Having 2 wordpress blogs on one domain

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by BribeMe, Jul 23, 2007.

  1. #1
    Like www.mysite.com and www.mysite.com/en


    The thing is, i have one old domain, that i would like to develop a swedish site / blog (will use wordpress, still not sure if it will be a blog or not, i like the cms system anyways...)

    And one english blog/site as i explained up there, the .htaccess redirects gets messed up, the way I'm doing it now, any tips or suggestions would be really appreciated.
    ps. using no plugin to change the links, only using the % ~ tags in permalinks.
     
    BribeMe, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  2. archard

    archard Peon

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    #2
    Why can't you just make two seperate installations?
     
    archard, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  3. cyanide

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    #3
    It sounds like he does have 2 installations, one is in the root.
    Yes, the htaccess and friendly urls cause issues. I haven't seen a fix for it.

    So I might suggest that you move the on in the root, to it's own sub-folder, then just create a custom home page for the root directory.
     
    cyanide, Jul 23, 2007 IP
  4. BribeMe

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    Yeah, the "main" blog/site is in root directory, and the other one is /en .
    so subdomains is the way to go?
     
    BribeMe, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  5. Katy

    Katy Moderator Staff

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    #5
    One domain and one subdomain, if I take it right? I have 4 Wordpress blogs installed on one domain. 2 of them are just folders, like site.com/wordpress1/ and site.com/wordpress2/. The other two are installed on a subdomain. The only reason why I created a subdomain was that I wanted a different site.

    I suggest to have the blogs just like you have them now, no need to create a subdomain. You'll need two different ones anyway since your blogs will be in 2 different languages.

    Good luck! :)
     
    Katy, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  6. syedwasi87

    syedwasi87 Active Member

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    #6
    some time its better to have them on seperate domains..
     
    syedwasi87, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  7. BribeMe

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    #7
    Indeed, i noticed my misstake after i posted it ;)

    How did you do with the seo friendly urls? I can't get it to work with the htaccess redirect part, the root blog works just fine, but the /en one.. well not so much :)
     
    BribeMe, Jul 24, 2007 IP
  8. archard

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    Just change your permalink structure to /%postname%/. WordPress will make all the necessary changes to .htaccess.
     
    archard, Jul 24, 2007 IP
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    thanks alot guys, that last tip worked (Had to use .htaccess on the /en but all works nice now, thanks again)
     
    BribeMe, Jul 24, 2007 IP
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    #10
    you must install in diffrent directory and redirect upter then
     
    kampoo, Jul 24, 2007 IP