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1. imjscn
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,
   In "Creating a Network...", It recommends me to change siteurl from "www.domain.com" to "domain.com".

   I don't see in my domain registering or hosting site providing such an option.

   Where can I go to change this?

   Thanks!

2. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It's in WordPress.

   Are you running Single Site right now? If so, just change your URLs from http://www.domain.com to domain.com

3. imjscn
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Done! Thanks!

4. dmmagic
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Where do you go to make this change? Is it in General Settings, under "WordPress address (URL)" and "Site address (URL)"? When I remove the "http://" off of both URLs and click save, I get the error "The WordPress address you entered did not appear to be a valid URL. Please enter a valid URL."

5. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You don't remove the http off it... Stupid auto-editing URL feature of the forum.

   http://www.domain.com becomes http://domain.com

6. dmmagic
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I just went through the multi site installation anyway without making any changes. Should I go and make the edits now or is it too late?

7. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It's more complicated now.

   You have to edit your wp-config.php to remove the www from the domain, and then you have to edit your database to change all instances of http://www.domain to just domain.

   It's not complicated, it's just a pain in the ass.

8. dmmagic
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Since I haven't done much, I can just start over. Only loose about an hour of work.

   :)

   What kind of errors could occur if I didn't remove the "www"?

9. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Haven't a clue :) I don't use www to begin with!

10. Andrea_r
    team pirate
    Posted 1 year ago #

    What kind of errors could occur if I didn't remove the "www"?

    really, not much (that I know of). it's a precaution though, as you'll have to redirect the non-www to the root.

11. hlanggo
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    @ipstenu

    Is (below) correct?

    To ADD www to a multisite (because I completely forgot the www during installation); sighs):

    1. Edit wp-config.php to ADD the www to the domain.
    2. Edit database to change all "domain.com" to "www.domain.com".
    3. Nothing else?

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    @Andrea_r

    Can you detail out what you mean by:

    it's a precaution though, as you'll have to redirect the non-www to the root.

    ? Unfortunately, I have to stay with www for a website which has been using www for a long long time.

    What extra precautions do I have to take for a www multisite?

12. Andrea_r
    team pirate
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Not a precaution for the www, you need to take extra precautions on the server level,outside of wordpress, to redirect all non-www requests for your domain to the www.

13. hlanggo
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I got the dreaded never-ending redirect error.

14. hlanggo
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Just an update.

    To solve the no-www to yes-www problem, I decided to redo the multisite installation. Did so about 2 weeks ago, but I forgot to mention about it here.

    Doing (below):

    1. Edit wp-config.php to ADD the www to the domain.
    2. Edit database to change all "domain.com" to "www.domain.com".

    -did not work.

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