Comments on: Mixing mapped domains and sites http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/ WordPressMU how to - tips, hints, tricks and explainations for multiple blogs in WordPress Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:20:40 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: andrea http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-4475 andrea Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:41:33 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-4475 See thsi thread, you're missing the htaccess file. http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/15911?replies=1 htaccess.dist is used to BUILD this file, it's not read by MU, only on install. See thsi thread, you’re missing the htaccess file.
http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/15911?replies=1

htaccess.dist is used to BUILD this file, it’s not read by MU, only on install.

]]> By: Maria http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-4472 Maria Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:29:58 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-4472 Thanks for your attention! I really appreciate it. :) Yes, I can visit the permalinks on the main blog and they work right, except that the theme is gone and I can't access the backend for the other blogs except for the main. The blogs are in subfolders. How I backed up the blog was using the instructions I found at http://thoushallblog.com/the-way-i-transfer-my-wordpress-blog-to-another-host/. I'm not sure if that applies to WPMu though since I normally do it for single WP sites and they seem to work fine for me so far. Thanks for your attention! I really appreciate it. :)

Yes, I can visit the permalinks on the main blog and they work right, except that the theme is gone and I can’t access the backend for the other blogs except for the main. The blogs are in subfolders.

How I backed up the blog was using the instructions I found at http://thoushallblog.com/the-way-i-transfer-my-wordpress-blog-to-another-host/. I’m not sure if that applies to WPMu though since I normally do it for single WP sites and they seem to work fine for me so far.

]]> By: andrea http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-4452 andrea Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:26:33 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-4452 Can you visit the permalinks on the main blog? Do they work right? (this is a quick test to see if other things are working correctly) What format are the blogs in, subfolders or subdomains. I did see your forum thread as well. :) Can you visit the permalinks on the main blog? Do they work right? (this is a quick test to see if other things are working correctly)

What format are the blogs in, subfolders or subdomains. I did see your forum thread as well. :)

]]> By: Maria http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-4442 Maria Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:53:08 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-4442 Hi Andrea! I seem to see you in a lot of places helping others so I thought I'd ask, in case you are able to help me. :-) As a background I'm not a very techie person although I understand some bits and pieces. I can manually install single WP or MU site and can move a single WP blog using phpMyadmin but that's about it. I just had a problem helping someone who has an MU blog. We transferred it from Godaddy to Hostgator. I don't normally do this kind of MU stuff. I prefer just the normal single WP move. The problem we noticed is that the main blog site comes up right with the theme and all, but the other blogs don't have the theme. We cannot access the backend of the other blogs either. I've already checked the htaccess.dist with the one in http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/htaccess.dist and it's the same. Is there a way to fix these? If you can point me in the right direction, that would be great! Thanks! Hi Andrea! I seem to see you in a lot of places helping others so I thought I’d ask, in case you are able to help me. :-)

As a background I’m not a very techie person although I understand some bits and pieces. I can manually install single WP or MU site and can move a single WP blog using phpMyadmin but that’s about it.

I just had a problem helping someone who has an MU blog. We transferred it from Godaddy to Hostgator. I don’t normally do this kind of MU stuff. I prefer just the normal single WP move.

The problem we noticed is that the main blog site comes up right with the theme and all, but the other blogs don’t have the theme. We cannot access the backend of the other blogs either. I’ve already checked the htaccess.dist with the one in http://trac.mu.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/htaccess.dist and it’s the same.

Is there a way to fix these? If you can point me in the right direction, that would be great! Thanks!

]]> By: Hervé http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-1890 Hervé Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:07:41 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-1890 Hello, This is a very interesting article, but sadly my technical skills are not enough to fully understand how wpmu works. This is why I'd like to ask a question, if you don't mind. I've a small network of websites (15) and I would like to expand my business in 2010 by building let's say 50 sites (and this means 50 different domain names), based on wordpress. They will be hosted on 10 different hosts. Is wpmu the best tool to help me maintain and manage my future network and will there be problems if my sites are hosted on different IPs ? I've understood that I should have one wpmu install per host, so this means 50sites/10hostings = 5 wpmu installs...Right ? Or is it possible to manage everything within one wpmu install ? Thank you for your blog, I had interesting readings here. All the best. H. Hello,

This is a very interesting article, but sadly my technical skills are not enough to fully understand how wpmu works.

This is why I’d like to ask a question, if you don’t mind.

I’ve a small network of websites (15) and I would like to expand my business in 2010 by building let’s say 50 sites (and this means 50 different domain names), based on wordpress.

They will be hosted on 10 different hosts.

Is wpmu the best tool to help me maintain and manage my future network and will there be problems if my sites are hosted on different IPs ? I’ve understood that I should have one wpmu install per host, so this means 50sites/10hostings = 5 wpmu installs…Right ? Or is it possible to manage everything within one wpmu install ?

Thank you for your blog, I had interesting readings here.

All the best.

H.

]]> By: andrea http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-1594 andrea Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:05:29 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-1594 Domain mapping = one blog with its own domain. Multi-site = one blog with its own domain AND member blogs under it. This blog uses the domain mapping plugin. Users can't have a blog at wpmututorials. The atypicalife blog uses the multi-site plugin. User CAN have a blog on that domain. that's the difference. Domain mapping = one blog with its own domain.

Multi-site = one blog with its own domain AND member blogs under it.

This blog uses the domain mapping plugin. Users can’t have a blog at wpmututorials.

The atypicalife blog uses the multi-site plugin. User CAN have a blog on that domain.

that’s the difference.

]]> By: Jerry Helms http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-1591 Jerry Helms Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:46:38 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-1591 I recently installed the multi-site plugin and it works well. I went though many of the same steps for the install. I was also able to copy over multiple instances of the Atahualpa theme by retrieving the appropriate theme options from the old blog using SQL and then importing the theme options to the new blog with some SQL edits. A forum post for Atahualpa shows the necessary SQL. Even after reading the docs provided with the download, I'm still no clear on the difference between the domain mapping and multi-site plugins. Jerry Helms Non Stop Portals www.nonstopportals.com I recently installed the multi-site plugin and it works well. I went though many of the same steps for the install. I was also able to copy over multiple instances of the Atahualpa theme by retrieving the appropriate theme options from the old blog using SQL and then importing the theme options to the new blog with some SQL edits. A forum post for Atahualpa shows the necessary SQL.

Even after reading the docs provided with the download, I’m still no clear on the difference between the domain mapping and multi-site plugins.

Jerry Helms
Non Stop Portals
http://www.nonstopportals.com

]]> By: deuts http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-1566 deuts Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:56:32 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-1566 I just hope though that the multi-site capability would be incorporated into the core of WPMU. I just hope though that the multi-site capability would be incorporated into the core of WPMU.

]]> By: Clint Lalonde http://wpmututorials.com/ideas/mixing-mapped-domains-and-sites/#comment-1527 Clint Lalonde Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:05:37 +0000 http://wpmututorials.com/?p=306#comment-1527 Excellent article! Thanks so much. I am just in the process of doing this exact same project with 5 stand alone WP blogs I maintain, so this is really timely. Excellent article! Thanks so much. I am just in the process of doing this exact same project with 5 stand alone WP blogs I maintain, so this is really timely.

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