Understanding Multisite

  • Rollo77

    (@rollo77)


    15 years, 1 month ago

    Hello All,

    I just installed 3.1.1 with Multisite support (subdomain) and applied the WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin.

    In the Network Admin Panel i can configure “Sites”
    In the “Settings” submenu of the Netword Admin i see “Domains”.

    In each one of this admin options i can “Add New”.

    I really don’t understand the terms and their use. What is a site? what is a domain? What is “Site ID” that is assigned to each domain i add?

    My goal is to have a single WP installation to be used with 3-5 different domains and have blogs on several subdomains of each domain.

    http://www.domain1.com
    david.domain1.com
    daniel.domain1.com
    stacy.domain1.com
    http://www.domain2.com
    james.domain2.com
    lisa.domain2.com
    rollo.domain3.com
    dido.domain3.com
    etc etc….

    Is that possible? How do i add a domain, add a subdomain to it and assign a blog on this subdomain?

    Current situation:
    all domains are resolving to my IP, apache (on a dedicated machine) answers all requests, all domains use wildcard subdomains so apache answers all requests.
    I have installed everything (WP+plugin) using domain1.com so it is considered as my “site URL”.

    I know i posted many questions here but after installing everuthing and reading all the available documentation i still can run my network as described above.

    Many Thanks to all helpers!

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  • Andrea Rennick

    (@andrea_r)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    What is a site? what is a domain?

    Sites are the subdomain sites you enabled when you created a network. You have to make one there before you can map a domain to it – under the Domains tab.

    It;s a lot easier to understand how multisite works if you examine it before adding plugins like domain mapping. 😉

    My goal is to have a single WP installation to be used with 3-5 different domains and have blogs on several subdomains of each domain.

    If you want your extra domain to have child sites, then you do not want to use domain mapping. You need one of the multi network plugins like this:

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

    It works slightly differently – you have to use the menu it gives you to create the second network, and it will map the domain at the same time. then those domains can have child sites (subdomains).

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