Domain mapping

Domain Mapping with WordPress 3.0 Presented by Andrea Rennick WordCamp Chicago June 5 th 2010

Who am I?
@andrea_r on twitter
andrea_r on the WordPressMU support forum
http://wpmututorials.com
Cape-wearing Super Admin on other sites & networks

Sponsored by My mom http://atypicalife.net/mam/ Thanks Mom.

Overview
How to enable the network
Multiple sites
DNS magic
The point: Running multiple WordPress blogs/sites from one install on one server.

Enable the Network
Menu hidden
Add line to config to show it:
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
Visit Tools -> Network
Follow steps
http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

Network Gotchas
Wildcard subdomain support from webhost
Subfolder option disabled if your blog is more than a month old
Can workaround
Inserts /blog/ in the permalink of main site
Can also be disabled

Create our second site
Visit Super Admin -> Sites
Add a Site.
Yes, it really is that easy.
Make sure it works first.
Sample site: Mommieblogs.com see: sillyandrea.mommieblogs.com

The Magic Plugin
WordPress MU Domain Mapping
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/
Can install via backend, but you will have to move files
Mu-plugins or network activate?
sunrise.php to /wp-content/ define( 'SUNRISE', 'on' ); in wp-config

Super Admin settings
Find your IP address
Can use a CNAME instead
Domain options
Remote login
Permanent redirect
User domain page
Redirect admin

Map the Domain to the Site
Visit your second site
Tools – Domain Mapping
Fill in the options & save
sillyandrea.mommieblogs.com sillyandrea.com

Tell the Server
Park the domain in Cpanel
What if it's an add-on domain?

Tell the Server II
Geek part: add it to the vhost entry
<VirtualHost mommieblogs.com> ..... DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mommieblogs ServerName mommieblogs.com ServerAlias *.mommieblogs.com sillyandrea.com ..... </VirtualHost>

Mapping in Volume
VPS or dedicated
Access to Apache configs or really good support team

Named wildcard host NamedVirtualHost 96.30.51.123 <VirtualHost 96.30.51.123> ..... DocumentRoot /your/wp/install ServerName mommieblogs.com .... </VirtualHost>

DNS time
A record
IP address
wait

Live Examples
http://ronandandrea.com
http://freebpthemes.com
That's it!

Multiple Networks
atypicalife.net on same install as previous examples
Has member sites
/mam/
/recipes/
/san/
/sarah/

Our Plugin
Domain Mapping
Multiple Networks
Awesome documentation included
Very affordable
http://wpmututorials.com/simple-multi-site-plugin-e-book/

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Domain mapping

by Andrea Rennick on Jun 06, 2010

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