I appreciate the reply, but I still need to know if my sites are safe doing it this way. If not I have to move on. I try to be descriptive as possible as I know people lead busy lives. I'm assuming the "one" htaccess file will cover the other domains and folders on the same account as far as ...

O.K. I think I got it! I modified if (@file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php')) {
$local_config = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . '/serendipity_config_local.inc.php';
} elseif (defined('S9Y_DATA_PATH ...

Thank you for the quick reply. :D

The version I'm running is 1.4.1 and all 5 blogs will be a fresh install.

Abiut your advice, I'm so sorry, I don't understand. I saw another thread something about what you was saying but couldn't get it to work.

Also, just so you know, the four subfolders are ...

I tried for hours looking this up, so I apologize if I missed it.

I am very pleased with serendipty! I do not want to run wordpress under any circumstances.

I have a shared hosting account at godaddy and I want to run 5 serendipity blogs off of one account.

I got one install in the root. Then I ...