Multiple (non-sub) Domains and subfolders under IIS

  • Resolved Raspberryade

    (@raspberryade)


    13 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I understand that WP can be configured for multiple subdomains such that:-

    subdomain1.domain.com = First Blog
    subdomain2.domain.com = Some totally different blog
    subdomain3.domain.com = Yet another blog

    However, is it possible to do this for totally unrelated (non-sub) domains (e.g.)

    domain1.com = First Blog
    domain2.co.uk = Some totally different blog
    domain3.ie = Yet another blog

    While I could have a separate WP installation for each, I’d rather not if possible, due to the maintenance issues.

    The other problem is that my current (single) WordPress site is running
    as http://domain4.com/blog, that is, in a subdirectory. Would it be possible to keep that structure while running it under the new multi-site installation?

    I should also mention that this will be running on IIS. (Regardless of whether Apache or anything else would be a better choice, I’m not in a position to change that).

    Any feedback appreciated. Thank you!

    – Raspberryade

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    13 years, 3 months ago

    I’m sure it’s all possible in IIS, but I don’t use it so I haven’t any practical knowledge to share.

    subdomain1.domain.com = First Blog
    subdomain2.domain.com = Some totally different blog
    subdomain3.domain.com = Yet another blog

    Slightly incorrect.

    domain.com = First Blog
    site2.domain.com = Some totally different blog
    site3.domain.com = Yet another blog

    But for multiple DOMAINS? Sure 🙂 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/

    The other problem is that my current (single) WordPress site is running as http://domain4.com/blog, that is, in a subdirectory. Would it be possible to keep that structure while running it under the new multi-site installation?

    I do not believe so. WordPress multisite runs best out of root, becuase if you ran it out of domain4.com/blog (for example), all the subsites would be with /blog in their names. Multisite Subfolder puts in a blog slug to your URLs anyway (so you get domain.com/blog/postname ).

    If you were using the domain mapping plugin to point domain1.com/blog4 to domain4.com (which yes, you can do), it DOES NOT add in the extra folder. It just maps the domain. And I don’t know of a way to make it do that.

    Thread Starter Raspberryade

    (@raspberryade)

    13 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks for your answer. I’ve tried that plugin and it seems to work.

    Bit unfortunate that it won’t work with the existing blog in the /blog subfolder, as that one can’t be moved (our main commerce site lives in the root folder of our primary domain- the reason the blog was put in a subfolder in the first place- and as it’s over two years old, it’ll have been indexed by search engines in that position now).

    Not sure if the added installation and maintenance complexities would outweigh the difficulty of having two or three separate installations instead, but at least I know it works now. Thanks!

    – Raspberryade

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    13 years, 3 months ago

    Yeah, I’d probably leave domain4.com/blog as it is and merge the rest.

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