Read carefully the “Before You Create a Netwok”. Fire back with a question or ask for help for anything unfamiliar there.
I do not recommend creating sub-domains manually with cpanel or on the server at all, I do recommend adding config for wildcard subdomains instead so WordPress takes care of it all automagically. Either way, once the subdomain record is added the documents all come from a single instance of WordPress in your root directory – there should be no more installing of WordPress into anything after you have the first install in the main directory up and running.
Stay with the directions in the codex and get your single site and single network up and running before venturing into plugins (or adding server-side domains or cloning anything).
To run a network with a gazillion subdomains needs only one instance of WordPress (one set of WordPress files in the main directory, one wp-config, one mysql db, one addition of the wildcard subdomain) and no plugins.
thanks for your help. I just created the wildcard sub domain, although I am not sure what if means when it says
Make sure to point this at the same folder location where your wp-config.php file is located.
under how to set it up via C-pannel.
I have everything ready to go. I actually already have the network set up, I guess I did not create the subdomain’s correctly. Also, I do not need to create the sub domain name with my web host server, do i?
If the WordPress network is activated, you add the subdomains (aka sites) with WordPress, that’s it. wp-signup.php will create the new domains on the fly. Once a network is up and running, there is no need to revisit cpanel. The beauty of the wildcard dns entry.
wp-config.php should be in the root directory, so pointing wildcard at the root domain is the deal.
