelated to my production blog. There is an existing website in this directory I would like to replace with one run on WP.

    I use HostMonster which has SimpleScripts which has an automated install for WP 2.7. I am willing to do a manual install if that is the preferred option, but will need to be pointed to documentation. My concern is that existing docs are written for a first nstall and may do something I don’t want to my existing WP Blog.

    I want to know how I should go about doing the install so as not to mess up my existing blog. The two blogs must not share anything, so that at a later time one could be moved to a new host without the other.

    There are up to date backups of all files and the database & all tables in the existing WP Blog.

    Thanks for the assistance.

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  • Installing Multiple Blogs explains the process.

    Just to note, that if Hostmonster uses cPanel for the hosting control panel, then I’d say public_html is your web-root folder, and all domains and subdomains would reside UNDER that folder. Please talk to your host to clarify.

    Thread Starter poolstudentjohn

    (@poolstudentjohn)

    Sorry, I didn’t notice that my indenting disappeared when I pasted the message.

    All three directories above are directly under the public_html.

    Good. But you should have no problems installing multiple blogs, just read that article.

    For cPanel one my host I have:

    main domain in public_html/wordpress
    domain2 in public_html/domain2/wordpress
    domain3 in public_html/domain3/wordpress

    On all three domains, using the techinique described in Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory.

    Thread Starter poolstudentjohn

    (@poolstudentjohn)

    MichaelH,

    These instructions are how to move your existing blog to a subdirectory. That’s not what I want to do. I already have a working blog with files in a subdirectory.

    I want to create a new, additional blog in a new domain which is in another subdirectory of the same hosting account. I am concerned (probably needlessly) that the install of WP copy #2 will somehow mess up my database for copy #1.

    I’m looking for instructions on how to avoid that. Maybe there isn’t anything to watch out for, but I am being ultra cautious in not wanting to do any damage to the existing WP blog.

    Thanks

    As I pointed out earlier, Installing Multiple Blogs explains the process.

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