Sub-domain sites names

  • patc890

    (@patc890)


    14 years ago

    New to WP and having a problem with Multisite.

    Installed 3.1 and worked fine my site is https://wp.a.b.com (a.b.com is my domain name)
    I went through the Network install without problem but when I try to add a new site, for instance called test, it wants the site address to be

    https://test.wp.a.b.com

    I would like to use

    https://test.a.b.com

    Is there a way to change this behavior?

    Thanks.

    Pat.

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  • @mercime

    (@mercime)

    Then you should install WP at https://a.b.com/ to get https://test.a.b.com

    Thread Starter patc890

    (@patc890)

    I can’t do that. I have a bit of a strange setup. My domain a.b.com is a sub-domain of
    b.com but the main DNS is set up so that I can use a.b.com as my main web site. Everything else has to be *.a.b.com

    So if I used a.b.com it would just go to my main web site. Sounds like I might be stuck with the way it is?

    Thanks.

    Pat.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Yeah, you would have to install it at a.b.com to get *.a.b.com for your subdomains with WordPress. It’s just how it works.

    Thread Starter patc890

    (@patc890)

    I was wondering if this would help?

    WordPress MU Domain Mapping

    When I look at the instructions it says go to Domain Mapping under Super Admin.
    I can’t find this. Any idea where it is?

    Thanks.

    Pat.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Super Admin is now the Network Admin

    And it MIGHT. You can try at least.

    It;s under Network Admin now.

    Thread Starter patc890

    (@patc890)

    Thanks for the help. I found it. It seems like this has all changed a bit from looking at a tutorial on line.
    Maybe you can tell me if I’m doing this right?
    I installed WP and had a site https://wp.a.b.com
    Everything worked fine. I then did the Network upgrade which went ok too. So now if I create a site called “test” the URL to it is https://test.wp.a.b.com.

    Then I downloaded the domain mapping plugin and followed the instructions. When I go into Network Admin and in the Domain Mapping configuration I’m asked for the IP or CNAME. When I click save it gives no indication it did anything.
    After that I go to Domain Mapping, I’m not sure what I put here? It asks to either search domains or add a new one? I’m a bit confused?

    Pat.

    Add a new one?

    @mercime

    (@mercime)

    patc890 https://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/

    At WordPress.com, one can have a physical subdomain mapped to a blog there as in https://blog.yoursite.com/ onto e.g. https://patc890.wordpress.com

    Curious if anyone has experimented though with domain mapping of own site’s physical subdomain onto same domain’s virtual subdomain, ideal for patc890
    – create a physical subdomain https://test.a.b.com/,
    – activate Domain Mapping,
    – go to admin dashboard of https://test.wp.a.b.com and map https://test.a.b.com to it.

    i think it;s been done, yeah.

    Thread Starter patc890

    (@patc890)

    That would be great but I still can’t get it to work?

    Anymore pointers to documentation would be great.

    Thanks.

    Pat.

    It;s all part of the server setup. No docs that I’m aware of… it;s just like domain mapping.

    Thread Starter patc890

    (@patc890)

    Well it’s not very clear to me. I can get WP up and running and the Network version but I can’t get Domain Mapping to do anything?

    I go through the set up of it and I see no effect at all.

    Pat

    Did you actually map the new subdomain to the site?

    “it doesn’t work” still doesn’t tell me what steps you may have missed.

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