By alix on

I've been developing a Drupal 5.1 site on my local system. Everything is running fine. However, I now realize that before I go live, I'd like to convert to a multisite setup so that I won't need to do new Drupal installations for the next two sites I create (with completely different domain names).

I have the sites directory set up correctly for modules and themes. What I'm wondering about is the database. When I created this site, I didn't know about multisite installations, so the Drupal and Gallery 2 databases have generic names, rather than ones that would indicate to me which domain they are in.

My questions:

1. Am I correct in believing that each site would have its own database, most likely named for the site?

2. Assuming the answer to #1 is yes, is there a way for me to change the name of my drupal and gallery databases for my current site that will not break everything?

3. If I do change the names, are there references to the databases that I will need to edit elsewhere?

4. Are there any other tips you might have for me given what I hope to do?

Thank you so much for your help!

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alix commented

*bump*

I haven't found this answer in the docs, but I may be a bit lost. I imagine there must be others who went from a single site to multisite setup and wanted to keep the data separate. Any help would be fabulous.