WordPress MU

Hi!

Well, I´ve spend a few days reading this forum and others, understanding day by day a little more about the WPMU installation. My problem is simple:

I tried first to setup my WPMU in the root directory with the option for subdomains to the multiple blogs, and then I installed a few blogs: my host do not allow me to have access to de WILDCARD SUBDOMAINS, I have tried do negotiate but none..

Well, here Iám after install the WPMU again in my root, with the SUBDIRECTORY option for the multiple blogs. My problem now is that I want to redirect the users who want to access:

http://www.blog.domain.com ---> to ---> http://www.domain.com/blog

My CPanel offers unlimited ADDON domains and PARKED Domains, but.. after reading a lot of posts in this few days I understood that the subdirectories (as the subdomains) work with a kind of VIRTUAL BLOG setup, hope so im being understandable. That means that if I create a subdomain, and then try to put it as an ADDON, well, that cant be possible through the CPanel, cause he offers me to redirect to a file into my html_public/, something like:

html_public/blog (but it doesnt work.. because it doesnt exist, right?)

So, how can I redirect new subdomains direction to my subdirectories blogs, and that without having allowed the access to the Apache httpd.conf file, or to the wildcard subdomains.. please, I´ll be really thankful for all your help.

Sorry for my bad english.

Hello WPmu users!

Yes, I actually have the same problem.

Is it possible to change:
http://www.blog.domain.com ---> to ---> http://www.domain.com/blog ?

otherwise I can't access to the new blogs.

Thanks a lot.

But why would you want to have http://www.blog.domain.com pointing to http://www.domain.com/blog.

Either use subdirs on domain.com/blogname (and by using a site alias in your apache conf you can have wwww.domain.com auto redirecting to blogname.com)

or stick with subdomains on blogname.domain.com (and forget the www please!)

Thanks SteveAtty for your answer.

I wanted to do that because the new blog addresses are not working. Mozilla can't find the blog addresses.

I'm thinking...:

The blog address is: http://blogname.domain.web-servername.com/
(http://domain.web-servername.com/ is my home page).

Is it possible to add "blogname." to have http://blogname.domain.web-servername.com/ ...maybe it's not possible to have multiple "****." in an web address like : http://****.****.****.com ? (I can't find the information on internet) Maybe that's why it's not working...?

I'm sorry...don't hesitate to tell me if it's not clear enough or not clear at all!;-)!!

Thanks a lot!

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I wanted to do that because the new blog addresses are not working. Mozilla can't find the blog addresses.
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I think you should find out why this is not working. It's not that wise to try finding such a 'workarounds' as you do :)

Yes sure VentureMaker!

That's what I'm trying to do...but sometimes it can be due to 'stupid' things...;-) And I'm trying to find out with my level of knowledge.

Thanks for your post :)

Look at your error log, find out if wildcard DNS and apache ServerAlias are set up correctly.

This should narrow search area for errors :)

VM - he can't. In the OP, he said his host won't allow wildcard subdomains so he's trying to set them up manually.

Thanks a lot for your clues!

I'm going to check everything and I will tell you if I find what's actually going wrong when I want to make new blogs!

Thanks again ;-)

Hello,

I know the problem it's actually due to my server. I ask my web host, they should change something (don't really know which file) and it should work soon.

Thanks for your help!!;-) and long life to WordPressMU!

Gaetan