Multisite Domain Mapping (8 posts)

Topic tags: domain mapping, MU, multisite
  • Profile picture of Tim Beckett Tim Beckett said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    Hi,

    I’m having a big problem setting up domain mapping in multisite. I have the install, I have one subdomain already established. What I want to do, is bring another domain which was registered with Dreamhost into my network. What I did was this:

    Turned on the WPMU Domain Mapping plugin.
    Put my IP Address in the ‘Server IP address’ in the Domain Mapping Configuration page. Checked everything on the Domain options section.
    Set up a subdomain.
    Added the domain, associated it with the subdomain site with the ID, as per the Domain Mapping instructions.
    Pointed the domain’s DNS to my IP address.

    Yet, it doesn’t work. the site comes up as the original subdomain – yet if I go to the site super admin, the site has the domain name, not the subdomain.

    All very confusing.

    I don’t know much about servers and how to configure them. I have a private hosting plan with Datagram. Support has not been that helpful. As far as I understand, this should be a simple process. If anyone has a clear step by step process of how to import a domain name into MU, that would be great.

  • Profile picture of Steve Steve said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    @Tim– are wildcard subdomains setup on the server?

    “Add a wildcard subdomain/virtual host record to your site’s DNS record in Web Host Manager (WHM). If you do not have access to WHM, you must email your web host and ask them to make this one change for you.”

  • Profile picture of Tim Beckett Tim Beckett said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    HI Steve,

    They should be. I asked them to configure for MU, and it’s all set up. I have two sites working right now.

    My original site tim-beckett.com is registered at ‘home’

    The other ‘enchantedorgan.com’ is registered at ‘site-2′

    Would this make a difference? Or do I have to register in the Cpanel as a subdomain? I really have no experience with this and like I said support has been opaque in their answers.

    Tim

  • Profile picture of Steve Steve said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    @Tim– make sure they have wildcard subdomains setup. May not be by default.

  • Profile picture of Tim Beckett Tim Beckett said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    Hi Steve – thanks. I just wrote them and asked them to check.

  • Profile picture of Tim Beckett Tim Beckett said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    Yes, they do have the wildcard subdomain set up.

  • Profile picture of Tim Beckett Tim Beckett said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    They suggested I make the site an alias of the domain that MU is installed under. Does this make any sense?

    Tim

  • Profile picture of Steve Steve said 3 months, 1 week ago:

    If you set me up as an admin I’ll take a look. Email me credentials