Since creating the blog for Still Waiting a thought popped into my head: Whhy host that project externally when I’ve paid for hosting? Duh! That instantly produced another conundrum, how to display that website on this one. I have several options:
Create another WordPress install in a subdirectory
Doing this probably seems like the better idea as it lets me have full control over that blog and, aside form the url, it would have little connection to this blog.
Create another WordPress install in a subdomain
This has similar advantages to the previous method and I could get a new domain name and redirect it to the sub domain. The only problem I can see is in future usage. I have two other ideas and to keep urls clean I’d probably want to display them in the same way i.e. as subdomains. Would I really want subdomains for each new idea?
Install WordPress MU
Wordpress MU (multi user) is currently what’s used for WordPress.com. It’s usually used to host hundreds of blogs, not usually anything in double digits. The advice I read usually describes using WordPress MU for less than 10 blogs as “Overkill”. This doesn’t mean it’s not possible, just that it might be more trouble than it’s worth. I’ve done a bit of reading and it seems that you can have blogs created as subdirectories and as subdomains. Great! I’ve also been advised that migrating from WordPress to MU isn’t as smooth as it sounds.
So, what should I do? I think I’ll opt for a mixture of the firs and third method. For now I’ll do another WordPress installation as a subdirectory until I can configure MU to safely do what I want it to.
