Implementing Multiple Blogs

  • Hey Guys!
    This is my first time posting on this board. First of all, I would like to thank the people who made this blogging tool because it is awesome.
    Anyway, I want to implement more than one blog into my site because of the type of content I need to keep within it. If you check it out, you may see what I mean: ProjecTech. I need to have articles, reviews, and the such kept in a database. Also, I would like to have the capability to post it just as I do for the news and updates, but not featured on the main page.
    Does anyone know what I am talking about or exactly how I would be able to implement this sort of power? Also, could I store all of this in the same database as I do on my main page?
    Thanks,
    James O’Connor (MacMan)

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  • Hi James,
    WP can use the same database for many blogs. When you changed the wp-config.php tables, for your first blog, that’s all you do for your second one, etc. Just put in a different prefix and the tables will be created. ?? Then just use includes to pull in the other things where you want them to show up. You want multiple blogs on the front page? I think there are threads in the support somewhere about that, just search for multiple blogs and I’m sure you will find some help.
    ??

    Thread Starter macman

    (@macman)

    Thanks for the help SoutherGal. I will work on that.
    The one thing that I am worried about though is whether or not I will have to re-install WP in my database. Because I know that the config.php file was needed to change any thing pertaining to the table prefixes. I am worried about this because as time goes on, my database will grow in size of posts that I make which I will want to have later on. Is there anyway that even if I must re-install everything that I can keep these database entries? Thanks for the help.
    -James

    most backends let u take backup of the databases…

    As far as I know you can make a backup of a MySQL database. I have done this recently. ??

    “Just put in a different prefix and the tables will be created. ?? Then just use includes to pull in the other things where you want them to show up. You want multiple blogs on the front page? “
    Southerngal can you elaborate on this a little?
    I assume you mean to run the install after changing the config.php prefix per blog which will create tables in the SQL database, right?
    Does this mean that one should run this from new uploaded directories or just by making the change in the config file itself and running the same install over and over until all blogs have been added? In other words, does this require a new word press directory for every blog/category that we add?
    I figure the only way that I am going to get multiple archival routines is by having multiple wp blogs installed.
    P.S. I typed in “multiple blogs” and the only relative content lead me back to this thread.

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