Unless EC2 is much different than other servers, you should be able to install another WordPress installation under another directory. For instance, you could have /var/www/html/blog/ with WordPress installed and /var/www/html/blog/wordpress with another WordPress install. You can either use a separate database or use the same one as the other install, but you would need … Read more
If you want to share the same wordpress installation for multiple sites/blogs, I’d suggest looking at WordPress Networks. And if you need different domain names (and not just subpath or subdomain) you could go with the plugin called WordPress MU Domain Mapping. If you have lower level access to your server (and not just a … Read more
You’re not doing anything wrong. WordPress does not monitor the links within content, so it’s up to you to change them when your structure changes.
If the real question is: can you manage multiple domain names from a single WordPress multisite network, then the answer is yes. But you’ve over-specified your restrictions such that the question is no longer answerable. A WordPress multisite network – either as a subdomain (site1.example.com) or subdirectory (example.com/site1) install will allow you to manage core, … Read more
Your problem seems to be that you hook in too early (aside from the problem that you’re editing a core file), so let’s take a look at wp-admin/install.php: No hooks at all, but at the end of the page when everything was properly rendered, there’s a call for wp_print_scripts( ‘user-profile’ ). And gladly there we’ll … Read more
For starters, the WordPress Codex has a wealth of information on this very topic. For the sake of brevity that should take care of most of it; however, there are some relievant points that should be made: If you do not wish WordPress (essentially PHP) to have access to the file system with the exception … Read more
If you’ve uploaded all the WordPress files, then it appears your web site isn’t setup to process .php files. Ask your web host to enable PHP for your site. It would appear you’ve uploaded the files, as I see http://np-environmental.com/newsite/license.txt and /readme.html, and looking deeper /newsite/wp-admin/css/about.css Assuming the Windows server has PHP installed and configured, … Read more
Use Git for your local installation (example). Then create a remote all with multiple URLs, one for each site. When you want to update the sites, just type: git push all –all
My similar issue was solved with wp core download –force –locale=de_DE wp core verify-checksums
If your second subfolder installation is successful, you may likely run into an issue when WordPress writes its Permalink (within the subfolder). The issue apparently has to do with the subfolder installation and how it sees the site root path. WordPress will normally write a .htaccess file in the installation directory, and that folder is … Read more