As far as I know, Multi-Domains from WPMUDEV is the only plugin which works flawlessly with the lastest version of WordPress. It is BuddyPress compatible, has a single signon and even a multi-subdomain feature (blog1.subdomain.site.com, blog2.subdomain.site.com). There is a free alternative, but it has not been updated for the latest version of WordPress (the author … Read more
Serve both sites from the same installation. In your wp-config.php include the settings depending on $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]. Example for a complete wp-config.php: define( ‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’ ); define( ‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ ); define( ‘DB_COLLATE’, ‘utf8_general_ci’ ); if ( ‘example.net’ === $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ) // .net domain include ‘example.net.config.php’; elseif ( ‘example.com’ === $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ) // .com domain include ‘example.com.config.php’; … Read more
WordPress and some themes store configurations and URLs in serialized data, and the Search & Replace plugin does not handle those to correctly change a domain in the database. And don’t use simple SQL change queries in the database via adminer or phpmyadmin. A simple SQL query won’t correctly handle serialized data. See Moving WordPress … Read more
will WordPress be aware that it is called via HTTPS and change all links on the pages to HTTPS ? While WordPress knows if a request comes via HTTPS, it doesn’t change all the links automatically. Only certain links are updated to use https:// that too, without any subdomain part. Any hardcoded links would remain … Read more
You may be able to use WordPress MU Domain Mapping Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/ But, isn’t this a bad idea from a search engine perspective? Multiple domains each with the same content?
An update & resolution: I asked the web host for help and they found that I had a piece of code in .htaccess limiting the access to wp-config.php. Once the code was removed, all worked as it should.
Check out this word-press plugin: Backup and Move. Backup And Move plugin allow blog administrators to create a complete backup of their blog and easy option for restore it on a different server, domain, location, etc. This plugin can make all the transitions of moving a wordpress blog , creating a complete backup and restoring … Read more
If it’s a new domain, it’s pretty simple: Install WordPress on the NEW domain Copy wp-content/themes and wp-content/plugin from the OLD domain to the NEW domain (using FTP) Activate the Theme on the NEW domain Activate Plugins on the NEW domain Delete generic content (hello world post, about page, etc.) from the NEW domain Export … Read more
I’d copy the wp subdirectory index.php to the top level, and edit the line require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’); to be require(‘./subdir/wp-blog-header.php’); and of course set the settings for site url and wordpress url to match as suggested above.
DocumentRoot for each VirtualHost should point to the directory where you installed WP multisite. There is no actual directory for subsites, they’re all virtual. Using your example: <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot “C:/home/wp-intall-directory” ServerName mysite-1.dev # not required Alias /mysite-1.dev “/home/mysite-1” <Directory “/home/wp-intall-directory”> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> … Read more