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2 blogs, same appearance, different databases

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  • Started 8 months ago by gcarson
  • Latest reply from ikailo
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  1. gcarson
    Member

    Hi,

    I'm using wordpress as more of a cms. Now I'm looking to add a 'blog' section to my site. I want the appearance to be exactly the same (same header and footer) but I need my post layout and widgets to be different. I think this plugin does this? But I can't figure out how to get the same appearance. When I load my custom theme, it shows on my 'blog' with the base options and none of my customizations. Does this plugin do what I'm looking for?

    Posted 8 months ago #

  2. gcarson
    Member

    I was thinking, is there a way to pull the header and footer from my original install so they remain the same?

    Posted 8 months ago #

  3. ikailo
    Developer

    Yes, this could do it.

    If your theme has its own options, then you would have to manually synchronize them. More than likely there will be an entry in the 'options' table in the database for that theme, that will need to be copied to the options table of the new site.

    eg: wp_options.myThemeOptions --> xx_options.myThemeOptions

    Posted 7 months ago #

  4. gcarson
    Member

    Thanks for the response. I realize I have no clue about tables, etc so I just manually copied almost all the options. But I figured there were others like me using wp-hive like me.. meaning, using the main wordpress install as a cms then having a 'blog' with another wordpress install. Both needed the same layout.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  5. itsjeremy
    Member

    I'm working on same thing. Do you have a screenshot of this "options" place you are referencing? Thanks.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  6. ikailo
    Developer

    itsjeremy: every theme stores its options differently, so I can't give you exact instructions.

    In your case, you could log in to phpmyadmin (or your favorite MySql manager) and look for the "xx_options" table ("xx_" is the prefix for the site you are copying from). Then browse through the table and look for a name that is similar to the name of your plugin. Once you've found it, copy that value to the "yy_options" table ("yy_" is the prefix for the site you are copying to).

    Posted 6 months ago #

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