MultiSite "clusters"

  • Fretless

    (@fretless)


    12 years, 11 months ago

    I’m just trying to get my head around WordPress MultiSite and I’m wondering if it’s possible to set up several “clusters” on the same hosting account? For instance, if I have “www.mysite.com” as my main hosting account, and I then set up multiple addon domains (as opposed to subdomains) on that account, can I install MultiSites within each of those new domains at all?

    For example, my hosting account is “www.mysite.com”.

    I set up three addon domains – “www.mysite2.com”, “www.mysite3.com” and “www.mysite3.com”.

    Can I then set up MultiSite installs within each of those addon domains for a particular genre, or must I have one huge MultiSite on the main account domain with all sites stacked on it?

    The reason I ask is because I’m having difficulty setting up new subdomain sites at the moment. I got everything working the other day with a MultiSite installed at the root domain on another account I have, but I’m trying to do things differently on this account. So far no such luck though.

    I haven’t got to the domain mapping stage on this server I should add. Just a straight MultiSite install. Domain mapping worked fine on the other server.

    Another question is for Andrea_r. Do you have a list of features for your professional domain mapping plugin? I’m trying to weigh it up against the free plugin but I don’t know what the features of the paid one are.

    In the past I’ve set up my WordPress installs with a separate “images” folder for each addon domain (I just hated the way WordPress handled images so I did my own thing). I realize that the subdomains in a MultiSite are virtual and that there are no folders as such, but am I able to somehow “domain map” the images with your plugin if I park them on another domain altogether?

    Anyway, I hope someone can help out with my questions.

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years, 11 months ago

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-multi-network/ may be what you’re looking for with regards to clusters.

    Do you have a list of features for your professional domain mapping plugin?

    All the info is here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/ 🙂

    And the pro one: http://wpebooks.com/professional-domain-mapping/

    You can compare the two at your leisure.

    Andrea Rennick

    (@andrea_r)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    must I have one huge MultiSite on the main account domain with all sites stacked on it

    No, you;re not obligated to.

    The reason I ask is because I’m having difficulty setting up new subdomain sites at the moment. I got everything working the other day with a MultiSite installed at the root domain on another account I have, but I’m trying to do things differently on this account. So far no such luck though.

    On shared hosts that have wilcard subdomains, the wildcard only works on the main account. Not on add-on domains.

    Do you have a list of features for your professional domain mapping plugin? I’m trying to weigh it up against the free plugin but I don’t know what the features of the paid one are.

    There’s two differences:

    – the paid one hides the originating domain. It does not exist in the html source of the mapped domain.
    – the super admin maps all domains. there’s no menu on sub sites for users to map them on their own.

    And yes, that’s on the sales page. 😉

    Otherwise, they are the same. Server-side, all domain mapping plugins need the same setup work done. The plugins only handle the domains when they get to wordress.

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