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Make URL changes after installation? (6 posts)

  1. check_first
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I'm in an Ubuntu environment with WP.3.01
    I set up WP 3 to work in a multisite environment with subdomains. I am behind a firewall on an internal network. I am not our org's Network Admin, so I do not run my own DNS, rather we have only one DNS server for the whole org.

    I believe I made a mistake when I set up the network, though, and I wonder if I can correct it easily.

    During the network setup, in the Server Address field, I believe I should have entered a server address like ourorg.local
    Instead, I entered the actual IP of the computer, 10.1.90.XX (I misread the directions.)

    On the face of it, the install seems to have worked, but now, I can't get a pretty address, like library.ourorg.local, or residence.ourorg.local
    Instead, new sites appear as library.10.1.90.XX
    I would like to get this resolved as we want to NAT some of the subdomains outside as well, and I don't believe we can put them outside in this format.
    I tried to edit the line
    define( 'DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', '10.1.90.XX' );

    in the wp-config.php file, replacing the IP with ourorg.local

    After restarting Apache and Network Services, I was unable to reach the site at all due to an error in redirecting.

    Is there a simple way to rectify my error by editing files?

    Thank you!

  2. Andrea_r
    team pirate
    Posted 1 year ago #

    nope.

    Either reinstall it correctly, or edit the database. the URL is stored in a *lot* of different fields in various tables.

  3. check_first
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Ah, I see. Thank you for your reply.
    Well, that settles it, then. Reinstall.

    May I ask, please...
    The "server address" should be
    ourorg.local
    or
    firstsite.ourorg.local

    Thank you.

  4. check_first
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I've reinstalled WordPress and have a fresh environment.
    Apache is set to accept wildcards, and the DNS record at our org server is correct.

    Even before I install the Network, I want to be sure that I have the correct WordPress address (URL) in the basic General Settings.
    Should the WordPress address (URL) be ourorg.local or should it be firstsite.ourour.local ??

    Thank you.

  5. Andrea_r
    team pirate
    Posted 1 year ago #

    ourorg.local

    That's your MAIN site. It will be the first site. Any blogs made from that will be whatever.ourorg.local .

  6. check_first
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Andrea,
    A thousand thank you's!
    It is all working just as it should!

    May your day be joyful! :) Mine sure is!!!!

    In awe,
    Dorothy

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