Title: Multisite sub-subdomain issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multisite sub-subdomain issue

 *  [infoxicated](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoxicated/)
 * (@infoxicated)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-sub-subdomain-issue/)
 * Howdy,
 * I’m trying to create a multisite install for a client who already has a legacy
   site on their main domain.
 * They don’t want to take that site down until the new site is ready, so what I
   had planned was to stage the new multilingual site in a different web root with
   domains set up like so:
 *     ```
       en.domain.com
       jp.domain.com
       tw.domain.com
       cn.domain.com
       ```
   
 * And when it was all ready to go we’d just point the [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com)
   at en.domain.com. It seemed like a sensible approach to me.
 * However, now that I’m setting it up I’ve discovered that WordPress wants to use
   the `en.domain.com` as the base domain for the other sites in the network, so
   I’d end up with `jp.en.domain.com` instead of `jp.domain.com`.
 * This is my first attempt at a multisite install, so I didn’t see this coming 
   at all. Can anyone think of a way around this problem?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-sub-subdomain-issue/#post-3075044)
 * What’s in domain.com?
 * Because yes, you need WP installed in domain.com if you want foo.domain.com. 
   You may be able to install in domain.com, set up a static front page that is 
   the same as current domain.com, and then build behind the scenes.
 * (Caveat: In WP 3.5 you will be able to install in domain.com/bar/ and then run
   from domain.com, but that doesn’t help your problem at all)
 *  Thread Starter [infoxicated](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infoxicated/)
 * (@infoxicated)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-sub-subdomain-issue/#post-3075051)
 * Thanks for your response, Mika – it’s a shame there isn’t a way around this. 
   I think what I’ll have to do is just stage it in English only then perform a 
   site move operation when it comes time to make it live, then set up the multisite
   configuration.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-sub-subdomain-issue/#post-3075084)
 * It’s a drawback to any site build out. Moving sites is a pain.
 * Generally I build it all local as domain.loc, and then when I’m ready to go live,
   search/replace the DB for loc/com

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## Tags

 * [configuration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/configuration/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-sub-subdomain-issue/#post-3075084)
 * Status: not resolved

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