multisite internal links

  • Resolved vitamineg

    (@vitamineg)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    Helloo…. here is the dealio:

    I host primarySite.com at HostingCompany-A. I created an A record on HostingCompany-A to point news.primarySite.com to HostingCompany-B.

    news.primarySite.com is part of a multisite install (on HostingCompany-B).

    When signed as the Network Admin, if i select news.primarySite.com as a “primary site” all internal links end up putting “news” in front of primarySite.com’s url. (when writing a post with a link to primarySite.com, it automatically directs it to news.primarySite.com)

    If i do NOT select news.primarySite.com as a “primary site,” news.primarySite.com redirects to primarySite.com

    I guess i dont understand why it would redirect if “primary site” isnt selected.

    My intention is to have the news.primarySite.com have internal links, as i write articles, to primarySite.com….. how in heck can i get this to work?

    cheers,

    Paul

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  • Are you domain mapping? that’s the only thing I can think of that has a “primary site” option.

    Unless you;re saying as a *user* that YOUR primary site is the news one. Inside multisite, if that;s what you checked, that just means it;s your MAIN blog that you will be directed to when you are logged in.

    Thread Starter vitamineg

    (@vitamineg)

    yep, i am indeed domain mapping…which i thought was required to have multisite work properly?

    i use media-temple. so i created a symlink that points news.primarySite.com to the multisite install.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    No you don’t need …. Well, you can’t use domain mapping if you’re not using Multisite, but that wasn’t what Andrea asked actually.

    Are you trying to map the domain of the MAIN site on your network?

    By the way, don’t bump. They’re deleted on sight.

    which i thought was required to have multisite work properly?

    No, domain mapping is only required if you want the sub sites to have their own domain names.

    If you want subdomains or subfolders, you do not need a plugin.

    Thread Starter vitamineg

    (@vitamineg)

    Are you trying to map the domain of the MAIN site on your network?

    no. i am mapping a subdomain to the multisite install.

    Doing this however, makes it so that anytime i am writing a post or page in the sub domain and attempt to link to the main site…which is hosted somewhere else, creates ALL internal to the sub domain. i.e. writing a post within the sub domain and link to domain.com, the link, automatically goes to sub.domain.com.

    anyway….maybe there isnt a way to accomplish what i am doing.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    no. i am mapping a subdomain to the multisite install.

    No plugins needed.

    Just point the subdomain to your public_html folder (wherever WP is installed).

    Thread Starter vitamineg

    (@vitamineg)

    cool beans…thanks girly ::hopefully thats not offensive:: I have seen gender confusion so i thought i would throw that out. ?? the HAT! ha

    i was hoping to have the subdomain part of a multi-site install so when updates are available, its one click for all… ?? all in one sweet spot.

    i went the the way of ol’ school and indeed have the subdomain now on its own….did a export, import…a few ‘search and replaces’ and viola.

    cheers and thanks for the follow thru. ??

    just for clarity, the main domain is on a different host than the sub domain and thats what caused the hassle.

    ::closed::

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