problem with multiple installation

  • Resolved vicar

    (@vicar)


    18 years, 9 months ago

    Well, sadly, I have what I fear is a serious problem. I tried to follow the guidance of Shelley Powell in setting up a second blog within the blog I’ve spent the last two weeks on. When I tried to do the install for the second blog (after changing the wp-config.php file to say “wp2”), I put in the admin info and now I can’t access either site. Neither user name or password access the admin panel. And the address is always for the wordpress2, the second blog, but it doesn’t open. The formatting is not working and I only have the content for the home page. It’s like the admin data from the second site has taken over, and I can’t get in anymore. It will not send a new password.

    I tried taking it all down and putting up my last backup but I am afraid that the database structure changed and now I can’t go back.

    Any ideas?

    I’d be very appreciative. I hope I didn’t bomb it out.

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  • Thread Starter vicar

    (@vicar)

    I’ve replaced all of the files on the server with a back-up of what was working before I added the second blog. I even figured out how to go into the database and delete all of the new wp2 tables that had been formed.

    Now I think the problem is with the admin panel. I can’t log in anymore. Somehow I think it got confused between my original username and password and the one for the second blog. It keeps refering to wordpress2 in my URL instead of wordpress. And still the only page that comes up is the homepage.

    Want to take a look? Go to https://www.bluevicar.com.

    Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

    1. For resetting password:
    https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/

    2. For resetting the initial site_url and home values (= to get the right url)
    https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/

    Thread Starter vicar

    (@vicar)

    Thanks, moshu. I got back to the working version of my blog. I’m going to try to put on the second installation again, but I know how to get back to the beginning thanks to you!

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