WordPress MU

Hello,

I looked for a solution on the forums, but I could not find anything that really helps me any further.

I have my own server using MAMP. I am using Mac Os 10.5.8.

I want to start using BuddyPress, but I need to install WordPress MU first.

When Installing it, I do the following :

DATABASE

DB Name : wordpress
Username : my username
Password : my password
DB Host : localhost

SERVER ADDRESS

Server Address : localhost:8888

When I click submit, i get this error : WPMU only works without the port number in the URL.

If i understand correctly, I need to change the Server Address, but I have no clue what I need to change it to.
I am sort of new to all this, so it would be great if somebody could help me.

Thanks! (And sorry for the bad English)

WPMU expects to be sitting on the default Apache port (80) and so none of the url handling has been written to support it containing a hard coded port in the URL.

If you've installed MAMP then it should be listening on port 80 so just try running your install with no hard coded port in the URL.

Running out the door. Someone point out the usage of localhost as well please.

I didn't even see that, I was too busy thinking about lunch.

Running out the door. Someone point out the usage of localhost as well please.

Hi! I'm having the same problem, are you implying that it is impossible to install wordpress mu using MAMP on localhost? If not, could you eleborate on the modifications I need to implement to install wordpress mu properly?

Thank you for your help.

Wordpress expects a full url, like example.com as the server address. If you try to set the server address as just localhost you'll be creating a whole slew of problems for yourself.

You need to at least set the server address as localhost.localdomain.

I appreciate your answer, but how do I change the localhost name?

I searched online and all I could find were forum threads recommending using Netinfo or changing the hostname in the etc/hostconfig file, both solutions not feasible (my computer doesn't have Netinfo in its utilities and hostconfig doesn't have an 'hostname' line).

I tried using VirtualHostX, but then I would get 'Database not accessible' errors, is there a simple way to change the localhost name?

Thank you for your help.

/etc/hosts should contain something like 127.0.0.1 localhost

That's the line you need to change by adding localhost.localdomain on the end of it.

Also unless you edit the hosts file for each new blog you can't really install in subdomain mode.

Running a locally hosted installation of WPMU on MAMP is not too difficult. You have to configure MAMP to use the default ports - there is a button in the preferences area that will do this for you automatically. Next, you have to find out your computer's network name, which (I think) can be found in System Preferences -> Sharing. My computer is called "artist3" for some reason, so I access my local WPMU at artist3.local/wpmu.

Hope that helps!

Thank you both for your answers. I didn't know I could simply use my computer's network name. Everything is finally working.

Hi @ All,

I'm running a WAMP Server (Windows Apache MySQL php) and I have the necessity to run apache server on port 8080.

When installing WPMU I get the follow error: "WPMU only works without the port number in the URL."

Thanks

Andrea

@Andre81: WordPress MU works only http or https port.

Hey... Try editing lines 8-20. The PORTS are hard coded.

@itguy51 - The port numbers appearing there are only being used to check whether they were supplied in the url. If they are found, they are stripped out. This means even if you edit the code to insert your custom port number, it shall be stripped out therefore rendering the url invalid.

What I've done is:
1. Comment out the url-checking code. Find this code:

<br />
$domain = addslashes( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] );<br />
if( substr( $domain, 0, 4 ) == 'www.' )<br />
	$domain = substr( $domain, 4 );<br />
if( strpos( $domain, ':' ) ) {<br />
	if( substr( $domain, -3 ) == ':80' ) {<br />
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -3 );<br />
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -3 );<br />
	} elseif( substr( $domain, -4 ) == ':443' ) {<br />
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -4 );<br />
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -4 );<br />
	} else {<br />
		die( 'WPMU only works without the port number in the URL.' );<br />
	}<br />
}<br />
$domain = preg_replace('/:.*$/', '', $domain); // Strip ports<br />
if( substr( $domain, -1 ) == '.' )<br />
	$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -1 );<br />

and comment it like so:

<br />
/*<br />
$domain = addslashes( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] );<br />
if( substr( $domain, 0, 4 ) == 'www.' )<br />
	$domain = substr( $domain, 4 );<br />
if( strpos( $domain, ':' ) ) {<br />
	if( substr( $domain, -3 ) == ':80' ) {<br />
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -3 );<br />
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -3 );<br />
	} elseif( substr( $domain, -4 ) == ':443' ) {<br />
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -4 );<br />
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -4 );<br />
	} else {<br />
		die( 'WPMU only works without the port number in the URL.' );<br />
	}<br />
}<br />
$domain = preg_replace('/:.*$/', '', $domain); // Strip ports<br />
if( substr( $domain, -1 ) == '.' )<br />
	$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -1 );<br />
*/<br />

2. Set up the domain and $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] variables with the custom port. Just after the commented code, insert:

<br />
$domain = 'kalengi.localhost:8040';<br />
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = 'kalengi.localhost:8040';</p>
<p>

Replace <b>kalengi.localhost:8040</b> with your own local domain and port.

After this this home page loaded. I suspect that there is going to be some trouble down the road since WPMU expects no port number, but in my case I have to use the port number so I'll just sort out the issues as they arise. In any case, this is a local test site so I don't mind editing core files.

Sorry, the code got messed up. It's supposed to be:

1. Comment out the url-checking code. Find this code:

$domain = addslashes( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] );
if( substr( $domain, 0, 4 ) == 'www.' )
	$domain = substr( $domain, 4 );
if( strpos( $domain, ':' ) ) {
	if( substr( $domain, -3 ) == ':80' ) {
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -3 );
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -3 );
	} elseif( substr( $domain, -4 ) == ':443' ) {
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -4 );
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -4 );
	} else {
		die( 'WPMU only works without the port number in the URL.' );
	}
}
$domain = preg_replace('/:.*$/', '', $domain); // Strip ports
if( substr( $domain, -1 ) == '.' )
	$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -1 );

and comment it like so:

/*
$domain = addslashes( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] );
if( substr( $domain, 0, 4 ) == 'www.' )
	$domain = substr( $domain, 4 );
if( strpos( $domain, ':' ) ) {
	if( substr( $domain, -3 ) == ':80' ) {
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -3 );
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -3 );
	} elseif( substr( $domain, -4 ) == ':443' ) {
		$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -4 );
		$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = substr( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 0, -4 );
	} else {
		die( 'WPMU only works without the port number in the URL.' );
	}
}
$domain = preg_replace('/:.*$/', '', $domain); // Strip ports
if( substr( $domain, -1 ) == '.' )
	$domain = substr( $domain, 0, -1 );
*/

2. Set up the domain and $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] variables with the custom port. Just after the commented code, insert:

$domain = 'kalengi.localhost:8040';
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = 'kalengi.localhost:8040';

Replace kalengi.localhost:8040 with your own local domain and port.

Great stuff kalengi

.... but which file is that in?

My computer is called "artist3" for some reason, so I access my local WPMU at artist3.local/wpmu.

Does that mean that your WPMU installation is in your /Sites/ directory? That makes sense; but what about using MAMP? WIth my files still in MAMP/htdocs/, I get redirected back to the default MAMP port (8888) when I try to access port 80.

So, h7.local/WPMU/ (my local address) will redirect to localhost:8888/WPMU/, even after switching the MAMP preferences to use the default Apache an d MySQL ports.

OK, figured it out: wpmu installed in MAMP/htdocs, MAMP prefs set to default Apache port 80, mynetworkaddress.local/wpmu works as it should.

@steveplatz - could you clarify how you figured it out? - for me I am still being redirected to localhost:8888/wpmu :-(

Ok, I just reinstalled wpmu, which sorted everything out!