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  • Resolved peaelare

    (@peaelare)


    18 years, 6 months ago

    Forgive me if this is a bit of a redundant question. I have found bits and pieces of this question answered in various postings before this, but have not yet been able to find out exactly how to fix the problem I am experiencing.

    I have two domains on the same web-host account. Both domains are under the same FTP login, if that makes a diffence to how this question is answered.

    * https://www.wannaberockstar.net – which already has wordpress installed on it and is operational
    * https://www.patrickandraquel.com – which is currently being powered by Blogger.

    I would like to make patrickandraquel.com a WordPress blog on the same host. I have already uploaded the appropriate files to the FTP and put them in a directory created for the wordpress blog, and have made the necessary changes to the wp-config.php file.

    When I get to the step where I go to https://www.patrickandraquel.com/**wordpress directory**/install.php I receive the message that WordPress is already installed. Okay, that makes enough sense, but what’s the fix for it? I guess there’s something I need to tweak in the wp-config.php file? Will I need to make the same changes for the WordPress blog that is already operational?

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  • Is patrickandraquel in the same database? If so, did you assign this WP blog a different mysql prefix?

    Thread Starter peaelare

    (@peaelare)

    Yes, it is in the same database…I think. The web host only provides me with one database. I didn’t assign a different a different mysql prefix…I’m not sure what that means.

    Line 9 of wp-config.php:

    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

    change the “wp_” (nothing else!) to something else. Anything else. for simplicity I’d make it wp2_

    when wordpress installs it goes to the database and creates the tables wp_posts, wp_cats, wp_links (not exact names, but whatever). your second copy of wordpress has to have a different prefix for the tables so that it doesn’t overwrite the tables in the first install

    Thread Starter peaelare

    (@peaelare)

    That makes sense. I’ll give it a whirl and see what I can find out. Thanks.

    Thread Starter peaelare

    (@peaelare)

    That seems to have worked. Thanks for the tip.

    glad it worked

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