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I believe I tried that the first time (a week ago) with the first domain I mapped and it didn’t work. I just tried it now for this. We’ll see.

I will be really really really irritated if I can’t make this work. I’ve spent *hours* recreating the site on dreamhost, relinking images that didn’t import properly, etc, based on the fact that the domain mapping was worked the first time around. That’s why I tested it on a dummy site–so that this wouldn’t happen. Now, because both domains are needed for that site, neither site is working. Not pleased.

Well, I got this very unhelpful response. Annoying to be told something isn’t a problem, when you’ve stated it is. I fwded the 2nd domain and am, of course, getting the same error I was before because it’s going to the wrong DNS. Does this mean I just can’t use dreamhost? (My free trial expires tomorrow.)

Hello,

Here at DreamHost, we don’t place additional domains on the same IP by default. Having multiple IPs is no problem as your domains have been placed on different apache instances. However each domain listed on this account is on the same server, just using various apache instances (different IP).

There’s no problem at all with your account, but let us know if there’s another question.

Sincerely,
Kacy S

Hello! I’m adding another domain and have the same issue–it’s pointing to a different DNS. To make it match the root site’s DNS, do I just refresh the new domain’s DNS or do I have to add a custom DNS record?

Thanks!

Yayyyy! It works! I noticed the IP and thought it might be the issue, hence the Q at the very beginning. Awesomeville. Thanks!!

Thanks! Okay, yeah, I thought I tried this setup yesterday. The site itself is at kirtiklis.info/vndc. That works.

But the mapped domain doesn’t: kirtiklis.com

It says:
Site Temporarily Unavailable
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the webmaster/ tech support immediately to have them rectify this.

error id: “bad_httpd_conf”

If it is mapped as primary domain, it goes to this page as well. At the moment I don’t have it is primary so you can see that the root site does work.

Thanks!

Okay, so I had tried it parked, and so I just changed it to fully hosted and am waiting for it to be provisioned.

I have it set it up as subdirectories, not subfolders, as it basically says (and I was told by support) that you can’t do subdomains because of the wildcard issue. Will this work with sub-directories?

I have my other network up at bluehost (and it literally just took the site 2 minutes to load, no exaggeration) as subdomains. Read in forums it doesn’t matter which (subdomain or subdir) as far as mapping goes. This is all a totally fresh install, too.

Thanks so much!! I didn’t contact support directly as they are pretty clear that they don’t support multisite.

Hmmm. If someone could actually address my question, it’d be great. As I said, I’ve installed MS successfully, the only problem is domain mapping (which I’ve done without problem on blueshost). Someone familiar with Dreamhost would be most helpful. Thanks!

Yeah, I was told by customer service:

“WordPress Multisite isn’t a supported configuration here, and is something we
do not allow on our Web Hosting plans. You would need to be a on a VPS or
dedicated server if you wish to use WordPress Multisite.”

Then someone else replied to my “bummer”

“I want to apologize for the confusion. The $15 is not for parking the domains,
that is if a yearly fee if you would like us to register the domain for you.
We currently do not have a limit to how many domains you can park at this
time. I want to check with you with the Park Domains you are not able to host
individual sites with unique content on them, what those would be is
essentially redirect you to another site that is the primary or an add-on
domain.

Also, You are able to host multi-site on our shared packages we simply do not
recommend it, the reason for this is due to the amount of resources it does
require and as you add additional sites you would be forced to upgrade to a
VPS solution with us [if quotas are exceeded].”

So you hosted multisite with them on shared server? They told me that even if domains are parked, if it goes to “unique content” it is an add-on and $5 more a month per site, which means even if they are 1page sites with very, very little traffic, and there are 7 of them getting less traffic all together than the root site, it’s still $35 more a month, which makes it the same as their VPS. I might just look for a VPS on a different host.

Finally, they don’t allow multisite on their web hosted plans, only on VPS which starts at $50/mth. Ah well. The search continues.

Yes, I’m aware that it’s a one time fee. It begs the question, how many other fees will pop up?

Having already thought about it, and knowing how many and what kind of sites/domains I have, you are making an assumption that additional domains = additional traffic, particularly if several domains go to one site. Ergo, I’d be paying for a service which costs them nothing. $15/mth is far more than my traffic would cost them to provide me with reliable, fast hosting, yet I’m willing to pay it, so long is I’m not hit with numerous hidden fees. The only reason I’ve contacted bluehost support in the last 2yrs is to ask why on earth their server is down AGAIN, for the third time that week.

As I said, I’m aware there are other hosts that cost less. It’s just a shame that none of them are particularly good.

LiquidWeb wants to charge me $15 for domain parking. WT? It’s really unfortunate that there isn’t a decent web host that is reasonably priced. I can do their higher monthly fees for quality, but not ridiculous costs for extras that cost them nothing. Sigh.

Yeah, I have the domains and the sites set up at bluehost (miserable uptime, miserable, rude customer service), so I was curious about the add-on fee. Will have to ask them if they charge for the parking. Thanks!