WordPress Multisite Subdomain redirecting back to cpanel hosting

  • adamjedgar

    (@computersimulatorscom)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    hi guys,
    i hope i explain this correctly.

    I have an existing domain <mydomain.com.au> which was pointing at a cpanel webhosting account using an A record (ip <123.45.67.9>)

    From within the existing cpanel webhosting, i want to now point that same domain name at a wordpress multisite subdomain installation on google cloud.

    Please note, i have other subdomains on this same google cloud installation that a being pointed at it directly from registrar using an A record, and i have also tried this method with the <mydomain.com.au> and it works no problem.

    What i am trying to achieve is to be able to do this from a webhosting cpanel account rather than from registrar.

    I went into webhosting Cpanel and added the following

    <mydomain.com.au> = A record <google cloud Instance External IP address>

    using the domain mapping plugin on my Google Cloud WordPress Multisite, i have mapped Site ID = “<the actual site id number>”
    Domain = <mydomain.com.au>

    however when i navigate to the wordpress installation in a web browser, the website keeps reverting back to the original webhosting server.

    A dns trace also keeps showing the old hosting server ip address.

    How may i point an existing domain at a new wordpress multisite subdomain on a different server (with the same domain name) using cpanel?

    I must also advise…the wordpress installation is irrelevant as i am not taking the same wordpress website over to the new hosting service…its simply pointing the domain name only.
    I do not want to do this from the registrar end, i already know how to do it that way…it must be achieved from the existing webhosting cpanel.

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by adamjedgar.
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  • Thread Starter adamjedgar

    (@computersimulatorscom)

    never mind, i got it working.

    all that was required was to add another A record (as i outlined above) and then i needed to wait longer than i did. It took a few hours, however its working now.

    Hi,
    Glad to know this. Please marked as resolve this issue.
    Thanks
    Mohammad

    Thread Starter adamjedgar

    (@computersimulatorscom)

    Actually guys,
    I am mistaken…i thought it was resolved as it was working on my mobile phone web browser, however it does not work on any other device.

    So the issue remains as yet unresolved.

    so does anyone know of a method of doing this?

    For example, inside cpanel i have the option to perform a www redirect to another URL.

    If i were to redirect <mydomainname.com> to my Google Cloud WordPress Network using cpanel, could i then map it at the google cloud end to show its own <mydomainname.com> instead of the google cloud <wordpressnetworkdomain name.com>…or at least mask the URL to read as close to the original as possible?

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by adamjedgar.
    • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by adamjedgar.

    If it works on your mobile and your desktop you will probably find that is due to ISP caching.

    I know you say you want to achieve this from cpanel and not from the registrar but why? It sounds like you are creating an unnecessary hop.

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