Comments on: How2: Save Money! Host Multiple WordPress Blogs on a Single Godaddy Hosting Account

By: Matt Bovell

Matt Bovell — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:57:59 +0000

Tyler. The tutorial looks great. I have a very basic question however.

Before setting up the fake domain name, are you saying we need to create a new folder in the root directory and move the current web site into it? (This will at least for a short time make the site inaccessible from the original URL right?)

Then … my main question … which files do we actually move into the new subfolder? Do we move EVERYTHING that was in the root directory or just certain files pertaining to Wordpress? Plus we have to keep all the subdirectories in the root moved intact into the new subdirectory? So these subdirectories wind up two levels down in the tree instead of one?

I hope the question makes sense. I don’t want to proceed before I know exactly what I’m doing.

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Learning to Blog » Blog Archive » Hosting your Blog — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:43:30 +0000

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By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:44:30 +0000

Hi Rachel,

Back when I wrote this article Linux was the only hosting option for using Wordpress on Godaddy - and it doesn’t matter if you’re using a PC running Windows, a Mac running OSX, or a PC or Mac running Linux. The hosting service can be run on a Windows Server or a Linux server regardless of what computer you’re using.

I would recommend using Linux unless you have a good reason not to - that way you can follow the tutorial more easily. You won’t notice a difference on your end. Your site will function just the same. Try switching to Linux and see if that fixes your problem. If not, get back to me.

Good luck!

By: rachel

rachel — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:41:32 +0000

Hi! I have a question, I’m using the godaddy deluxe hosting plan for windows and I’m stuck on step 12. When I try to install wordpress, it only gives me my primary domain, the new domain is not an option even tho I set up the new folder on my godaddy hosting. Would using the linux plan work better? and if I switch to that would I mess up my blog because my OS is windows?
p.s. thanks for the awesome tutoral- the pics really make it easy to follow!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:04:03 +0000

Good to hear. Thanks for leaving a note letting me know how long it took. Others might want to plan making changes during a slow traffic time on their site (if there is one).

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:36:58 +0000

Ended up going through okay. For some reason, it just ended up taking around 24 hours. Curious, that.

Thanks for the tutorial, though! It was a great help!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:53:06 +0000

Hi Tim, to be honest I don’t remember how long it took, but I’d give Godaddy a call just to be safe. Their support is excellent, and they can tell you how long it should (or shouldn’t) take.

Let me know how it turns out.

Tyler

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:19:40 +0000

I’m curious how long it took others for their fake domains to go through. I’ve been waiting around 18 hours, and it still says “pending change”. Plus, while it’s doing that, I can’t re-add the first site I made, for the same reason as Gosa.

I suppose I’ll give it another day, and then get onto GD’s tech support.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:55:35 +0000

Bummer! Have you tried changing myfake.com to something else? Something unregistered?

By: Chirs

Chirs — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:47:33 +0000

Thanks for the wonderful tutorial. I have a problem, i successfully changed my primary domain to a fake domain (www.myfake.com) which i later found out already exists. This wouldn’t have been a problem except now i can’t log into in via ftp://myfake.com, filezilla says username and password is wrong. Please help.