WordPress MU Domain Mapping vs WP Multi Network

  • frisco

    (@frisco)


    13 years ago

    I just installed multi-site with WP 3.1.1 using subdomains and MU Domain Mapping to map those subdomains to top-level domains. Everything seems to be working, except for this issue. I noticed that Google indexed the mapped domain as the subdomain (rather than the mapped domain) and all of my links to the site were to the domain, not the mapped domain.

    In my search to address this, I came across this post on WP Multi Network. It says toward the bottom:

    It may reroute the external pages, but the internal links generated by WordPress will still be the subdomain. It’s a mess.

    Since MU Domain Mapping was working so well and I don’t think Multi Network is compatible with 3.1.1 yet, I wasn’t ready to give up on the “mess” (at least as she described it), so I went to Network Admin and edited an already mapped site and changed the domain (which at that point had the subdomain), and changed it to the mapped, top-level domain.

    After that change, internal links are to the mapped domain, which seems to address the complaint in that linked post. Was my change a good one or will it bite me in some other way I haven’t thought of yet?

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  • Andrea Rennick

    (@andrea_r)

    13 years ago

    You’ll be fine.

    there’s a paid domain mapping plugin that also changes the subdomain when you map it. (disclaimer: it’s mine & Ron’s)

    Thread Starter frisco

    (@frisco)

    13 years ago

    @andrea, thank you. I know about your plugin and considered buying it. From what I could gather, your plugin is easier to use than MU Domain Mapping, but maybe there are some other features. Do you have a simple list or table (or is there one out there you can provide a link to) that explains the differences, other than ease of use? Yours might very well have a feature that I need/want and will pay for. I’m early enough in the game that I can switch now.

    Andrea Rennick

    (@andrea_r)

    13 years ago

    It hides the original address, the menu for it is streamlined. that’s pretty much it.

    (yeah I DO need to do a features table…)

    And we’ll support the free one as well.

    aLan "Lan" Tait

    (@vegenesist)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    The dev on WP Multi-Network is a bit behind, but you can grab a working update at:

    http://alantait.net/2011/07/27/wp-multi-network-plugin-fix-for-wordpress/

    Just copy the file at the bottom of the page and stick it in your WP Multi-Network folder!

    We need to get this updated somehow…

    Andrea Rennick

    (@andrea_r)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    There’s alternatives as well. 😉

    aLan "Lan" Tait

    (@vegenesist)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    HeHe! Thee is always alternatives, that is what makes WP so powerful…

    The I uploaded a ticket with a file we are using on 3 dozen production sites. here…

    http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1356

    This is the basic, fast, low overhead version… AND IT IS FREE! 🙂

    But some people may need the paid version I guess… That is what make WP so great! Right Andera!

    fjumayao

    (@fjumayao)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    @frisco
    I’m newbie, where do you look to see how Google has indexed your site?
    I too have been running WordPress MU, in fact I have now have two baby hosting plans with Hostgator.

    I usually build the site – subdomain. I work on content, themes and plugins and when I’m ready I buy the domain name and map it using WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin by Donncha.

    Is this wrong? I don’t want to develop habits if they are not the right way to building my wordpress sites. Does this methodology affect SEO and rankings?

    Thanks for any input for you experts out there.

    Mahalo!

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years, 9 months ago

    fjumayao – It’s not MU anymore (yeah, it matters). Make a Wehmaster account with Google and you can see how you’re mapped 🙂

    As for the rest, you should make your own topic, as you’re replying to a 3month old one.

    fjumayao

    (@fjumayao)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    @ipstenu,
    Thanks for the feedback. I’ll repost as a new question. btw, if not MU what is it now?

    aLan "Lan" Tait

    (@vegenesist)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Here is what you want to do…

    Download the latest version of WordPress and install it with the instructions about Create A Network…

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

    Use the instructions for Sub-domains
    Do NOT use Sub-directories

    After you have two sites working on Sub-domains, for example…
    site1.example.com
    site2.example.com

    Then you can add the WP Multi-Network plugin.

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-multi-network/

    However, WP Multi-Network Version 1.1 breaks with WP3.1.x and 3.2.x

    WP Multi-Network Version 1.2 is in the repositories, however it also have two important broken links.

    WP Multi-Network Version 1.3 is uploaded on a ticket. It is now working in about 50 known production sites with WP versions from 3.1.3 to 3.2.1, and it should work on all 3.x sites.

    You can find the download links for the one replacement file at:

    http://alantait.net/2011/07/27/wp-multi-network-plugin-fix-for-wordpress/

    Look at the bottom for the file, and the comments for links to the wordpress.org uploaded file.

    There are other ways and other plugins (free and paid) but this is what I do and it works great on dozens of sites for me.

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