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- 1. Domain Mapping with WordPress 3.0 Presented by Andrea RennickWordCamp Montreal August 29 th2010
2. Who am I?
- @andrea_r on twitter
- andrea_r on the WordPress support forum
- http://wpmututorials.com
- http://ronandandrea.com
3. Overview
- How to enable the network
- Multiple sites
- DNS magic
The point: Running multiple WordPress blogs/sites from one installon one server. 4. Enable the Network
- Menu hidden
- Add line to config to show it:
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- define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
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- Visit Tools -> Network
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- Follow steps
http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network 5. 6. 7. Network Gotchas
- Wildcard subdomain support from webhost
- Subfolder option disabled if your blog is more than a month old
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- Can workaround
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- Inserts /blog/ in the permalink of main site
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- Can also be disabled
8. Create our second site
- Visit Super Admin -> Sites
- Add a Site.
- Yes, it really is that easy.
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- Make sure it works first.
Sample site: Mommieblogs.com see: sillyandrea.mommieblogs.com 9. 10. The Magic Plugin
- WordPress MU Domain Mapping
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- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/
- Can install via backend, but you will have to move files
- Mu-plugins or network activate?
sunrise.php to /wp-content/ define( 'SUNRISE', 'on' ); in wp-config 11. Super Admin settings
- Find your IP address
- Can use a CNAME instead
- Domain options
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- Remote login
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- Permanent redirect
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- User domain page
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- Redirect admin
12. 13. Map the Domain to the Site
- Visit your second site
- Tools Domain Mapping
- Fill in the options & save
sillyandrea.mommieblogs.com sillyandrea.com 14. 15. 16. Tell the Server
- Park the domain in Cpanel
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- What if it's an add-on domain?
17. 18. Tell the Server II
- Geek part: add it to the vhost entry
..... DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mommieblogs ServerName mommieblogs.comServerAlias*.mommieblogs.com sillyandrea.com ..... 19. DNS time
- A record
- IP address
- wait
20. 21. 22. 23. Live Examples
- http://ronandandrea.com
- http://wpmututorials.com
- http://freebpthemes.com
- and our sillyandrea.com test.
That's it! 24. Multiple Networks
- atypicalife.net on same install as previous examples
- Has member sites
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- /mam/
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- /recipes/
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- /san/
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- /sarah/
25. Thanks!
- Follow me on twitter @andrea_r
- More tutorials at:
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- http://wpmututorials.com