[MySchoolStuff]

Hi there

I have an existing site and want to set up a community for that site. I’m considering installing CBOX on a secondary site in a subdirectory network install.

Is this possible and is this recommended; if I follow ray’s tutorial below?

http://codex.buddypress.org/user/install-buddypress-on-a-secondary-blog/

[Mark Dale]

Do you need the 2 sites to interlink beyond hyperlinks? Ie same memberships etc.

If not, why not just install a new multisite in a subdomain or folder –

http://www.mylandingpage.com  – existing site – single wordpress site

http://www.mylandingpage.com/community or http://www.community.mylandingpage.com – new cbox install with multisite

 

This is what I’m thinking of doing, so that I can have a different theme for my landing page

[MySchoolStuff]

Hi Mark.

I’ve already done so much work on the network. Our main (marketing) site doesn’t lend itself to a CBOX installation.

The idea is to have CBOX community installed on a sub-site where we can offer group-work solutions link the sites to the groups.

I’m confident that installing and running buddypress on a sub-site will work. It the CBOX additions I’m concerned about, or do they simply fit in to the installation?

[Mark Dale]

Ok, so it sounds like you are definately looking at the cbox install using the same database etc of users as the main existing site.

I think the CBox developers will be the best to advise on this, as there may be known conflicts with plugins etc, between the 2 installs.

Mark

[MySchoolStuff]

Thanks for your input Mark

[Ray]

The tutorial should still be valid.

But like anything that involves a major change on your site, do a file and database backup before you attempt anything.

If you have a local testing environment to try this, that would be preferred.

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