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Is wpmu right for me? (10 posts)

  1. joec22
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    I would like to provide multiple blogs. These might be subdomains (blog1.domain.com, blog2.domain.com). They might be unique blogs (blog1.domain1.com, domain2.com).

    I have already spent hours trying to have unique domains, and it frankly does not work. I use lighttpd. I create the first blog on wpmu and it works great. As soon as I create a second new blog with a unique domain name, I cannot login with any user on any browser, clear cache, clear cookies, delete .htaccess, add code to wp-config, disable plugins, blah blah blah. I've scoured these forums and nothing works. It only does the redirect problem: /wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fnewdomain.com%2Fwp-admin%2F.

    I like the idea of wpmu. But before I lose my mind, I'm taking a step back and would like this answer: Can wpmu handle unique domain names, or am I restricted to the subdomain design with one parent domain?

    Thanks

  2. tdjcbe
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    WPmu itself can't handle separate domain names but many plugins and solutions exist. Searching for domain mapping should pull up a great deal of discussion on the topic, including this thread we just talked about a few hours ago:

    http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/17326

    Now here's comes the bad part. The current standard version of lighttpd (v1.4x) does not support the flash file uploader within wp and wpmu. You have to install lighttpd v1.5, a version that's not fully supported or packaged neatly. Not sure how you feel about that. A search of the forums for lighttpd should pull up a couple of threads on the topic. You should actually be seeing a hardcoded error with wp/ wpmu concerning this.

    Discussion over on the lighttpd site: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/1017

  3. joec22
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Thanks for the reply, but in order to use domain mapping, I have to be able to log in and goto Tools/Domain Mapping. I can't login due to redirect problem mentioned above.

  4. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 14 years ago #

    "As soon as I create a second new blog with a unique domain name, I cannot login "

    Are you putting in the new domain name when you create the blog? If so, DON'T. That's the problem.

    "Can wpmu handle unique domain names, "

    Sure it can, quite easily. If you look up domain mapping tutorials, usually my name is all over them. ;)

  5. tdjcbe
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    That's one of the reasons why the wp-admin resolves to the original subdomain, not the mapped domain. That way there's no problem with cookies or logins. Just the public side gets the new domain.

  6. joec22
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    **RESOLVED**

    Yes, I was trying to create the blog with its unique domain name instead of letting it work by subdomain. Everything is fine now, and the domain mapping works for the unique name.

    Thanks for your insight.

  7. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 14 years ago #

    That's one of the reasons why the wp-admin resolves to the original subdomain, not the mapped domain. That way there's no problem with cookies or logins. Just the public side gets the new domain.

    Actually, with ours we replace everything, so the public, even digging, can;t find out the originating install.

    BUT (and this is an important but) you map the domains from one central location, so you don't have to go to the backend of a blog to map it.

  8. tdjcbe
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Actually, with ours we replace everything, so the public, even digging, can;t find out the originating install.

    Yup, I know. I strongly disagree with that as it's too easy to muck up a domain that you don't have control over. With the original subdomain as the backend, you can;t screw that up.

    I can see why one would want to do that as well though.

  9. joec22
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Actually, with ours we replace everything, so the public, even digging, can;t find out the originating install.

    How do you replace everything?

  10. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 14 years ago #

    We built it in the script.

    I strongly disagree with that as it's too easy to muck up a domain that you don't have control over.

    We made it really hard to muck up.

    The use cases are for businesses hosting other businesses, or for people hosting clients. In which case they DO have control over the domain.

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