subdomain set up – 404 error

  • I have subdomain set up and when i added a new site I get 404 error when i click to view the site.
    Do I have to keep adding the subdomain through my host each time i add a new site?
    How do i set this up so that people can do this without issue?
    I want people to be able to open up a new site on their own.

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  • You have to setup your DNS/wildcard sub-domains first…usually in cpanel. If you do it right all subdomains will go to WP. Then you need to add the site in WP.

    Thread Starter lizglewis

    (@ipatrona)

    I had my host do it for me.. and I still have the 404 error..
    they are now telling me that the MU install is not configured correctly.. I dont have any errors telling me so.

    How would I check to see if the wildcare subdomain was actually done?
    wouldn’t I see the “*” in as a subdomain?

    Thread Starter lizglewis

    (@ipatrona)

    Ok.. so I have been able to confirm that the wildcard subdomain has been created.. what could actually be wrong with the set up.. even though I see no error messages on the dashboard.

    I could help more if you shared your domain names. If not that is ok. First I would test one of these urls – https://domain.com/readme.html or https://domain.com/wp-login.php

    Next try it on a sub-domain – https://sub1.domain.com/readme.html If that works your sub-domains are configured correctly. If you used https://sub1.domain.com/wp-login.php it should redirect you back to the main site – https://domain.com/wp-login.php

    You shouldnt go further till the above scenarios work.

    Thread Starter lizglewis

    (@ipatrona)

    Hi Jkhongusc,

    I was able to get it to work. I found were the “*” was and deleted it and entered it all over again..
    somehow that cleared the issue.
    thanks so much for following up on this.

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