Domain mapping problem

It’s pointing to the wrong folder on your server.

Or there’s a physical folder on the server with that name.

first, thank you so much for the reply andrea,
i’ve come a little since the initial post last night,
here is the problem i am having, i’ve parked the domain
freecreditreportandrepair.com
on the vps main:
designquoter.com
and mapped it in my super admin,
however i cannot figure out how to get freecreditreportandrepair.com to redirect to the blog, it now just goes directly to the main
designquoter.com ?? i cant tell where the problem is? any ideas?

however i cannot figure out how to get freecreditreportandrepair.com to redirect to the blog,

That is supposed to happen when you go to the domain mapping menu under the SUB blog that you want to map.

?? I’m lost, so to clarify, is it supposed to happen and it doesn’t, or, is what is happening supposed to happen?

my new domain.com pointed at my servers, parked on site after mapped should when typed in address bar, go directly to the index.php of the sub directory right?

if so any ideas on why it doesn’t?

Primary
* https://freecreditreportandrepair.com
https://designquoter.com/freecreditreportandrepair

if i set https://designquoter.com/freecreditreportandrepair as primary i am able to view the home page of the blog. other wise i can’t find it.. it only displays my main site’s public_html

Did you follow this tutorial?
https://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/

when typed in address bar, go directly to the index.php of the sub directory right?

There should be no physical subdirectory on the server.

if i set https://designquoter.com/freecreditreportandrepair as primary i am able to view the home page of the blog. other wise i can’t find it.. it only displays my main site’s public_html

“Primary” means you want that newly mapped domain to be the MAIN DOMAIN on that sub blog – the PRIMARY one as it were.

If unchecked, it will not be the main domain. Check it. Leave it.

Also! I, and probably the rest of the internet – can see the entire contents of your mu-plugins folder. drop a blank index.php in there.

And another free tip: You have themes in there. remove them.

wow thanks for the tip, i didn’t realize that, will do, i did use the tutorial to install,

and for me to clarify, not meaning sub directory, (there’s no sub d. folder on the server) i meant index.php of the the newly created site, my question was, when all done correctly, is the registered domain supposed to lead directly to the blog or index.php of the new site? because currently it leads to my main sites home page

i guess my question is, after the domain mapping is all done, should domain2.com when visited, load domain1.com contents OR should it load domain1.com/subsite contents

and which one should i set to primary in domain mapping?

sorry this is just really frustrating

and for me to clarify, not meaning sub directory, (there’s no sub d. folder on the server) i meant index.php of the the newly created site, my question was, when all done correctly, is the registered domain supposed to lead directly to the blog or index.php of the new site? because currently it leads to my main sites home page

When all done correctly, you park the domain on your main site. Just like the tutorial says.

It will load the content of the blog you mapped. If it’s not, you did it wrong or missed a step.Go to the subsite. Use the domain mapping menu there. Check the primary checkbox.

Domain is not for beginners, it’s more advanced.

This is how it works:

– I type in your mapped domain. My internet looks it up in DNS servers aroudn the world. Your registrar tells my computer it lives at (your.IP.address)

– I get sent to your IP address. Your web server directs me to your WordPress install (the main site).

– now WordPress looks up the domain in the database and serves the right blog in my browser.

– now WordPress looks up the domain in the database and serves the right blog in my browser.

ok that is where my problem is.. any common reasons for it not to load the right blog? could it be a domain mapping install prob? i tried reinstalling wordpress and domain mapping and getting the same result.. could going the sub.domain route instead of subdirectory make a diff?
well thanks for all you help so far please let me know if you have any suggestions.

I can’t even get to https://designquoter.com/freecreditreportandrepair properly, so you’ve done something wrong somewhere.

make a new test blog. Do not map it. Give me the URL.

ugh!! ok i figured it out, i feel so stupid,, hopefully this helps other beginners, from the very first cry for help everything had been done correctly.(install and configuration wise)
but i had the original business’s site still uploaded in the root as well which when i installed wordpress, the designquoter.com business site index.html was loading first instead of the correct blog. i deleted that site index.html and voila it allowed index.php to load correctly for both blogs. ugh.. sorry for the headache, like i said, hope it help another newb, thanks for everything andrea