By tcd123 on

I'm new to Drupal, and want to prepare a test site at a subdomain of my main site. I created the subdomain via my hosting company's online tool, then I copied all the files from my public_html folder to the subdomain folder inside the public_html one.

When I access the test site by going to: http://subdomain.maindomain I get a site that looks and functions like the main one, but I can't log into that test site version of the site. If I try to log in as admin the browser address reverts to the main site instead.

Please advise me whether I set up the test site wrong, and how to obtain a test site on my subdomain that functions in every way like my main one, including the ability to sign into the admin settings.

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John Yates commented

It's pretty easy to run 2 sites from one Drupal instance.
Aim your subdomain to your main site root.
In your sites folder, create a folder "subdomain.maindomain" and put the settings.php for your subdomain in there.
There's lots of information on this site; do a search for multisite install.