Multi site install is not externally viewable and need to map multiple domains

  • barronlau

    (@barronlau)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    I’ve installed wordpress multisite on my MAC running MAMP into the following local directory as the root //user/documents/mysites/round5global. The installation did not give me the options to choose subdomain, so it was automatically a subdirectory installation.

    I plan on running 3 different wordpress sites and 1 buddy press site off the multisite installation. However I need the sites to be viewable externally as I develop I need to collaborate with my partners overseas on functionality and design.

    I’ve registered a domain name and pointed the address to my static ip and opened up my http server settings on my router (www.round5collectors). When I use the domain, I can see an index page where the folder for the multisite exists. However when I click the folder it tries to resolve the ‘localhost’ address and gives me Oops! “Google Chrome could not connect to localhost” error. This is the first problem I need help with please. How do I fix this issue?

    My second issue is that for the other subsites I will also want to map seperate domains for each site. I figured i could then test and develop all the sites on my local system for speed sake, then I can take them all live at once and they will already have the correct domain names associated with the subsites when it goes live on a webhost service. How do I map each subsite?

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  • Thread Starter barronlau

    (@barronlau)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    sorry the correct domain name is http://www.round5collectors.com that I registered and am using. typo above.

    Thread Starter barronlau

    (@barronlau)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    This is my .htaccess file:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /round5global/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
    Thread Starter barronlau

    (@barronlau)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    and this is in my wp-config.php

    /* Multisite */
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
define('MULTISITE', true);
define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'localhost');
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/round5global/');
define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);

    However because I’m on a mac, my .HTACCESS file is hidden. Although I figured out how to get the right information into it, once I name it correctly it becomes hidden again automatically. Could that be the issue?

    Or I’m thinking its because my multisite is resovled to ‘localhost’ rather then the domain name. But how do I change it? simply replacing ‘localhost’ with the domain name in the wp-config.php file?

    Paul Barthmaier (pbrocks)

    (@pbarthmaier)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    If you need to collaborate with others, don’t bother with Mamp. Upload it to your domain, but make the site private by requiring registration. You can use a plugin, like Ultimate Coming Soon, so that you and your collaborators can see it as you would on the web, but others will just see the splash page that you have set.

    Thread Starter barronlau

    (@barronlau)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    I agree, but I just found it too slow if I had to update alot of images. uploading them to the site and checking over and over to see the result by refreshing was just taking too long. I can improve my own development time substantially if I use a local install. Everything lightning quick.

    Any help with the external viewing?

    jkhongusc

    (@jkhongusc)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    barronlau –
    I am not sure what you are asking. Do you want two separate WP installation – one that is externally viewable and one local for development? Or do you want one WP instance – local instance that is also externally viewable?

    There are huge trade-offs in development with either system.

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