{"id":8309,"date":"2009-05-08T00:35:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T07:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8309"},"modified":"2009-05-08T13:25:28","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T20:25:28","slug":"multiple-blog-hosting-and-your-files-a-project-bloodhound-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8309\/multiple-blog-hosting-and-your-files-a-project-bloodhound-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple blog hosting and your files.  A Project Bloodhound inquiry for DIY WordPress publishing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in need of clarity.   Being mostly clueless to the concept of file management and hosting in general has led me here by way of looking to publish more then one blog.\u00a0 That, and after spending far too much time with &#8220;online and phone help&#8221; with what should be a simple domain name transfer for Yahoo to Godaddy, I&#8217;m at my wits end.\u00a0\u00a0 Word to the wise.\u00a0 If someone offers you a domain name for $1.99, don&#8217;t bite.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal.  I have a &#8220;deluxe hosting account&#8221; with Godaddy which runs me, I think, around $6.50 a month and gives me what I need. ( I know your bluehost mediatemple whatever is better and that&#8217;s not the fix here ).\u00a0 Focus.<\/p>\n<p>When I started another blog, I created a new database via my SQL database and now this blog lives in a folder under the main account as well (see below).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8311 aligncenter\" title=\"hosting-control-center-file-manager-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hosting-control-center-file-manager-1.jpg\" alt=\"hosting-control-center-file-manager-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hosting-control-center-file-manager-1.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/hosting-control-center-file-manager-1-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So from what I gather, with 25 databases I can run 25 different sites under this one account, right? \u00a0 The databases (sites) just become sub-files of the main account.\u00a0 If I&#8217;m off, just let me know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One other thing that puzzles me (utter ignorance) is the file placement in my directory.\u00a0 I was going by the intructions given to me by the help desk at Godaddy, and what you see is what I ended up with.\u00a0\u00a0 Could you all give me a little insight to whether this looks OK or not?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Assuming that everything is set up right so far, my next question would be, what is the advantage of opening up a separate account for a new site?\u00a0 With each and every domain I purchase, I am offered a free &#8220;Economy hosting account&#8221;, which of course will not allow you to host WordPress.\u00a0\u00a0 To do this, I would need to open another &#8220;Deluxe hosting account&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Any insight here would be appreciated.\u00a0 I plan on helping my wife with her own site and hosting and I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s a good idea to get her set up separately or just run hers with mine.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks. If I get somewhere with this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8309\/multiple-blog-hosting-and-your-files-a-project-bloodhound-problem\/#more-8309\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in need of clarity. Being mostly clueless to the concept of file management and hosting in general has led me here by way of looking to publish more then one blog.\u00a0 That, and after spending far too much time with &#8220;online and phone help&#8221; with what should be a simple domain name transfer for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,175,19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-project-blooodhound","8":"category-technology","9":"category-weblogging-101","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3286,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3286\/understanding-the-difference-between-wordpresscom-and-wordpressorg-plus-a-little-bit-about-custom-domain-names\/","url_meta":{"origin":8309,"position":0},"title":"Understanding the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org plus a little bit about custom domain names","author":"Cheryl Johnson","date":"June 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a point of confusion I often notice when people begin their search for a blogging platform: There are two different flavors of WordPress. 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