jamiddy

OK; another update as I muddle my way through the unknown. Turns out that I did not upload the domain_mapping.php into the correct folder — now that it’s correctly in the mu-plugins folder, everything appears to work! Hooray!

I’ve also managed to create a new blog and new parked domain which appears to correctly map to a separate URL address, so the overall environment seems to functioning. Now to confront the biggest hurdle: migrating my existing blogs to the multisite install. This is where I get confused: is it necessary to export the existing blogs (which are now add-on domains) and then reimport all of that data into the newly created blogs in the new multisite wp install? Or is there some more simple way to accomplish the migration?

An update: I successfully enabled multisite mode and have the Superadmin panel! Thanks everyone.

I then created a new * subdomain in Bluehost (although I’ve read conflicting info if that is the way to go)

Then I downloaded the domain mapping plugin as per the link from Andrea_r — but now I’m stuck:

I downloaded the domain mapping plug in and
1) uploaded sunrise.php into the wp-content/ folder
2) created a new wp-content/mu-plugins folder
3) uploaded the domain_mapping.php into the wp-content/mu-plugins folder
4) edited the wp-config.php file and added: define(‘SUNRISE’,’on’);
5) but when returning to the Super Admin at the dashboard, there is no Super Admin -> Domain Mapping subtab to proceed …

Did I incorrectly install this plugin, or have I missed a step somewhere? Any ideas?? Thanks

Thanks everyone for your great feedback — I’ll give you an update asap. If I’m able to finish up the multisite setup, I’m still a bit leery about the next steps of migrating my existing live sites to new folders within the new multisite installation; I’ll upload the domain mapping plugin as I definitely need to have separate domain names for each blog. I’ve seen a few fragmented tutorials, but does anyone have any recommendations as to the best and easiest way that works on Bluehost to accomplish this so I don’t inadvertently screw up my live sites? Thanks!

Hi Everyone, I’m a newbie and have two existing WP installations in subfolders for two separate existing blogs that are hosted on Bluehost. I intend to migrate these two blogs to a new install of WP 3.0 multisite which I’ve already installed in the root directory and activated to multisite status by inserting the one line of code as per many of the tutorials I’ve seen.

However, in the next steps, I am confused whether to choose subdirectories or subdomains as I move forward in the installation. The various blogs within the multisite environment need to be completely separate from one another relative to URL addresses, identity, etc.

Does anyone have any advice and/or pros and cons of whether to use subdirectories or subdomains moving forward in the multisite installation? Thanks!

bh_WP_fan – thanks; I will definitely make a backup and give the multisite setup a try. Thanks again for all of your assistance! I might be back on this forum if the multisite setup gets mucked up … ??

Thanks bh_WP_fan and ipstenu for your great feedback. For Kakibubu, I changed the Site URL within the general options on the Dashboard, which seemed to fix the problem — thank you! This solved my primary problem.

I then went back to Sepia and tried to change the Site URL for that one to delete the “/newsepiasite” suffix (which corresponds with the folder in which that particular WP installation is located), but had no luck — that subdirectory still appears in the URL address, which is still acceptable, but not great. So I then (stupidly) changed the WP URL of that site which immediately dumped me out of the entire WP interface (yes, I have no idea what I’m doing). I then had no choice but to enter the terrifying world of the hosting company’s PHPMyAdmin interface and miraculously managed to change those fields back manually to get my WP Dashboard interface back.

ipstenu, the multisite setup sounds like the hot tip. I’ve found some basic WP tutorials etc on how to migrate existing blogs into a completely new installation to enable multisite, but would you happen to know of any other detailed tutorials (or alternate methods) that address migration of existing blogs and their content in more detail? I would like to try to migrate my existing blogs, but I have a fear both of my blogs will get lost in the process. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks bh_WP_fan for responding. Actual domain names are https://www.sepiadesign.com (A.com) and https://www.kakibubu.com (B.com). Yes, it typically shows A.com/B when accessing B.com website. Thanks for the link; I’ll have a look to see if I can rectify the problems that way. Please let me know if you have any other ideas.