Comments on: Changing the domain http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/ WordPressMU how to - tips, hints, tricks and explainations for multiple blogs in WordPress Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:07:00 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lyndsay moon http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-7830 lyndsay moon Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:07:00 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-7830 Help!! I am very new to all this and followed the instructions to copy the sql file. Can you explain what "drop all the tables means"? Also when I went to import the new file with the domain changed, I have had an error come up: #1062 - Duplicate entry '1' for key 'PRIMARY' Help!!
I am very new to all this and followed the instructions to copy the sql file.
Can you explain what “drop all the tables means”?
Also when I went to import the new file with the domain changed, I have had an error come up:
#1062 – Duplicate entry ‘1′ for key ‘PRIMARY’

]]> By: Ron http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5558 Ron Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:34:17 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5558 There were one or 2 more added in 2.8 as well. There were one or 2 more added in 2.8 as well.

]]> By: Chris http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5549 Chris Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:19:35 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5549 Oops, nevermind. I saw that the new wp-config.php lines are added as part of the 2.7 upgrade. I did the upgrade as mentioned in another of Andrea's posts and, voila... 2.71 living on a new domain. Great post -- thanks Andrea! -Chris Oops, nevermind. I saw that the new wp-config.php lines are added as part of the 2.7 upgrade. I did the upgrade as mentioned in another of Andrea’s posts and, voila… 2.71 living on a new domain.

Great post — thanks Andrea!

-Chris

]]> By: Chris http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5540 Chris Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:49:39 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5540 Oh.. I'm using 2.6... I don't see where to enter or change "DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE". Is it just an add? Thanks, again! Oh.. I’m using 2.6… I don’t see where to enter or change “DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE”.

Is it just an add?

Thanks, again!

]]> By: Chris http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5538 Chris Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:29:28 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5538 Hi Andrea -- awesome as usual!! Quick question: I don't see which line to change in the wp-config.php? Any help?? Am I uncommenting the redirect section and entering from the old domain to the new?? Thanks! Hi Andrea — awesome as usual!!

Quick question: I don’t see which line to change in the wp-config.php? Any help??

Am I uncommenting the redirect section and entering from the old domain to the new??

Thanks!

]]> By: Holling http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5366 Holling Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:43:34 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5366 This process for me was quite smooth...moving from a dev server/domain to a new host/new domain. Sadly the new host does not support wildcard subdomains, so I'm forced to change the naming scheme to: domain.tld/blogname Any suggestions on how to achieve this? (also posed this question to the forum at mu.Wordpress.) Best - H This process for me was quite smooth…moving from a dev server/domain to a new host/new domain. Sadly the new host does not support wildcard subdomains, so I’m forced to change the naming scheme to: domain.tld/blogname

Any suggestions on how to achieve this?

(also posed this question to the forum at mu.Wordpress.)

Best – H

]]> By: RIchard http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5242 RIchard Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:33:34 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5242 Hi Andrea Does your ebook cover how to setup WPMU so that you can set up multiple sites with the www. prefix on the domains? If not do you know if it is possible? Thanks Richard Hi Andrea

Does your ebook cover how to setup WPMU so that you can set up multiple sites with the www. prefix on the domains?

If not do you know if it is possible?

Thanks
Richard

]]> By: andrea http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5237 andrea Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:40:49 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5237 No, they do not. The www gets stripped elsewhere in the code. No, they do not. The www gets stripped elsewhere in the code.

]]> By: kju http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-5235 kju Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:16:45 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-5235 Does these methods also apply to forcing www preference, that is changing domain name from domain.com to www.domain.com? Does these methods also apply to forcing www preference, that is changing domain name from domain.com to http://www.domain.com?

]]> By: Tom Ransom http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/change-the-domain/#comment-2344 Tom Ransom Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:22:38 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=285#comment-2344 This does not address the issue of poorly designed plugins that choose to save paths and urls in arrays in their own options. These arrays are generally serialized. Merely doing a search/replace will likely break the array unless the number of characters in the new name is exactly the same as the old name. Otherwise, the serialized array wil have to be hand checked and have the character count adjusted accordingly. This does not address the issue of poorly designed plugins that choose to save paths and urls in arrays in their own options. These arrays are generally serialized. Merely doing a search/replace will likely break the array unless the number of characters in the new name is exactly the same as the old name.

Otherwise, the serialized array wil have to be hand checked and have the character count adjusted accordingly.

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