trudya

I set up a new website and made it into a multisite yesterday without any problems. I noticed there had been some changes in the code since the last time I set up a multisite and if you are following online instructions that were created prior to the changes, you might run into problems.

You are quite right, ‘define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);’ is now there by default, whereas it never used to be. Online instructions will tell you to enter it
just above the line:
/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
but as it is already there just skip that part.

Ensure you have deactivated all your plugins and backed up the config and .htaccess files, then configure the Network Setup. After you’ve done that, you will be provided with some code to add to the config and .htaccess files. The code for the config file is customised to your configuration and should look something like the following:

define('MULTISITE', true);
define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true);
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'My Website');
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);

Add the code just above the line:
/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

You will also be given some code for the .htaccess file which you should use to override whatever is currently on the file. Log out and log back in. Don’t forget to reactivate your plugins`

Hopefully, I’ve been able to help you figure out where you might have gone wrong

• This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by trudya.

You need to ensure that you enter the code:

define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);

just above the line:
/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

Which WooCommerce plugin do you use? WooCommerce inventory management plugin should provide real-time stock management and end-to-end traceability

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Once you purchase a domain name, you need to set up the DNS so that users can find your domain online. You can read more about how to set up a DNS here

Whether you run your sites individually or as part of a multisite, users can just type the URL for each site to get to them, through Ads, Google Search, etc, for instance, amazon.co.uk, amazon.com or amazon.de, you don’t actually have to have them all listed on one site. Alternatively, you can have a dropdown menu prompting users to choose the country they want or any kind of menu or buttons, or even just links on your site leading to the other domains.

If you go down the multisite route, you will need to have the sites within the multisite to be able to treat them as subsites and control them. As you already have an established site, Fazinettel.at, but wish to have fazinettel.com as a multisite, there are a number of options open to you.

You can leave Fazinettel.at as an individual site and develop fazinettel.com as a multisite with other country extensions as its subsites, ie .de .fr, etc and just link to Fazinettel.at when necessary ie through a menu.

Another option would be to make fazinettel.com a multisite, then import Fazinettel.at into fazinettel.com so that it becomes a subsite of fazinettel.com.

The last, but probably the easiest option would be to make Fazinettel.at a multisite and use domain mapping to create custom names for the subsites

WordPress now comes with built-in domain mapping which maps your custom domains to your Site Address. This way you should be able to retain the URLs that were ranking high on Google. You can find out more about domain mapping here

If you decide to migrate Fazinettel.at so that it becomes a subsite of fazinettel.com, then you will need to use a plugin such as ALL-IN-ONE-WP-MIGRATION to achieve this. (It can be done manually but it is a lot easier with a plugin)
You will also need to install ALL-IN-ONE-WP-MIGRATION-MULTISITE and possibly ALL-IN-ONE-WP-MIGRATION-UNLIMITED-EXTENSION, if you have large files at fazinettel.at.

Hope this helps

From what I understand, you would like fazinettel.com to operate as a multisite network so that you can manage your German, Austrian and French websites as subsites of fazinettel.com.

This can be achieved by turning fazinettel.com into a multi-site. You can find the steps for creating a multisite or turning your existing site into a multisite at the following URL https://multilingualpress.org/docs/how-to-install-wordpress-multisite/

Each site within the multisite network can have its own domain with different extensions ie .at .de .com etc and operate independently. This is because the multisite is configured in such a way that, although they share the same core database, each subsite also has its own database tables.

With a multisite, you only need to install your themes and plugins once, then choose which to enable on individual subsites.
The beauty of the multisite network is that you can manage all your sites from one source.

When you do decide to translate, there are various plugins that can be used, one of which is MultilingualPress

Hope this helps