WoW (WordPress on Windows)

  • We had to build the current WordPress site on something of a fire drill, when a previous site died. At the moment, there is a single, fully functioning site up, and I don’t want to disrupt/disturb that. What we want to do, since it has been up several months (i.e. beyond the 30 day permalink nuance), is to load a NEW install totally separated (on the same machine, however) from what’s functional. In this instance, we need to have the Multi-site functionality. And, to make matters darker for the Apache-minded, this install is on Windows Server 2008r2.

    Sooooo…

    Who knows how to handle this properly? Of course, the WPI on Win wants to do all the lifting, but we don’t want it overwriting any existing code/site. Some oddities are involved, for sure, outside the typical Apache realm. Comcast is coming with our block of 5 IPs on Thurs. morning, so from that point forward we need to have at least a bit of coaching. There will be yet another site in the loop riding atop Moodle. (All this is for a higher-ed facility).

    Anyone?

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  • Is there a location where I can download EACH needful item for this project, singularly?

    Yes, the zip file on the Downloads page. That’s the only item.

    Unzip it where you want it to live.

    Set up a database.

    Now visit the folder in your web browser and run the installer.
    (edit: this part is where you tell your windows server to hook up your domain name to a folder on your server. that is before you even get to installing WP.)

    That is seriously all there is to it.

    If WordPress requires a db (MySql in the first case), and likewise requires PhP, do we also need another install of that as well?

    No. You can run multiple separate SQL dbs that never connect with each other. That’s pretty standard.

    Just the fact you asked tells me you didn’t read the installing link I sent. ?? The link covers this.

    Running multiple installs of WordPress atop that mess is why I am here.

    It’s pretty similar on Apache, honest. ??

    Also, both Mika and I have extensive server experience here, just not quite so much with Windows, only with local installations. And for both of us, it’s probably been a while – again, why we’re being vague.

    I could give you my creds too, but both Mika and I are telling you the same thing. Just go try it, it works, honest.

    Thread Starter discipleaaron

    (@discipleaaron)

    I am having a NEW issue, where this is concerned. We built a VM inside Windows Server, and have a Linux Server running the MS installation of WordPress now. Thing is, until we had it running and ready, we kept a re-direct in place at the URL registrar, and plugged the IP address of the .COM host into the root of the new installation. Now, I see no way to change that ROOT (main) site URL inside the Network Manager. I can change the URL for the sub-sites, but I bet that IP address is buried in an .INI or some main data file, and we’ll need to find that and switch it to the proper (.COM) (alpha, instead of IP address) name. Where might I find such a thing? I could show what I am seeing if I could upload a JPG of those management screens in this posting tool, but I don’t see how I can put those comparative screen shots here. If we can get that resolved, we can close this thread. ??
    Aaron

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