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How to reinstall.... (12 posts)

  1. toddp_21
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Ok I uploaded MU and got it running etc but I choose subdomains. Well apparently my host can't do the wildcard so I have to use subdirs.

    So I deleted everything, uploaded everything *again* and screwed up and didn't change the "recommended" setting and its set to use subdomains *AGAIN*..........

    Now it takes me about an hour to upload everything with my connection so I would REALLY like to not have to uploaded everything for a THIRD time.... Is there anyway I can "uninstall" "reinstall" without deleteing everything and uploading everything again????

  2. lunabyte
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    delete files:

    wp-config.php
    .htaccess

    drop all tables from your MU database.

  3. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 15 years ago #

    There's never any need to re-upload all the files all over again.

    (I upload zips and unpack 'em on the server. Faster all the way around.)

  4. michaelkpate
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    I just followed the instructions above and I keep getting "No WPMU site defined on this host. If you are the owner of this site, please check Debugging WPMU for further assistance." Unfortunately, the answer doesn't seem to be there.

    I had only had it installed for 5 minutes. Anyone have any other ideas as to what needs to be dropped/deleted/overwritten?

  5. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Are you on a cpanel host? Have to delete the htacces via ftp.

  6. michaelkpate
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    This particular site is a dreamhost account but I uploaded the files over sftp using FileZilla and then deleted wp-config.php and .htaccess the same way.

  7. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Did you drop the db tables?

  8. michaelkpate
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Tried again and it is working now.

  9. eggz
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Sorry to revive old thread.

    I installed WPMU in the same database as a few other wp-blogs but I chose subdomains which didnt work.

    I want to remove the tables used by WPMU. I just dont know what tables are careated by WPMU and what tables belong to my other blogs.

    So my question is: Exactly what tables does WPMU create and is it safe to remove these if there are other WP-installations in the same database?

  10. SteveAtty
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    when you installed you should have had the option to specify a table prefix. By default it is wp_ so if you look into your database you should see a pile of tables all starting with wp_ and for each blog you should see wp_x_ where x is the blog id.

  11. eggz
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    I have the following tables. I have 3 previous wp-bloggs that I want to keep these are:

    wp_ar
    wp_jj
    wp_thelamp

    so is it safe to remove all wp_1, wp_2 and:
    wp_blogs
    wp_blog_versions
    wp_registration_log
    wp_signups
    wp_site
    wp_sitecategories
    wp_sitemeta
    wp_usermeta
    wp_users

    without damaging my other wp-installs?

    Here is a list of tables in my db

    wp_1_comments
    wp_1_links
    wp_1_options
    wp_1_postmeta
    wp_1_posts
    wp_1_terms
    wp_1_term_relationships
    wp_1_term_taxonomy
    wp_2_comments
    wp_2_links
    wp_2_options
    wp_2_postmeta
    wp_2_posts
    wp_2_terms
    wp_2_term_relationships
    wp_2_term_taxonomy
    wp_ar_comments
    wp_ar_links
    wp_ar_options
    wp_ar_postmeta
    wp_ar_posts
    wp_ar_terms
    wp_ar_term_relationships
    wp_ar_term_taxonomy
    wp_ar_usermeta
    wp_ar_users
    wp_blogs
    wp_blog_versions
    wp_jj_comments
    wp_jj_links
    wp_jj_options
    wp_jj_postmeta
    wp_jj_posts
    wp_jj_terms
    wp_jj_term_relationships
    wp_jj_term_taxonomy
    wp_jj_usermeta
    wp_jj_users
    wp_registration_log
    wp_signups
    wp_site
    wp_sitecategories
    wp_sitemeta
    wp_thelamp_comments
    wp_thelamp_links
    wp_thelamp_options
    wp_thelamp_postmeta
    wp_thelamp_posts
    wp_thelamp_terms
    wp_thelamp_term_relationships
    wp_thelamp_term_taxonomy
    wp_thelamp_usermeta
    wp_thelamp_users
    wp_usermeta
    wp_users

  12. SteveAtty
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    I think so, but backup the database first, or rename them and see if anything in your existing blogs breaks!

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  • Started 15 years ago by toddp_21
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