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Using two wordpress themes for one site

by Danno9999
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My buddy told me I could use 2 wordpress themes for one site by installing a second copy of wordpress (Eg 1st copy is www.mysite.com and the second is www.mysite.com/articles).

However, Hostgator guy said that this would cause issues with permalinks and hardlinks.

He said: "redirecting from one to the other would be hard as the rewrite rules in the .htaccess will read hardlinks as permalinks and give 404, since the perm link structure of the hardlinks are not actual permalinks."

Is anyone able to advise what he's on about? What would be an example of this? Is there a work around?
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  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    I have done it as you have explained in the past. When you are linking from one to the other simply use the whole URL.

    The actual trick is remembering the 2nd site should not have a "Home" page. As an example I had a blog site that was not compatible with WooCommerce So my blog site remained the same and the shopping went over to another theme. It was actually pretty easy keeping the 2 separate.


    Originally Posted by Danno9999 View Post

    My buddy told me I could use 2 wordpress themes for one site by installing a second copy of wordpress (Eg 1st copy is www.mysite.com and the second is www.mysite.com/articles).

    However, Hostgator guy said that this would cause issues with permalinks and hardlinks.

    He said: "redirecting from one to the other would be hard as the rewrite rules in the .htaccess will read hardlinks as permalinks and give 404, since the perm link structure of the hardlinks are not actual permalinks."

    Is anyone able to advise what he's on about? What would be an example of this? Is there a work around?
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    • Profile picture of the author Danno9999
      Ok many thanks Savidge4!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author getbestdesign
    i have the done same task on that matter, installing 2 wordpress at the same site..,
    its ok, if either one of those doesn't require registration its not a problem, all you need is static link in the menu or something like that, to connect this two wordpress...
    or idont know if there are some other way...
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    • Profile picture of the author Danno9999
      Thanks for the input Getbestdesign - really appreciate it.
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  • Profile picture of the author copilu0
    The workaround was explained well by the other 2 warriors but why do you want 2 WP installations? Why not using the WP multisite?
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    • Profile picture of the author MattStrange
      Originally Posted by copilu0 View Post

      The workaround was explained well by the other 2 warriors but why do you want 2 WP installations? Why not using the WP multisite?
      I also agree with this, makes more sense to install a multisite.

      All the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author mariamincey87
    Convert HTML to Wordpress Theme with wordprax
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  • Profile picture of the author kusonpadam
    if you want to use 2 interfaces are extremely difficult to seo, should have the first version and the mobile version pc 1 same as: game ban ca mien phi
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  • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
    Originally Posted by Danno9999 View Post

    However, Hostgator guy said that this would cause issues with permalinks and hardlinks.
    The Hostgator guy is an idiot. Figures.

    You can do what you want.

    Originally Posted by MattStrange View Post

    I also agree with this, makes more sense to install a multisite..
    Multisite is a PITA, and that's not at all what it was created for. To have just two "sites" on a single domain, one foldered, one not, that would be a waste of time and a nuisance.
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