How to do domain mapping?

Recommend that you follow the instructions and the order of activation and DNS stuff here – https://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/

2. Add wildcard subdomain into cpanel; a star before the domain name.

This step has absolutely nothing to do with actually mapping domains. It is only for wildcard SUBdomains.

Without knowing the results you;’re getting, none of us can pinpoint what;s wrong.

I can say, however, that an A record would help.

And follow Otto’s tutorial.

I’m desperately failing yet again. No clue as to what’s going wrong. Otto makes it look so simple, but when I get to the domain mapping sidebar menu place, I get:

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and i put in the domains i’ve parked and are pointing to my hub, but it does NOTHING!

i do the search function and nothing, of course when i put in the site id and domain it does nothing as well..

when i enter the domains into the address bar it goes to the central hub, which means theyr parked..

apparently its the mapping part im entirely lost at

BEFORE you play with the wordpress end, make sure the domains take you to your main domain. i.e. site2.com takes you to mainsite.com

If that’s working then pay attention to your own screenshot ?? You’re on the wrong menu. You’re on the domains menu and you need to be one up. Click on Domain Mapping

But the domain mapping is even worse. It only shows the configuration, where you put either the cname or the server ip and the options, where you choose stuff like remote login, user mapping page and three other options.

I’m at a total loss.

I enter into the backend of my subfolder subdirectory which i want to point to my added on or parked domain, but it doesnt work.

I enter into the backend of my main hub, try to add domains but it doesnt do anything and doesnt look like otto’s guide, where the domain mapping plugin is under settings, for me its under super admin.

Yeah, you have to put in the cname/ip info etc. Looks to me very much like Otto’s screen cap post.

i finally know whats wrong, i dont get anything under ”tools”, which is the domain mapping otto is at. what on earth have i done wrong?

oh its pointed at the ip of my main hub…

im quite sure i edited the config file with the sunrise line above the last line…

really dunno what im doing wrong!

this is how my wp config file looks like right now:

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
	define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
define( 'SUNRISE', 'on' );
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');

as in the stuff where the sunrise line is close to… (theres more to the config file lol)

Move it UP to above the *stop editing here* line, eh? Up by the call to WP Lang, say?

No luck. Doesn’t do anything.

This is ridiculous. I’m completely furious at wordpress.

Sorry. Most of the domain mapping experts are off on holiday right now, so you’re stuck with me, who had no problems.

Okay, back to basics.

Pull it out. Uninstall the whole plugin, delete all the files, remove the calls to sunrise and anything else you added to the wp-config.php file. Delete the plugin from mu-plugins.

Take a breath, make a snow man, and then start over. Always assume its human error, I say, since it’s the only thing we can’t code against ?? and remember we all screw these things up at least once. Do each step slow and steady. Make sure you copy the files to the right places. Make sure you edit your config file correctly. Remember that you MUST add new lines ABOVE the ‘stop editing here’ bit (I always put it at the end of my MultiSite block in the config file).

Mondayish, the super smart domain folks will be back. They may have enlightenment, but I’ve only seen this error when you goober the config files.