To start with install the 1st blog as per the instructions. Make the table prefix something you will recognise eg “wp_main_” as you will have to refer back to it.

Once your fist blog has been installed, install your 2nd wordpress blog in a different directory. Make the table prefix something differnt ot the main/1st blog you made. But in the same database. Once the setup is complete, download the wp_config file and edit it.

Add:

define(‘CUSTOM_USER_TABLE’, ‘<-YOUR MAIN USERS TABLE eg:wp_users->’);
define(‘CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE’, ‘<-YOUR MAIN USERS TABLE eg:wp_usermeta->’);
define(‘CUSTOM_CAPABILITIES_PREFIX’, <-YOUR MAIN USERS PREFIX eg:’wp_->’);

This lets the second blog use the tables relating to the user from the main blog.

You also need to make the authentication keys the same. Copy these from the wp_config file of your main blog:

define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘<-YOUR KEY->’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘<-YOUR KEY->’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘<-YOUR KEY->’);

Now we are done with the config file. Now you need to edit a file called capabilities.php, this is found in your /includes/ folder.

Find: $this->cap_key = $wpdb->prefix . ‘capabilities’;

And Replace: //    $this->cap_key = $wpdb->prefix . ‘capabilities’; added custom below

if (defined (‘CUSTOM_CAPABILITIES_PREFIX’)) {
$this->cap_key = CUSTOM_CAPABILITIES_PREFIX . ‘capabilities’;
}
else {    $this->cap_key = $wpdb->prefix . ‘capabilities’;
}

$this->caps = &$this->{$this->cap_key};
if ( ! is_array( $this->caps ) )
$this->caps = array();
$this->get_role_caps();
}

Save these files down and upload them to your server. All should now be working. This can be done with any number of additional blogs.

Please remember you will need to change the capabilities.php file each time you upgrade to add the new lines.

Bookmark this page for next time ou upgrade!

Sorry for no pictures, if you are a more visual person then i will try and get some screen shots etc to help you on your way with SVN and 1and1

Here is the executable code, it has taken me a few trials to get it all working as it should after studying the various guides on the net.

NOTE: You need to substitute YOUR_SERVER and the xx/xxxxxxx for your own details. These can be found by uploading a phpinfo() file to your host in the normal way and copying the details across.

NOTE:Check your subversion’s version i believe 1.6.3 is the latest, just change the version numbers and it should all work fine (if you want the latest version)

mkdir ~/tmp
mkdir ~/opt/svn
cd ~/tmp
wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.6.0.tar.gz
wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-deps-1.6.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf subversion-1.6.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf subversion-deps-1.6.0.tar.gz
cd ~/tmp/subversion-1.6.0
./configure –prefix=/YOUR_SERVER/homepages/xx/xxxxxxxxxx/htdocs/opt/svn
make
make install

echo ‘export PATH=~/opt/svn/bin:$PATH’ >> ~/.bash_profile
svn –version

rm ~/tmp/subversion* -r
svnadmin create ~/opt/svn/repos

There is the code needed to setup SVN using PuTTy and SSH to connect to the server

Please let me know if i have made any errors.

References:

http://www.flyonsoft.com/component/content/article/78

http://www.lbsharp.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/11/30/configuring-website-on-a-1and1-shared-host/

http://articles.itecsoftware.com/web-development/install-subversion-on-1and1-hosting-provider

Hopefully you are aware that there limitations when using a sharedhosting provider, often implemented to allow the provider to keep the server secure. Luckily with 1and1 we are able to work around this and allow Magento access to PHP 5.2 (Please note this guide is just for using with 1and1’s shared hosting solutions). Enjoy!

Getting Started

• Setup your MySQL database

1. Navigate to your 1and1 Administration tab in your 1and1 control panel
2. Using the 1and1 MySQL Administration page click New Database, start a fresh one just for Magento
3. Make sure its set to use MySQL version 5.0, fill in YOUR details as shown below

• Download the latest Magento installation package (full release, not installer)-> http://www.magentocommerce.com/download (at time of writing its version 1.4.0.1)
• Upload this to your server (yes, upload the Magento zipped folder)
• In your 1and1 control panel navigate to your web space explorer and right click on the .zip file you just uploaded and extract it. You are able to move/rename the folder if you need to.
• Now you need to go back to your favourite FTP program and CHMOD the following files and folders to 777

1. magento/var/.htaccess (file)
2. magento/app/etc (folder)
3. magento/var (folder)
4. magento/media (folder)

• Download the .htaccess file found in the root directory of your Magento install.
• Edit the file, removing the comments from:

############################################
## this line is specific for 1and1 hosting

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

############################################

• This allows you to use PHP 5.0
• You will also need to un-comment “#RewriteBase /magento/” and edit it if you changed the location of your install
• Re-upload the .htaccess file
• Make sure the MySQL database is READY, this is shown in the 1and1 control panel under MySQL Administration
• Now you can begin the install goto http://www.you_domain.com/magento/index.php/install
• From here you just need to add the details requested by the installation program, copying and pasting from the 1and1 control panel as needed
• To enter the adming section of magento just point your browser to http://www.you_domain.com/magento/index.php/admin (or whatever you alter admin to in the installation)

I hope you have found this 1and1 Magento setup guide useful, its been put together by myself after having issues setting up Magento on my shared 1and1 account. Info has been taken from a number of installation guides from the net and reworded by myself.

If you like to read things like this, rather than knowing absolutley everything about what im geting upto on the net, subscribe to the Bits category.

Enjoy

This has been sorted now on all but one of my databases… more deleting tomorrow i think.

Unfortunately this was not my only problem, the themes used on this blog have broken, so i will need to take a closer look at them after a good-nights sleep. It seems broken themes is the reason why i haven’t been able to post for such along time!

On a more positve note, we have upgraded are hosting solution to deal with the increased traffic over the last year and hopefully reduce the loads by moving the most frequently addressed databses to different dedicated database servers, instead of having them all lumped together.

I have been working with Xuella Arnold, who is a PMC jewellery maker, for quite some time now. Xuella wont be offended by me saying she is not very tech savvy so the key objective when completing her development project was to keep everything very simple, neat and tidy.

Xuella contacted me after her previous web developer could no longer undertake the work required. I inherited quite a dated website and a custom shopping cart system allowing customers to purchase products from the online gallery of her work.

As the website was previously hosted on his servers the first task was to setup Xuella with her own web hosting and transfer her doman across.

Initially i thought it would be a simple download and re-upload of her website, but we decided to revamp the website. Keeping her original brand identity and making minor visual adjustments to the site, moving it away form pure HTML to a CSS and HTML website.

Xuella had a large amount of media she wanted to put on the website. She drew up designs which we discussed and i set about creating the website as you see it now.

The new shopping cart system is entirely Paypal driven and very simple for Xuella to update using Paypal.

Lastly after updating the text on the website we setup an amazon affiliate scheme so she could earn commission based sales of her book when ordered from Amazon through her website.

She is very happy with the results. I am still working for Xuella keeping her website updated.

Its been a long old slog, but I am now happy with my Red Alert 3 website. The site has been a huge learning curve for me in terms of SEO and programming, as well as giving me in depth knowledge of word-press and how to use it. The site is http://www.ra3.co.uk and is one of my best domains i own. Catchy, short, easy to remember and ranks well in google. Especially for red alert 3 maps, for which it dominates. All i have left to do is make a few more pages and then develop my next project which will be http://www.cnc4.co.uk for the next installment of command and conquer 4.

Be sure to check out the site and let me know what you think!

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