brescreations

I have subdomain sites. I was confused about the mapping because the directions I followed went right from setting up the multisite to mapping like it was just another part of setting up multisite. I even had my host double check everything I did to make sure it was right (they said it was).
But what I ended up doing was deleting the domain mapping plugin and the subdomain sites (names, folders). Then I re-added the subdomain site and am now able to make changes to it without the other sites being effected ??
Thanks to everyone who tried to help!

Yes I can follow directions.. I followed the codex directions when I set-up the network (and also the otto directions) but I set them up where I did the wildcard and the domain mapping.
Everything was fine until I tried to change the header on a subdomain. When I changed it, the header that was showing on the entire site changed. I began searching to see if I was able to change the header on a subdomain- meanwhile asked on here if I could and was told yes-change it through appearance. I went by that answer b/c any clear answer I found was outdated by 2+ years. Which also lead me to believe that it must be stupid easy to do and I should be able to change it through that sub-domain-appearance menu.
Since I could not change the header on the subdomain without it effecting the entire network I figured I would set-up a test subdomain, not map it and see what happens if I try to change it then. I was able to change it without it changing the header that was on the network (that I only really wanted on the main domain anyways).
So that has brought me to the conclusion that I do not need to map the subdomains. Since (obviously) I am new at this I wanted to verify that I did not need to map my subdomains.
I do not understand why it is hard to answer.
All the directions I found on setting up multisite said to map the subdomains so can you understand why it would be confusing to someone who is new at this?
My set-up is simple. I have 1 install of wp (domain.com) and then have blogs set-up as username.domain.com. I just want to be able to change the header on the blog(s) to the name (or pictures or whatever) of that person.
What I mean by “delete them entirely and set them up again but not map them” was deleting the files and then set them back up with settings, theme, heading and whatever. The reason I said that was b/c its been 19 hours since I deleted the map on the subdomain but they are still showing up as being mapped. I do have wp installed in the root.
Thanks

Bre

leejosepho, thank you so much! I will try to find him and see if he can help ??

Or should I keep the domain mapping and check
Remote Login – Means that logging in to one site will log you in to all sites.
and
Disable primary domain check – Means that multiple domains pointing to a single site will be treated as separate sites, instead of redirecting all domains to the noted primary domain (not recommended).

i am so confused…

I started a new test site (subdomain) where I did not use the domain mapping. It seems to be working how I want the subdomains to work where I can change the theme and header.
I also deleted the mapping of the other 2 subdomains I had set-up, cleared cache but they are still showing the same results when I try to change the header or theme.
So I guess I will just delete them entirely & then set them up again but not map them?
Am I right with this being the reason for my issue? Do I need to map my subdomains? I dont want to change the name of them. I have my main site as site.com then the subdomains as username.site.com. Users will only have subscriber access to the rest of the blogs on the network and editor access to their blog (subdomain). I will be pulling the most recent blog posts from all of the blogs to the main site using a plugin and will also have 2 pages on the main site(calendar & photo) that the user can contribute to (and I can allow access using a plugin for that as well).

Can someone PLEASE give me feedback? I have searched for a way to contact wp for support and am unable to find anything so if there is another way to get help please point me in that direction.
Thanks.

Ok.. I think I may have figured it out. I had mapped the subdomains when I set-up the multisite and I dont think I was supposed to..

And I just noticed this had been mark resolved so I will start a new thread b/c it has not been…

Forgot to add – when I enable the themes across the network and then activate twentyxs only in the subdomain it changes the theme in the main domain as well.

Still not having any luck.. I would really appreciate help from someone.
I am starting to think something is wrong with my site.
I have been trying to see if using a different theme would help with the above situation but when I activate a theme on a subdomain it changes across the whole site.
I have 3 theme’s installed – the twenty eleven that came with my orig install, the twenty twelve that came with the subdomain and twentyXS that I just installed.
None of the themes are “network activated”. If I enable twenty eleven on main site and twentyxs on subdomain then go to the dashboard in main site-appearance-theme, twenty eleven is active. Then go to subdomain dashboard-appearance-themes, twenty eleven is active – how is this? I do not have twenty eleven “network activated” nor do I have it enabled for the subdomain.
Can anyone help me with this? I can not figure out what is going on..
thanks.

Thanks for replying Mike. I have tried to change it via appearance- header but it changes the header for the entire site.
For example.. while I am in the dashboard menu-appearance for the main site, I set a header, then went to the dashboard menu-appearance for the subdomain site, set a different header. Then I view the site and the 1st header I set has changed to the one set for the sub.
I have been researching this since I posted my question and I think I may have to create an index.php in the subdomain folder…?
It’s hard to tell b/c all of the information I am finding is pretty old. So I’m kinda thinking this is stupid easy and I am totally missing something.
I have also noticed that the sample wp page & post are showing up even though I deleted them and also deleted them out of trash, cleared cache.
I am logged in as super admin while doing all of the above.. is there another menu or part of the site I am missing?
The main site is bloggingwithfamily.com I have set the names in the menu to direct to the subdomain, so if you click on Bre in the menu it will take you to bre.bloggingwithfamily.com and that is the page that I can’t get the header to show up on (and you can also still see the &^%#! “hello world” & “sample page” that wont go away)

Ok. I phoned hostgator this time and talked to them.
Hopefully if someone else has this problem this will help them.
Hostgator has to change the dns.. it isnt correct in their system they have to change something.

Thanks again Ipstenu ??

and apparently i dont know how to inset a link..
the unlinked link to test subdomain is test.bloggingwithfamily.com

thanks

Thanks..
This morning (about 4 hours ago) I deleted the wildcard & subdomains, turned off all plugins- except the wordpress mu domain mapping.
I wasnt sure if anyone was going to reply on here and am getting a bit impatient since I have been trying to get this setup for 4 days now.
So if I didnt do the 2nd part can you please let me know what that is?
The only subdomain I set up this 2nd time was
If its the domain mapping, I have the plug-in installed.. did the sunset file..in my admin panel I filled out the IP and options. Then I also filled it in under domains (site ID & domain).
I dont know what else to do. This is where all of the tutorials end.
Thank you

Yes.. I pasted the wp-config