I am embarrassed to ask this but am hoping this is a quick, obvious question.
I installed WordPress MU and have a primary blog that appears to be running fine.
I am trying to add another blog and while it appears to be successfully added to the site admin panel, there is no dashboard (wp-admin)
So - my question is: am I correct in assuming I still need WP installed per additional blog? And that WP MU functions as a way to upgrade/add users from a central location, but not as a way to install/configure new WP blogs?
Appreciate your time!
No, you don't need to install WordPress and WordPress MU to get the functionality.
To create new blogs in WordPress MU, go to Site Admin -> Blogs. That screen will also show you what blogs you have.
Hover over the title of one of those blogs. You'll see a few links pop up, one of which is "Backend". Click that and you'll go to the Dashboard for that blog.
Thank you for your response, it is appreciated! However, that's the issue/question - when I click to go to the "backend" (after creating a new blog), the link breaks; WP MU is not actually creating a new blog (other than the admin control).
Note that just to test - I added an existing blog (on the same server) running WP 2.8 to WP MU and am able to login/manage that blog via WP MU (via the primary domain's wp-login.php).
So - I was able to create a new admin via WP MU when I already had WP installed; but WP MU does not appear to actually be installing new blogs as defined in the main site admin panel
Then something is not setup right, probably on your server.
you need to tell us:
- what kind of server you're on
- what kind of install it is (subdomain or subdirectory)
- if you installed it in a subfolder or not
- check the database and look for wp_2_ tables. Are they there?
- do permalinks for the main blog work? (click on the hello world post)
Hi - thank you for the reply; the reply itself provides some relief.
Here are the details:
- Server: Here's what I know - Linux OS, Apache 2.2.13, PHP 5.2.9, MySQL 5.0.81
- Type if install: sub-domain
- Installed in the root directory
- I DON'T see wp-2-tables via phpMyAdmin - could this be the issue?
- permalinks for the main blog work
It seems like this could be the MySQL issue - appreciate the request for clarifying information. Should I try re-installing?
Thanks ahead for your time.
Did you set up the wildcard DNS entry as indicated in the readme.txt?
"- I DON'T see wp-2-tables via phpMyAdmin - could this be the issue?"
Bingo. :) Each new blog gets its own set of tables with their blog ID in the prefix. No wp_2_x tables, no blog #2.
Yeah, reinstall - but go make sure the db user assigned to the db has ALL permissions granted.
Great - really appreciate the info. I'll try reinstalling and verifying the db permissions. Thank you!
