Hey there,
Actually, you can do exactly what you want to do with Multisite! All you need to do is use a plugin that is super common and popular called Domain Mapping. What this allows you to do is have a separate website with its own custom domain that is just mapped to your subdomain.
Here it is:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/
I have a Multisite with a lot of separate different websites , each with their very own domains. Hope this helps!
Hi Mike
Thanks for the reply.
Do I still need to install multi-site then and get the network going?
So then I would create a sub-domain and then point my DNS for my new website name and map it over to the sub-domain?
Now why didn’t I think of that!?
Please do tell me I got that right though with my thinking there?
Do you have an easy peasy guide to installing multisite. I am no coder etc but can follow dummy instructions.
Maybe a good video or something that I can play on my ipad and pause as I do the exact actions I need to do to install multi-site on my PC?
Thank you
Sarah
Hey Sarah,
You are exactly right in your thinking. This is how it works! 🙂 Here is one of many guides you can find by googling how to enable Multisite:
http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/the-complete-guide-to-creating-a-wordpress-multisite-installation
Hopefully that will help you out. No need to be a coder by any means. Just be sure to remember to install and configure the domain mapping plugin correctly after you have enabled Multisite and created a subdomain. Good luck!
