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Domain Mapping with WordPress 3.0 Presented by Andrea Rennick WordCamp Montreal August 29 th 2010

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Who am I? <ul><li>@andrea_r on twitter </li></ul><ul><li>andrea_r on the WordPress support forum </li></ul><ul><li>http://wpmututorials.com </li></ul><ul><li>http://ronandandrea.com </li></ul>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Tell the Server <ul><li>Park the domain in Cpanel </li></ul><ul><ul><li>What if it's an add-on domain? </li></ul></ul>

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

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DNS time <ul><li>A record </li></ul><ul><li>IP address </li></ul><ul><li>wait </li></ul>

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Live Examples <ul><li>http://ronandandrea.com </li></ul><ul><li>http://wpmututorials.com </li></ul><ul><li>http://freebpthemes.com </li></ul><ul><li>and our sillyandrea.com test. </li></ul>That's it!

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

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Thanks! <ul><li>Follow me on twitter @andrea_r </li></ul><ul><li>More tutorials at: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://wpmututorials.com </li></ul></ul>