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Jeremy Frimond
Jeremy Frimond
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Posted by Jeremy Frimond
Jeremy Frimond
14,470 Points

Local Hosting of Wordpress

Zac Gordon and fellow TreeHousers,

I have created the folders and setup the database information. If I want to add several different sites into my site folder do I need to repeat this process each time? for example I have billyzbubble-gum.com using the 2013theme then I create another site called suzieq.com and I use the 2012 wp theme. How do I arrange these in my sites folder?

hope this makes sense

3 Answers

Leonardo Hernandez
Leonardo Hernandez
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Makes sense,

You can use the same database, but unzip wordpress files into different directories I believe. Each installation works off of one config file, what you setup during the 5 min WP(wordpress) installation.

So you have two domains, two directories, one webhost, one database, two table sets.

directory number 1 might look like this: htdocs/billyzbubblegume/allwpfolders, and directory number two: htdocs/suzieq/allwpfolders

During the WP installation, it asks for the domain i think, and DB name. Use the same db name you created.

Important! Make sure you choose a table prefix different from what is default in the installation. (wp_)

Example for above: billzbubblegume table prefix could be called 'BB_' , suzie q's table prefix cannot be "BB_", it should be "WP_" (default), or SQ_ .

It also asks for a domain, or path. You can configure domains to point to a directory in your domain manager through the webhost panel.

Make sense? Let me know !

EDIT: for table prefixes, seperate them with an underscore, the text editor here removed them for some reason. so "BB'underscore'"