Problems with WP Multisite Domain Mapping and DreamHost
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I recently set up a Multisite on DreamHost shared hosting and have added only one subsite. I installed and set up the WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin as well.
I’m using subfolders in the Multisite settings as opposed to subdomains.
My primary domain is https://phantompower.org/
The subsite is https://phantompower.org/hn/
I’d like to map the domain https://hypernonsense.com/ to the subside phantompower.org/hn/Both domains are fully hosted with DreamHost and I have hypernonsense.com parked to the same directory being used by phantompower.org
I had this working just fine last night. Today, when I first went to hypernonsense.com, I got a DreamHost parked “coming soon” page. I also noticed that when looking at the site via FTP, a folder had been created at phantompower.org/hn/ that I didn’t put there, so I’m assuming the WordPress installation created it? Three files, two favicon files and one called quickstart.html, were inside the /hn folder. I deleted all of those files and now the domain just shows an empty index page. If I delete the /hn folder completely, hypernonsense.com returns an internal server error.
I’ve turned off my security and caching plugins, just in case they were somehow causing the problem. I’ve done some research on this and I’m beginning to wonder if I’m out of luck for Multisite on DreamHost shared hosting unless I decide to pay for a dedicated IP address.
I’ve gathered screenshots of my current settings for everything related to mapping the domain:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k76luctn1xprdkm/AABv4AJdmyFbq3Dhgm0Dbf1Sa?dl=0Please let me know if you have any suggestions!
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Hi.
No problem, since WP 4.5 you don’t need a plugin even, just do this (don’t park it): https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/panic-multisite-user-blog-subdomain-cant-find-the-root-folder/#post-9152202
More info here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Multisite_Domain_MappingI believe I have the domain I want to map set correctly within the DreamHost control panel. This screenshot shows how it’s set up:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k76luctn1xprdkm/AABv4AJdmyFbq3Dhgm0Dbf1Sa?dl=0&preview=Domain+configuration+DreamHost.png
The domain is set to use the root directory of the main site installation.But it doesn’t map properly to the subsite, even if I turn the domain mapping plugin off and just use the domain mapping feature built into Multisite.
EDIT: I probably used the wrong terminology when I said I “parked” hypernonsense.com in my initial post. Again, the screenshot above shows how it’s set up within the DreamHost dashboard.
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