database error w/ domain mapping

  • There has likely been covered but I can’t find it. I’m sorry.

    -I have multi site enabled and installed and all is good there. (site.com)

    -I added a second site included my server IP in the domain mapping menu
    (newsite.site.com)

    -I added the new domain in the domain menu with the proper ID

    I have a simple “hello world” html page on (newsite.site.com) which loads on both newsite.com & newsite.site.com.

    FWIW, my domains were purchased at godaddy and my hosting is at Hostgator. Newsite, is of course, an add-on…

    My problem? I can’t log into the backend. It’s giving me a database error. I don’t need to set up another database on the new site do I?

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  • I have a simple “hello world” html page on (newsite.site.com) which loads on both newsite.com & newsite.site.com.

    Why?

    no really – it;s not… needed? So i dunno why you have this in there.

    -I added a second site included my server IP in the domain mapping menu
    (newsite.site.com)

    Did you add the second site via the Super Admin -> Add site menu?

    you have to ensure the sites *work* before you do anything like domain mapping.

    Newsite, is of course, an add-on…

    And did you tell it to use the folder where multisite is enabled and *not* the default folder it gives you?

    Thread Starter justinwhall

    (@jwind)

    -The hellow world html file was just therefrom a previous project. I wasn’t created for any reason related to this multisite install.

    -Yes, I did add the site via SA>add site

    And did you tell it to use the folder where multisite is enabled and *not* the default folder it gives you?

    I suppose this is where I am confused:

    under site info:
    domain = newsite.com
    Path:/ (this is where the install and https://www.site.com lives)

    Under site options:
    Site URL:https://newsite.com/
    Home: https://newsite.com/

    Thread Starter justinwhall

    (@jwind)

    I got it. Seems as though Hostgator created a sub-domain for newsite when I moved it over from Godaddy. It happened to be the same one WP was trying to write.

    That’s what was confusing me. I couldn’t figure out why in the would the site would work, but the database give me an error…

    no, when you added the domain at hostgator.

    recap:
    https://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/

    Thread Starter justinwhall

    (@jwind)

    Me? This is my first time with Hostgator but i’m sure i didn’t manually create a subdomain. I simply changed the DNS at godaddy. Wasn’t until I checked did I checked via HG’s cpanel did I notice the conflict.

    and my hosting is at Hostgator. Newsite, is of course, an add-on…

    Right there you said you made newsite (the domain you want to map) an add-on domain at hostgator.

    Is this correct? Becasue that’s what I said you needed to change.

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