Comments on: How to Easily Manage Multiple WordPress Sites With One Database and One Code Base http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/ Raven Tools features 30+ online marketing tools to help marketers succeed at SEO, social media, PPC and content. Includes Google Analytics and customizable reports. Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Arpita http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-7265 Arpita Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:13:25 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-7265 Hi Ben and Prafulla,
I also want something similar to your requirements, so can you please let me know if you find some solution?

You can email me on patelarpita4@gmail.com

]]> By: Prafulla http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-6903 Prafulla Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:21:09 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-6903 I want to create multiple sites – but with same contents.
I want to have master store with products. Now each affiliate will have separate websites with same product (but different prices). This different price – can be then managed through custom field. Each affiliate may also have different theme.
How can I use multisite feature of wordpress to achieve it.

]]> By: ben http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-6880 ben Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:23:48 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-6880 So, does this do everything that wpmanagerDX does? I want to be able to load up a new site with the same settings and plugins, but have a different theme and ofcourse content for each new site.

]]> By: Cargo http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-5484 Cargo Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:49:01 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-5484 I’ve encoutered this problem when using this code.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘^’ in /home/username/public_html/addondomain.com/wp-config.php on line 69

What does it mean?

]]> By: Jon Henshaw http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-4956 Jon Henshaw Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:45:20 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-4956 Hi Lee, if you’re parking a domain on another, then it will just redirect to the domain it’s parked at. On Pair Networks, if you want to use the code mentioned in this entry to have two websites with one install base, you have to add the second website as it’s own site (not parked) and ideally give it its own IP address. The key though, is to map the second website to the same folder. In my setup, I have a folder called “wordpress” and I map all of the domains to that folder.

]]> By: Lee http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-4951 Lee Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:17:24 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-4951 I’ve tried this, and although there are no errors, when I access the second domain it just shows the first domain – there’s no wordpress set-up or anything as I would have expected.

I’ve parked the second domain on top of the first to point it. Is this correct?

Also, in the database I was expecting the tables to be set-up with the prefix wp_mydomain.com, but instead I get wp_8e22a7af6221b508e768d6b27209c72e.

I’m obviously doing something wrong!

]]> By: Randifer http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-3888 Randifer Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:24:11 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-3888 This is similar to the tweek that some use for joomla. Recreate an extra set of tables in the DB with a different prefix and change the config file in your secondary domains to look at the other tables rather than the originals. It really only reduces the number of databases you have, but does very little for cross site sharing oc the content :-(

What would be interesting, and maybe something to consider for your upcoming CMS is a single database that can be accessed by multiple URL’s, in a way that is basically making the CMS operate as a quasi client/server package.

Let each URL contain the config and presentation files, templates, site name, and let each site select it’s front page information including menu, and article criteria. but let all of this be sourced from a common DB.

Make the distributed presentation setups responsible for maintaining the current URL, but allow the content components to be sourced centrally.

Why?

Because when a group has a series of somewhat related sites, content is rarely unique to a single site. It can, or could be used by many of them, IF there is a straight forward way to access the content.

For instance, someone may have a series of sites about traveling, including one that is about car trips, another about family vacations, and another about traveling through the south west US. An article about traveling by car with your kids through Arizona would be great for all three sites, (but not the site about romantic couples getaways to New York ;-)

A CMS/Blog that would allow the articles to be central, and have broad selection criteria for inclusion directly in distributed sites using the CMS/Blog templates and formats would be a GIANT step forward in this field.

]]> By: Morgan http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-3884 Morgan Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:39:59 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-3884 Love you guys for sharing this tip! Takes the headache out of regular upgrades.

Thanks alot!

]]> By: Dan http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-3883 Dan Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:13:32 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-3883 Can this solution be used for multiple WP installations on the same site?

For example, I have multiple blogs (multiple subdirectories), i.e. mysite.com/blog1, mysite.com/blog2, mysite.com/blog3, etc. on the same site. But, I want to combine the subdirectories to use one database (and theme, and plugins, etc.) Will this solution work?

]]> By: Ryan http://raventools.com/blog/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base/#comment-3882 Ryan Tue, 05 May 2009 15:25:42 +0000 http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2890/how-to-easily-manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-with-one-database-and-one-code-base#comment-3882 Also, on Snipplr, you recommend to “point to” the new wordpress directory from the other domains. What method do you recommend to accomplish this?

I tried to mimic the traditional index.php but with a path to /wordpress instead.

ex. index.php:
require(‘/home/wordpress/html/wp-blog-header.php’);

While this accesses the database correctly, all images and links to wp-content wp-admin and more are broken.

I haven’t tried htaccess.

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