How do I switch my WordPress to point to Parked Domain?
Changing the Site URL
domain-mapping
Install multisite wordpress on a subdomain and map to top level domains
Make sure your webhost gives you the ability to use WildCard DNS. I know some hosts such as Dreamhost don’t allow it on their shared hosting plans.
changing site domain name. Is this a bad solution?
The proper way is after pointing the new domain to your hosting account to change the URL references in the Database. So, besides the siteurl & home options you shouldn’t forget upload path at the same table and a complete search & replace for local links and media URLs inside post contents. There are many … Read more
How to Deny Access to No Referrer Requests on Multiste with Mapped domains
You could hook intop pre_comment_on_post: add_action( ‘pre_comment_on_post’, function(){ if ( empty ( $_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’] ) ) exit; }); But … be aware, not all requests without an referer are actually spam posts. Some firewalls and proxies strip this field. And most automated spam comes with a Referer field filled with the name of the spammed domain. … Read more
Changed sub-site to its own domain trigger 302 redirects for all page links
Your wp-config.php indicates that you’ve set up a subdirectory installation, but you want to be able to use different domain names for the sites. To do that, I believe you’ll need a plugin of some sort. A quick search indicates that WordPress MU Domain Mapping may do what you need. Be sure to read the … Read more
Domain mapping with Multisite links are wrong
I figured this out right after I posted the question but thought it would help someone who ran into the same issue. I have to go to: Network Admin -> Sites -> edit a site -> Settings -> change “site url” and “home”
WordPress MU subdomain vhost
Basically, it turns out you need two dedicated IP addresses, or a third vhost. IP Address You could use two IP addresses and do something like this in your apache configuration: #IP address for WP NameVirtualHost 12.34.56.78:80 #For everything else NameVirtualHost *:80 Then, make sure the VirtualHost for WordPress is declared thus: <VirtualHost 12.34.56.78:80> and … Read more
A WordPress site with more than one domain name / Parked domains
You can use a predefined constants that points to site URL. (from Codex) define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://example.com/wordpress’); define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://example.com/wordpress’); Small example define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://’.$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]); define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://’.$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]);
Adding existing domain name to WordPress.com
If you don’t want to redirect your users from example.com to example.wordpress.com, but really want example.com to be new domain name for your WordPress.com blog, you can buy Domain Mapping for $12 per year if you already have your own domain.
Does wordpress.com appears in the URL if I buy custom domain service from WP.com
try blogging by email have your analytics and stats on google analytics or outside source have comments emailed to you that will leave very few things to be done thru administration to bypass security system try VPN or use of proxy