I would prefer Option 1, that is deploy it on a subdomain. Once contents are filled up you just need to do 2 things. Move the files to root directory of main domain. Using hosting’s File Manager, it would take 1-5 sec. Change the WordPress Site URL to your main domain. You can following method … Read more
First of all, in WordPress here the best option to solve my problem is using Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies. To do that, I’ve created a file named “my_custom_posts.php” and put it inside the theme’s root folder. Then I’ve included this file in my “functions.php” using require(‘my_custom_posts.php’); You can also put your custom post … Read more
I think a good starting point is to read through the answer to this question: Implementing a CrunchBase.com clone using WordPress? That does not cover all the problems you need help with but it’s a start.
Does wordpress allow me to add a php file to the root directory to execute custom scripts? WordPress can’t prevent you from adding PHP files to the root directory, but there is no builtin functionality to load those files. You can load them yourself but if you are not careful they will load outside of … Read more
WordPress within a subdirectory of another WordPress environment doesn’t work
Most of the time this problem gets solved after flushing the permalinks. By that I mean, one just needs to hit ‘Save changes’ on ‘Permalink settings’ page on backend. However you said that you tried pretty permalinks and its not working. Under “Settings > General”, please confirm that you have updated “WordPress Address (URL)” and … Read more
Suppress subdirectory from WordPress Multisite primary URL
You are actually closer in your first attempt. My recommendation would be to create a folder called “scripts” in the WP root and put your PHP script files in here as well as your attachment(s). You will then need to declare the full path in your action attribute as the script does not now share … Read more
Within the plugin’s main PHP file: $plugin_data = get_plugin_data( __FILE__ ); $plugin_name = $plugin_data[‘Name’];
Serve both sites from the same installation. In your wp-config.php include the settings depending on $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]. Example for a complete wp-config.php: define( ‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’ ); define( ‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ ); define( ‘DB_COLLATE’, ‘utf8_general_ci’ ); if ( ‘example.net’ === $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ) // .net domain include ‘example.net.config.php’; elseif ( ‘example.com’ === $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ) // .com domain include ‘example.com.config.php’; … Read more