Install multiple copies of WordPress?

sigurdvt
(@sigurdvt)

15 years, 6 months ago

I work part-time at a preK-8 school as technology coordinator. This year I want to have groups of 8th grade students each working with their own copy of WordPress. I’m pretty sure I can set up a non-WordPress-based site and install a copy of WordPress on individual pages of that site.

What I’d like to do is have the main site be a WordPress site, add pages to it, and then install individual copies of WordPress on those pages. Is this going to work? (I want each group to be able to choose a theme and do other sorts of customization that are independent of other groups.

Sigurd Andersen

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batrachoid
(@batrachoid)

15 years, 6 months ago

What you want is wordpressMU (as in multi-user).

http://mu.wordpress.org/

Thread Starter sigurdvt
(@sigurdvt)

15 years, 6 months ago

The WordPressMU README file says, near the beginning, “If you’re not comfortable editing PHP code, taking care of a complex webserver and database system and being pro-active about following developments of this project then run, don’t walk, to http://wordpress.com/ and sign yourself and your friends up to free blogs.”

I’ve installed WordPress using the automated “SimpleScripts” at the web host I use, bluehost.com. That was stunningly easy to do. I don’t know PHP, and don’t have time right now to delve into that, MySQL, and who knows what else if those are going to be necessary skills for MU. Perhaps in the future – but I’d like to know if I can use either of my suggested strategies to get 5 groups of students active each with their own copy of WordPress.

batrachoid
(@batrachoid)

15 years, 6 months ago

Unfortunately, those skills will be just as necessary to accomplish what you are asking for with basic wordpress.

Samuel B
(@samboll)

15 years, 6 months ago

if you want to manage several plain old wordpress’
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs

bh_WP_fan
(@bh_wp_fan)

15 years, 6 months ago

I’d suggest installing 5 separate WordPress sites and just giving them login information for the different sites, as samboll suggested, however, if you decide to use WordPress MU, you won’t actually be able to use subdomains for all the separate blogs with BlueHost, so you’ll have to use subdirectories, which works well. If you do 5 different WordPress installs, you can use subdomains or subdirectories as you choose.

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