More than one blog

I think you would have to create a seperate blog just for your wife. Or if you and her don’t mind sharing, you could always ask her to register an account on your blog and promote her to administrator status so she can create her own posts.

Thank you devilmaycry.

Just as I thought: to have two different blogs we will need two differente databases and program directories.

Thanks,
Lugo

You can get by with one database for 2 blogs by adjusting the prefix in wp_config.php to ensure they don’t both have the same prefix.

this sounds dumb, but what is the “prefix” and what should it be changed to?

When you upload the “wp-config.php” file into the second installation, change the “$table_prefix” (default is “wp_”) to something else. Everything else stays the same.

The database tables associated with your original install will all start with “wp_” …. the tables for your wife’s blog (the new install) will need a new prefix. Anything you want, really….

Codex: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Editing_wp-config.php

if you have 2 blogs on the same DB can they have different themes?

@t510,
definitely, yes! The two blogs – provided they “live” in separate tables with different prefixes (see above) – have nothing in common. Each of them has to have its own WP files installed in different directories and separate tables.