Miro Soares

Also, if I uninstall WP multisite… Can I install it in my park domain and not in the primary domain of my hosting account? (I though that was possible, but the problem I mentioned earlier happened when I have installed on my park domain).

Hello Mika,
Thank you for your reply.
I am new to wordpress (even though I am starting to understand it better after the last 3 days). As I don’t have yet any content I would rather do an uninstall of my multisite and install it again on my park domain.

But I have tried that and it didn’t work well. I have chosen a subdomain installation, but it turns out to be a subdirectory (I could notice: blog was always in my permalink[by the way I saw lots of post you were helping in this regards] and whenever I try to create a new site it was giving me the option to create a subdirectory, not a subdomain).

So, I decided to uninstall and install it again on my primary domain. Once I have installed in my primary domain, the option subdomain was correct (not long on permalink, and sites were able to be subdomain). But still I have the problem that when I create a new site, I am not able to do to its dashboard.

I wonder if I have done anything wrong in the process. Maybe when installing the MU plugin. I am thinking about uninstalling my multisite again and reinstalling again. That would be the 3 time I uninstall and reinstall. Actually it is a quite fast process. I do it only by the MOJO marketplace automatic installation. I don’t bother at all. But is there it something bad on it? I wonder if this installation/uninstallation are not messing up my directory. Is it possible that some unnecessary files left in my directory? Or that should be fine? I also have deleted the database in my Cpanel when I had uninstalled/reinstalled.

Thanks.

Another info that I noticed here that can may be explain my problem:
The tutorial I follow, shows that after installing the MU plugin (in order to map domains) I should see, under Tool, the option Domain Mapping when I am in the dashboard of my site.

I don’t see it when I am in my sites, not in my network site nor in my other site. I only see an option Domain Mapping in the settings of Admin Network.

I am thinking that I have done something wrong in the process. Since I still didn’t start working on any content of my site, I am actually considering to uninstall wordpress multisite and start it again with a clean install. What would you suggest?

Thanks again.

HI WPgeeks,

Thank you.
I have followed all the steps and I am able to access the Dashboard of my second site.

But unfortunately I still have problems when creating a new site, even simply as a subdomain of the main domain (the network domain). I click on Network Admin > Sites > Add New. I type the subdomain I want to use. And then I think the site is not create: it doesn’t show in the top list of the menu (My Site), but I can see it in Network Admin > Site.

If I click on dashboard it loads a 404 page of BlueHost, and if I click on the link of the site (or type in the browser) it goes to an empty page on bluehost (slightly different, with out mentioning the 404 message).

I thought that when we create a new site, simply of the network domain, it should work automatically? isn’t it right? Or I need to go to Network Admin > Settings > Domain and add the domain I want to use and the site ID for every single site I create? Even for the ones that are not mapped?

I hope you can give some thoughts.
Thank you.
Miro

Hello,
Thanks again for the support.

First of all I would like to tell a previous experience I have before coming to this forum. I had actually tried uninstall my network and install it again in my park domain. I try to do a multisite subdomain installation, but I noticed 2 strange things: permalink was showing “blog” and it seems that it was actually a subdirectory kind of installation (I had subdirectory when creating a new website). Anyway, the point of telling this experience it that I have the impression that when I was creating a new site I could choose one of my two domains. And now I don’t see my second domain (mirosoares.com) only my primary domain (mirosoaresstudio.com).

Ok, so to the 4 itens you had pointed out:
1- Yes, I had added a wildcard domain (*) for both my domains.

2- Yes, my second domain is set as Park domain.

3- Here I don’t have https://www.site2.com. I have only site2.mainsite.com. I went to site 2 and clicked EDIT: I see a field HTTP:// followed by the subdomain: site2.mainsite.com. Should I just change here for my second domain? (It doesn’t feel right, because if I had created a new site it should work directly).

(Detail: When I create a new site I can only enter a subdomain .mainsite.com. I can’t choose my other domain).

4- I may have something wrong here because in the Network Admin > Settings > Domains I have a blank field. Actually I had never entered any info here. The lynda.com course I am following doest mention any thing I should do here in this part of settings. It only instructs me to put the Server IP address in the field. Server CNAME domain is empty (I don’t know what ii is). Domains options from 1 to 5 is check on: 1, 3 and 4.

In the part you mentioned, Network Admin / Settings / Domain:
Search Domains: I type my second domain here and nothing happens when I search.
New Domain: Site ID and Domain fields are empty.

Does these infos gives you any useful information to figure out what is happening?
I am still intrigued by the fact that when I try to create a new site I only see my primary domain.

Thank you once again WPgeeks. I really appreciate your advices.
Miro

Thanks again WPgeeks.
I think I will stick with the installation as it is.

About the error:
When I click the dashboard of my new site it loads a page of error with the logo of Blueost with this message:

404 Error File Not Found
The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

After installing the MU plugin I have created a subdomain “*”. (I think it is called a wildcard, right?)
Is it possible that it only that it need sometime to propagate? Does subdomains need this time like a normal domain?

I found a similar question here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/multisite-troubleshooting-1?replies=2

Thanks.

By the way, I have just installed the MU plugin and I am getting error when I try do access the dashboard of the new site.

Any idea what have I possibly done wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Hi WPgeeks,
Thanks a lot for the fast reply and for all the details you provided. I appreciate.
Also: yes, by this reply you have answered also the other post I have make (that was maybe a bit redundant, sorry about that).

Yes. I have done a one click install by the cPanel, that installs it by Mojo Masketplace. Then I have created my network, and I’ve chosen to go with subdomain type. I have done it following the same article you suggested. So, this part of the work is ok. It went well, with no problem.

The point on my doubt is that I realise that I would like to have this network under my other domain (mirosoares.com), that is not yet available because it is still in a process of transferring. I feel that as this domain will hold most of my content, this should be my network domain and the other one should be mapped to an specific site of the network. So, I would like to know how to change the domain of my network installation.

Or do you really think I shouldn’t think about changing the domain of the installation? Are you saying that if I have the MU Domain Mapping Plugin I don’t need to change the domain of my WP network? That even in terms of my personal organisation (not for the user since he will only see the mapped domains) it’s not important that the network installation should se in the bigger site? Because if I leave the way it is now, it is like my network installation is on a particular site and I have to map a domain for the main structure (I had the felling that that should be the opposite, that I should map a domain just to fit with a specific site).

I hope I could express myself clear. I guess my question is not only about how to map the domain but also related to organiser a structure for the networks and the other sites that could be create in the future.

Thank you again!