Problem with two domains pointing to install

  • rjgoodman

    (@rjgoodman)


    10 years, 11 months ago

    I have a strange problem with my wordpress install.

    We have two domains: advanceval.com and advanceDval.com. Both domains point to the site. We bought advanceval.com through our service provider, but our primary domain name is advanceDval, which we got through network solutions.

    In general settings I have both the wordpress address and site address set to be http://advanceDval.com/newsite. Despite this, advanceval.com/newsite works and advanceDval.com/newsite does not. It gives me a page that says:

    404 File Not Found!
    Oops! The page you are looking for could not be found! Maybe you want to search for it?

    But wordpress must be loading to some extent since it shows the site’s menu options (you can see the page at advancedval.com/newsite)
    The strange thing is that it’s only the main home page that doesn’t work right. The other pages on the site display ok.

    We have an old HTML site in the same host, and it works with both names, so the problem isn’t with the domain settings.

    I checked the wp_options table in the database, and the keys are:
    siteurl http://advancedval.com/newsite/
    home http://advancedval.com/newsite/
    ossdl_off_cdn_url http://advancedval.com/newsite/

    This really has me stumped, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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  • leejosepho

    (@leejosepho)

    10 years, 11 months ago

    We have two domains: advanceval.com [Add-On] and advanceDval.com [Primary].
    …
    In general settings I have both the wordpress address and site address set to be http://advanceDval.com/newsite.

    Maybe try this in .htaccess:

    ## Wildcard Redirect advanceval.com -and- www.advanceval.com -to- advancedval.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^advanceval\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.advanceval\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\.advancedval\.com\/$1" [R=301,L]
# site is in sub-directory
RewriteBase /newsite/
# Rewrite www.advancedval.com to non-www
# http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/htaccess-redirect-www-to-non-www-htaccess-redirect-non-www-to-www/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.advancedval\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://advancedval.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
#

    I checked the wp_options table in the database, and the keys are:
    siteurl ‘http://advancedval.com/newsite/’
    home ‘http://advancedval.com/newsite/’
    ossdl_off_cdn_url ‘http://advancedval.com/newsite/’

    Depending upon the method used to place those, you might still need some additional database updating (SQL @ phpMyAdmin):

    UPDATE pref_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://www.olddomain.com', 'http://www.newdomain.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';
UPDATE pref_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://www.olddomain.com', 'http://www.newdomain.com');
UPDATE pref_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'http://www.olddomain.com', 'http://www.newdomain.com');

    * note: Change above ‘pref’ to correct table_prefix (three places) and change ‘http://www.olddomain.com’ and ‘http://www.newdomain.com’ (three places each and with no trailing slashes).

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