Multiple Database / Server Help

  • Ok, I have got myself into a state trying to work out how to do the following. Reading countless forum posts but just need someone to simplify this for me please, i’m sure it’s relatively simple:

    ? I want to have x2 WordPress installations on the same server both with DIFFERENT databases
    ? One of them will be the BLOG posts and that’s it
    ? One of them will be the WEBSITE content
    ? I’m doing this as the client wants a completely different looking theme for their BLOG page which is nothing like the theme I’ve designed for their main site. Also, the client’s current setup is a standalone WordPress blog and HTML site so makes sense to keep it the same. Don’t want to risk damaging a 5 year old blog database introducing a new site content

    How do I tell WordPress installation 1 – that I want it to be the main site URL and WordPress installation 2 that it’s the blog in a subfolder called /blog ?

    So for example…

    mysite.com is the main site URL but the URL mysite.com/blog re-directs to the second wordpress installation.

    I have multisite setup and ready but can’t see a way in setting of telling WordPress that the folder /BLOG contains the 2nd installation.

    Going mad here, been a long day!!

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    I want to have x2 WordPress installations on the same server both with DIFFERENT databases

    Then you install WordPress twice, separately, and point it to separate databases.

    Doing this is NOT multisite, however. Multisite would use the same DB.

    Thread Starter MarkMarks

    (@markmarks)

    Sorry for the misunderstanding, I thought multisite admin area was still needed even though they were separate databases. Obviously got confused there.

    I’ve installed 2 different WordPress’ and put the new website installation in a folder called ‘mainsite’ within the default directory. Created a wp-config file successfully, can log into the backend no problems, set my URL to mysite.com/mainsite and presented with a 404 error when visiting the site?!

    Do you have any ideas as to why that would be. Admittedly, this is in the incorrect forum now sorry.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Created a wp-config file successfully, can log into the backend no problems, set my URL to mysite.com/mainsite and presented with a 404 error when visiting the site?!

    So mysite.com/mainsite/wp-admin works?

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