Trouble with MU domain mapping plugin

  • I’m having trouble with the setup of the MU domain mapping plugin, I’m just getting the default server cgi page when I goto the mapped domain. These are the steps I’ve gone through:

    • Installed the plugin and moved the sunrise.php into wp-config and and added the line in the wp-config.php file.
    • (All my domains are hosted by LCN) Added the “*” and the IP of my hosting to the main domain.
    • Added the IP for my mapped domain.
    • Added the new site in the super admin (although I can’t find any files relating to this) – https://www.teamworksdesign.com/test/
    • Added my IP in the domain mapping configuration.
    • Added the mapped domain into the dashboard so it now shows where the root files are (even though there’s no folder called that in my ftp) and the site it maps to.
    • When I load up the mapped site it just loads the default server cgi page at https://www.shareandbefair.com and a LCN parking page shareandbefair.com.

    Where am I going wrong? Can anyone help?

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  • You have to point the mapped domain to the folder where the main site is installed.

    Um, also! It appears that https://www.teamworksdesign.com/ is not even a wordpress site.

    WHERE do you have the main install?

    Thread Starter rob_teamworks

    (@rob_teamworks)

    My brain has been fried by all this sorry, where do I point to the folder?

    The main site isn’t, I’ve got a “hidden” wordpress site at https://teamworksdesign.com (I edited the hosts file). It won’t work for everyone else but works for me.

    Thread Starter rob_teamworks

    (@rob_teamworks)

    It’s in the root so wouldn’t it just be https://teamworksdesign.com/?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Mmrrrrf. WordPress Multisite REALLY doesn’t like when you install it anywhere but root (unless you want the folder name in your URL).

    Thread Starter rob_teamworks

    (@rob_teamworks)

    It is in the root.

    where do I point to the folder?

    You point the mapped domain to the root folder on the server. Not the test folder. Not a new folder. Not a folder for the domain.

    The root folder where you installed wordpress and set up multisite.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    The main site isn’t, I’ve got a “hidden” wordpress site at https://teamworksdesign.com (I edited the hosts file). It won’t work for everyone else but works for me.

    You moved it then? Cause the above I quoted could be problematic.

    Thread Starter rob_teamworks

    (@rob_teamworks)

    I have put the wordpress site in the root (this is why I can’t understand why the mapped domain won’t work!).

    All I’ve done with the hosts file is point https://teamworksdesign.com at my host IP – 94.76.213.101

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    All I’ve done with the hosts file is point https://teamworksdesign.com at my host IP – 94.76.213.101

    I suppose you’d point your mapped domains the same way, then, to 94.76.213.101, but it’s a new trick to me!

    My experience with the hosts file is pointing a domain at my localhost.

    Thread Starter rob_teamworks

    (@rob_teamworks)

    I suppose you’d point your mapped domains the same way, then, to 94.76.213.101,

    Yep that’s right, everything is pointing to that IP. It doesn’t effect any of this, it just makes my computer think my domains hosting is that IP.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    So you pointed your … mapped domains the same way you pointed your main domain (i.e. via the hosts file)?

    I know how the hosts file works, I use it myself. ??

    That’s outside of what you;re trying to do with domain mapping. Well, unrelated to the process, BUT a potential issue if you’re mapping a live domain.

    If you have a cpanel based host, you go in and use the “park a domain” menu item to make the mapped domain look in the main folder.

    But unless you’re also using the hosts file to see the mapped domain, you’re gonna have issues. And considering the LIVE site isn;t using wordpress and you’re pointing the domain there… yeah.

    It’s not the plugin.

    Thread Starter rob_teamworks

    (@rob_teamworks)

    Ok, I’ll scrap the current build and put it on two live domains with two wordpress sites in the root to test it out. I guess the hosts work around I was using it possibly the only reason why it wouldn’t work now. Cheers.

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