Running multiple websites

Setting up multiple instances on your website

When you finished setting up any CMS (e.g. WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc.), perhaps you want a second installation of a CMS on your website. For example: you have your main WordPress website running on the URL wordpress.com, but you also want another new WordPress site on second.wordpress.org .

To do this you will need to follow a few steps:

First of all, you will need to access one of our shell servers. For more information about how to do this, you can visit: Accessing your files.

Continuing, we need to make a new directory in your homedir, next to the www folder where you placed the first installation of the CMS. It is possible to place the new directory inside your www folder, but we do not recommend this because it will be very confusing for later maintenance/updates. We also recommend to name this directory to something obvious (e.g. a directory named wiki for a wiki installation), this will help others in the future.

Next, you will need to send us an email at ulyssis@ulyssis.org to make a VHOST for this new directory. The information you need to send us is: the path of the new directory and the domain you want this website to be on (e.g. wiki.wordpress.org).

When you receive a reply back from us that everything is in order, you will need to follow the steps again to install the new CMS in this directory.

Here follows a list of things to be careful for when doing this:

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Make sure you install the new instance in the correct folder

Warning

Be careful when using the .htaccess file, as it may cause problem with multiple instances

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When installing your new CMS, make sure you configure the setting correctly for this installation as it will not be exactly the same as your previous setup

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Provide the correct information when sending us an email for creating the new VHOST