Change your name-servers with wordpress.com name-servers. Before Upgrading – Important Notes WordPress.com automatically removes the “www” from all URLs. Mapping the “www” subdomain is not supported. Also, they do not currently allow mapping to subdirectories, such as example.com/blog. Instructions for Mapping Subdomains Add a CNAME record through the registrar where you purchased your domain or … Read more
There are two commonly used mapping plugins for WordPress. For the next lines we assume you use the free WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin from the WordPress plugin Repository. From your post I understand you have correctly mapped your domains (you have a dedicated IP or have already set-up the CNAMEs correctly). You have also … Read more
Each time that WordPress inserts a blog into maintenance mode, it creates a file in the root of your installation directory. the file contains a string related to the plugin/theme/core that is being updated. Its name is .maintenance (doesn’t have a name, only extension). The file stays there until the process is over, therefore you … Read more
In my experience… I would keep using Multisite for your setup for organizational purposes and ease of management. Here’s a list of things you could try before emptying out the pockets: Consider caching options. (Personally, I like using W3TC), but there’s many options for this. Consider Jetpack CDN for images. (I’ve had reasonable success with … Read more
Can I use the same database that I use at mysite.com also to my subdomain Yes, as long as the table names don’t clash you’re fine, some people have multiple WP instances using the same database, but with different table prefixes. However, keep in mind that there is a security risk as now 2 sites … Read more
The standard WP RewriteRules ignore files and directories that “exist”. Example: # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress This the rewrite rule set for a WP install in the “root” of a site. Notice these … Read more
First, the link for two gems for every Multisite expert or wannabe or in-between. WordPress Multisite 101 Setting up a new WordPress install is pretty easy. Setting up Multisite requires just a little more savvy, and the information is all over the place. This ebook strives to pull it all together, explain you what skills … Read more
While this question is several months old and you’ve probably figured something out already, I figured it was worth answering anyway. This is possible to do using the WP Multi Network Plugin. WordPress has the underlying structure to accomplish this, but no accompanying UI — this plugin merely offers that interface. Some things are not … Read more
you can achieve that in many ways, maybe the most suitable for you is to use the multisite function in WordPress 3.0 Read more at WordPress.org : Create a Newtwork Migrating Multiple Blogs into WordPress 3.0 Multisite
I haven’t tested it, but it should be possible with these steps: Use example.net (not .com) as main installation for the multisite (or areallybigteam.com). Install WordPress with subdomains. Create the sites. Edit the URLs of all sites as you need: blog.example.com, team.example.com and areallybigteam.com. Make sure the document root for all these (sub)domains matches your … Read more