[WP Install] Step 2. Drafting an installation plan
I think the reason why my first attempts at installing WP did not succeed, was that I did not take the time to stop and think long enough to lay down a decent installation plan. So before moving on, I suggest that you take the time to identify the following elements and make notes that will help you through the installation process:
A. Expected number of blog users
B. Expected number of blogs per user
C. Domain mapping and URI of blogs
(e.g.,
http://www.yourdomain.com/blog1/, http://www.yourdomain.com/blog2/,http://www.yourdomain.com/blog3/, etc.
Example 2: All blogs exist as separate subdomains of the one domain name
(e.g., http://blog1.yourdomain.com/, http://blog2.yourdomain.com/,
http://blog3.yourdomain.com/, etc.)
Example 3: Blogs will exist on various subdirectories and subdomains, depending
on client requirements (e.g., http://www.yourdomain.com/blog1/,
http://www.yourdomain.com/blog2/, http://blog.someclientsdomain.com,
http://www.someotherclientsdomain.com/blog/, etc.)
D. Domain mapping and URI of the first blog you’ll install, which you’ll use to test installation procedures, as well as WordPress setup and features.
E. If necessary, register a new domain name. Several domain name services offer interesting multi-year specials, and for instance I was able to register soapboxcorner.info for as little as 15€ (Euro) for 5 years. I did this with Gandi.net, you can also compare pairNIC.com’s domain services.
F. Make sure that your hosting provider meets the minimum requirements for installing multiple blogs using WP (WordPress). Refer to Step 3 for the detailed list of minimum requirements for running 1 to 1,000,000 WordPress blogs.
[ 1 ] URI is the abbreviation for Uniform Resource Identifier - although in Tim Berner-Lee’s original definition, it was short for Universal Resource Identifier. Some people use the term acronym to refer to an abbreviation. Any way you look at it, a URI in short is the Web address of a Web page. Lengthy discussions are available on what a URI can represent. When the Web was young, URI’s were called URL’s.