hello -
once again i apologize if this has been covered, but i am unable to locate it.
my desire is to create a new blog but be able to refer to it using a unique domain name. Lets pretend I am starting with the domain name http;//ParentDomain.com and i want to have a child blog called http;//ChildDomain.com.
(i am using case for readability)
http;//ChildDomain.com domain path is the same as http;//ParentDomain.com
here are the steps i have followed thus far.
1) start with nice fresh mu install:
curl http://mu.wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz | tar -xzv
--strip-path=1 ;
and I even make a test posting for good measure to make sure everything is working properly
2) i log in, go to "SiteAdmin-->Blogs, Add new blog":
Blog Address: ChildDomain
Blog Title: Marks Child Domain
the new blog is now called http;//ChildDomain.ParentDomain.com
3) using http;//ChildDomain.ParentDomain.com/wp-login/ i can log in to childdomain and create a test post
the new post shows up at http;//ChildDomain.ParentDomain.com! very good!
4) under "Blog Info (wp_blogs)" Domain, top left, I change
ChildDomain.ParentDomain.com
--to--
ChildDomain.com
and i leave "Update 'siteurl' and 'home' as well." checked.
5) now i can refer to http;//ChildDomain.com and see my new post from the previous step - and everything is wonderful!
Now here is where the trouble starts:
i am UNABLE to log back into http;//ChildDomain.com/wp-login/ or ParentDomain.com/wp-login/ using the childDomain username/password.
how can i log back into the ChildDomain blog? i can repeat step four and reset the Domain name from ChildDomain.com back to ChildDomain.ParentDomain.com and
then i am able to log in using childDomain and make posts/edits.
i tried to change the users "Role" but i get the impression this only affects ParentDomain, not ChildDomain.
i have also tried mu-domain-mapping, but this plug-in does not really seem to make any difference. is this just more for documentation?
thanks for any help!
mark