Please help?

Oh I just noticed in the DNS zone that there’s a record already there for saanamsmind.com with the correct IP. and Type A.

Shall I leave it as is and just continue with step three of the set up?

At this point, I’d ask your host.

I say that because every server’s a little different, and even though they support it, they may have THEIR preferred directions to setting that up.

I just called them and all they said was that they support wildcard subdomains and when I explained to them about Multisite, they don’t know what I’m talking about. All they said was that to set up wildcard I would need to do *.domain.com which I already knew and did.

You said, just setting it up that way with your host, it worked for you? Do you think I should give it a try? I just don’t want to have to start all over if it doesn’t work. I googled around but can’t seem to find anything regarding where that httpd.conf file is to edit.

update: I just called them back and I got another person (the one I usually talk to) and he said by setting up the wildcard, everything else is done automatically. So I don’t need to go through the steps to configure the httpd.conf file.

You ask them this: “How do I set up WildCard domains on your server?”

That’s what you want to know. They don’t need to know about why ??

If you’ve already done the change, then you should be good to go. Install a new WP 3.0, set it up as MultiSite, and see what happens when you try to do to a non-existant subdomain (like ddd.yourdomain.com)

I just got done creating the network. I can see all the SuperAdmin options, etc..

I already changed the poetry.saanamsmind.com to poetry2 just so I can create the poetry.saanamsmind.com through the multisite.

When creating the site, I get the site address option as saanamsmind.com/_________

Shouldn’t it be as __________.saanamsmind.com ??

Update: never mind. that was my error. fixed it.

Everything is working perfectly fine now, except the themes. None of the themes are working properly. Only color and text show up, no images. (The only one working is Twentyten and one more!)Any idea why this is happening?

Thank you for all the help you both have provided me. You guys are life savers.

Did you put the htaccess file in place and paste in the code given when you set up the network?

The error you’re seeing means the htaccess file isn’t there or isn’t being read.

Yes I did. This is what it looks like:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

Also, andrea regarding the domain mapping. If I wanted to set up another site (its own domain) https://mydomain.com in this network, I would need to use the plugin that you provided earlier, correct?

I also just tried adding another site https://kitchen.saanamsmind.com it creates it but then gives me a 404 page error.

Update: I figured out the 404 error with the above site created. It’s been fixed. But the issue regarding the themes still remains.

Plus, I just tried to create a site and then tried domain mapping for its own domain at https://thought-frenzy.com and I parked that domain as told in the Domain mapping plugin installation instructions but it ends up taking me https://thought-frenzy.com but all I see is Index Of/ page

Update: Every time I try to map the domain for https://thought.saanamsmind.com to https://thought-frenzy.com it just doesn’t work. It even stops show me the site at https://thought.saanamsmind.com

I tried to park the domain, didn’t do anything. Now I have it in the add-on domain section because I don’t know what else to do regarding it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Again, thanks for all the help you guys have been providing me to get all this sorted out.

Every time I try to map the domain for https://thought.saanamsmind.com to https://thought-frenzy.com it just doesn’t work. It even stops show me the site at https://thought.saanamsmind.com

Tried to park the domain, didn’t do anything. Now I have it in the add-on domain section because I don’t know what else to do regarding it.

Did you go to the backend of https://thought.saanamsmind.com and visit the Tools -> Domain Mapping menu and fill those values in?

Yes I did. And it creates the domain but when I visit it, it doesn’t take me to its site.

Also, I checked regarding the .htaccess file you were talking about above, it’s there and is definitely being read. I posted above what my .htaccess file looks like, do you see anything that’s missing?

Did you follow all the mapping steps here?
https://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/