15+ subdomains on WAMP & live later on

  • Hi all, for now I plan to have 15+ subdomains on my platform….not sure is this something usual but it seems I need all these subdomains.

    However, it seems WAMP doesn’t automatically support subdomains, so maybe I need to set them up manually by configuring virtual hosts. your local hosts file etc.

    In parallel, it seems local WordPress cannot allow to specify ads.wordpress as subdomain – it does it like this:

    [wordpress]

    Can somebody help here?

    Thanks a lot, regards

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  • The easiest way to do this is Using Virtual Hosts and Host file editing. This will give you the desired effect

    The crucial question would be what you want to do with these subdomains? What should be visible when calling them? Are they always different, separate contents? Or should it always be the same website and you use them as so-called landing pages to get to a specific page quickly?

    If it’s the former, then a WordPress multisite installation would be what you’re looking for. See: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/advanced-administration/multisite/ – assumes at the same time that your hosting (currently probably WAMP) points all required domains to the same host. I think this can also be configured there.

    The latter would require the subdomains to be redirected to a specific URL when called. You can configure this both in the hosting (currently probably WAMP) and in WordPress. Plugins such as https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/redirection/ help with the latter

    Thread Starter greenn

    (@greenn)

    Without creating a separate WordPress installation, I understood that Multisite function lets me to run many websites through a single dashboard. I’m on Hostinger now, having WAMP locally….so I’m first building this complex platform locally within WAMP, then I plan it to test it within Hostinger test subdomain and then launch it live.

    But, I understood I would need 15+ subdomains due to various topics & product categories and structure of my complex platform for a better user experience since subdomains allow for easier content management and more effective data tracking for each section.,,,so basically I can separate content by purpose more easily then.

    In my case, these subdomains will be very different from each other, so then WordPress Multisite might not be good for me….but thanks maybe this can potentially help with the scenario you explained above.

    So, yeah….I know I need to use Virtual Hosts and Host file editing but can you please be more concrete here with the exact changes/add-ons for e.g. shop.example.com subdomain? Since I did these changes and nothing was working then…

    Thanks a lot!

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