CNAME on working multisite install redirects to WP, what am I missing?

  • Hi all,

    I have a working subdomain multisite install for my photoblog. I only use one subdomain (blog.mydomain.com) in addition to mydomain.com

    As I want to combine my PhotoShelter archive, I want to have archive.mydomains.com point to my PhotoShelter archive.

    Photoshelter gives an option to do this by adding a CNAME, here are their instructions:

    In these cases, it’s common to create a CNAME record in yourdomain.com for the purpose of masking the PhotoShelter URLs. In order to accomplish this, the process is slightly different:

    Log into the account you have with your domain registrar (or wherever your DNS is managed).
    Locate the section for creating your CNAME. The option you should look for will generally be called a “DNS Alias,” a “Host Alias,” or a “DNS CNAME”.
    Create a new entry of your choice. If your domain is YourDomain.com, your CNAME could be archive.YourDomain.com, galleries.YourDomain.com, imagesYourDomain.com. or ANYTHING.YourDomain.com — the specific alias you use is up to you.
    Your new DNS alias/CNAME should be set to point to custom.photoshelter.com. This associates your new entry with PhotoShelter’s servers.
    You should allow several hours for your DNS changes to propagate through the internet
    Enter that new CNAME in your Custom Website Domain field on your Website Settings page.

    I did do all the above, adding a CNAME on my host, pointing to “custom.photoshelter.com.” as indicated.

    But still the subdomain gets ‘caught’ by WP multsite, redirecting to mydomain.com/wp-signup.php?new=archive instead, so it does not leave my install.

    What am I missing? Is it possible at all to have a dedicated CNAME subdomain in addition to the wildcard subdomains?

    Many thanks

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  • It’s the order in which they are listed on the server side. Requests are hitting the wildcard subdomain first. You’ll have to ask your webhost to move things around.

    Thread Starter Bike

    (@bike)

    Hi Andrea,

    thanks for your swift reply. I can edit the httpd.conf myself, I assume that is where things should be changed? What should I move/add where?

    Thanks

    find the last one you added, it would be near the bottom of the file. Move that section up above the record with the wildcard serveralias.

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