Comments on: How I use Subdomains with WordPress MU on Bluehost http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/ Computers | Gadgets | Web 2.0 | Internet Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:28:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: adil http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-10412 adil Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:28:54 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-10412 i have just bought a domain uetblogs.com and wanted to set up WP Multisite+BuddyPress , i have installed wordpress and buddypress but i am unable to setup WP Multisite. i have read http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network but i am unable to understand "Step 2: Setting Wildcard Subdomains" as i am not a pro i want subdomains like username.yourdomain.com i contacted to the support member at BlueHost (my host) he says they dont support Wild Card DNS. :( what can i do now?? is there any thing which can be done in this situation !!!! ?? i have just bought a domain uetblogs.com and wanted to set up WP Multisite+BuddyPress , i have installed wordpress and buddypress but i am unable to setup WP Multisite. i have read http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network but i am unable to understand “Step 2: Setting Wildcard Subdomains” as i am not a pro

i want subdomains like username.yourdomain.com
i contacted to the support member at BlueHost (my host) he says they dont support Wild Card DNS. :( what can i do now?? is there any thing which can be done in this situation !!!! ??

]]> By: Stuart Liedtke http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-3225 Stuart Liedtke Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:39:45 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-3225 Ok. I had to re read your post. Do the mySql databases handle all this properly in your experience? Are the users of the subdomain blogs kept separate in all the admin panels? Might sound like a weird question, but I'd like to make sure that the users of each blog are isolated, i.e - one blogs admin won't be seeing users across the other blogs in their dashboard. Hope this is not a real stupid question. Thanks for your time. Ok. I had to re read your post. Do the mySql databases handle all this properly in your experience? Are the users of the subdomain blogs kept separate in all the admin panels? Might sound like a weird question, but I’d like to make sure that the users of each blog are isolated, i.e - one blogs admin won’t be seeing users across the other blogs in their dashboard. Hope this is not a real stupid question. Thanks for your time.

]]> By: Stuart Liedtke http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-3224 Stuart Liedtke Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:22:33 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-3224 I've set up wpmu successfully on several hosts. Siteground and Hostmonster. This was mostly due to having a good relationship with the hosts and my clients being satisfied with my services. I never have set up wpmu to have multiple blogs using the tld and wildcards and your post intrigued me. Soon, I am embarking on a venture that will require multiple blogs, using the subdomain.domain method you describe. I have a question. When you say you can instantiate a new blog, on the fly - do you mean from your existing installations dashboard, where it says "create a blog"? I suppress this on my sites because it's not a feature I require, but will in the near future. That being said, my question revolves around how users go about creating a blog using that same method. I don't want any user to be able to do this, but when I will want to create a new blog for a specific user, will it work as I've described if set up on a host as you have done. Siteground says it does support "wildcard" dns, but I'm always (awfully) careful because of all the worries I have about stability and htaccess concerns. I think you've written a great post for people like me who are about to venture into the same territory you have done. Congratulations. I'd love to hear back from you on this. Thanks in advance. Stuart Liedtke I’ve set up wpmu successfully on several hosts. Siteground and Hostmonster. This was mostly due to having a good relationship with the hosts and my clients being satisfied with my services. I never have set up wpmu to have multiple blogs using the tld and wildcards and your post intrigued me.

Soon, I am embarking on a venture that will require multiple blogs, using the subdomain.domain method you describe. I have a question. When you say you can instantiate a new blog, on the fly - do you mean from your existing installations dashboard, where it says “create a blog”? I suppress this on my sites because it’s not a feature I require, but will in the near future. That being said, my question revolves around how users go about creating a blog using that same method. I don’t want any user to be able to do this, but when I will want to create a new blog for a specific user, will it work as I’ve described if set up on a host as you have done. Siteground says it does support “wildcard” dns, but I’m always (awfully) careful because of all the worries I have about stability and htaccess concerns.

I think you’ve written a great post for people like me who are about to venture into the same territory you have done. Congratulations. I’d love to hear back from you on this.

Thanks in advance.
Stuart Liedtke

]]> By: JM http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-3125 JM Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:56:53 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-3125 Jordan H. [3:52:48 PM]: Welcome to our real-time sales support chat. How can I help you today? JM [3:52:48 PM]: I am interested in possibly using BlueHost to host a WordPress MU blog for my school. I need to know if BlueHost will install WordPress MU for me, or if I will have to do that myself (I know very little about php, Apache, MySQL, etc.). Jordan H. [3:53:24 PM]: You will need to find another host, we do not allow wordpress mu to run on are servers. JM [3:54:08 PM]: Since when? I just read a blog post describing one user's experience with WPMU on bluehost [3:54:10 PM]: http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/ Jordan H. [3:55:50 PM]: We have never allowed it. Jordan H. [3:52:48 PM]: Welcome to our real-time sales support chat. How can I help you today?
JM [3:52:48 PM]: I am interested in possibly using BlueHost to host a WordPress MU blog for my school. I need to know if BlueHost will install WordPress MU for me, or if I will have to do that myself (I know very little about php, Apache, MySQL, etc.).
Jordan H. [3:53:24 PM]: You will need to find another host, we do not allow wordpress mu to run on are servers.
JM [3:54:08 PM]: Since when? I just read a blog post describing one user’s experience with WPMU on bluehost
[3:54:10 PM]: http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/
Jordan H. [3:55:50 PM]: We have never allowed it.

]]> By: manov http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-2698 manov Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:58:20 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-2698 i tried creating *.mydomain.com on bluehost. it worked, but then there was an error in the email accounts (i can't send email to xxx@mydomain.com). i called bluehost and they said the error is due to having subdomain *.mydomain.com. They said that wildcard subdomain is not supported. btw, what's the main benefit of having submdoain, instead of subdiretory? i tried creating *.mydomain.com on bluehost. it worked, but then there was an error in the email accounts (i can’t send email to xxx@mydomain.com). i called bluehost and they said the error is due to having subdomain *.mydomain.com. They said that wildcard subdomain is not supported.

btw, what’s the main benefit of having submdoain, instead of subdiretory?

]]> By: nanangms http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-575 nanangms Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:45:19 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-575 Install WPMU with Controlpanel 11 is easy. Try this ... If your hosting work with subdomain unlimited and Control Panel 11 your hosting is ready and no need anything again to install WPMU. Try this: from Controlpanel 11 create subdomain * (This is asterix, your subdomain like *.yourdomain.com) Install WPMU and create database. Chmod public_html and wpcontent and .htaccess to 777 continue install WPMU. Finish. WPMU work 100%. Try my test page (only for test) at http://iklani.co.cc Install WPMU with Controlpanel 11 is easy. Try this …

If your hosting work with subdomain unlimited and Control Panel 11 your hosting is ready and no need anything again to install WPMU.

Try this:
from Controlpanel 11 create subdomain * (This is asterix, your subdomain like *.yourdomain.com)
Install WPMU and create database.
Chmod public_html and wpcontent and .htaccess to 777
continue install WPMU.
Finish.

WPMU work 100%. Try my test page (only for test) at http://iklani.co.cc

]]> By: Dave http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-13 Dave Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:28:24 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-13 This is a little over my head, but with this post I am GOING to figure this out. My reason is to isolate the different topics I talk about-Adsense is KILLING me with mismatched ads. So thanks! This is a little over my head, but with this post I am GOING to figure this out. My reason is to isolate the different topics I talk about-Adsense is KILLING me with mismatched ads. So thanks!

]]> By: Andrea_R http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-7 Andrea_R Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:54:25 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-7 Nifty trick. I'd like to see if it works for others, as it's been reported that Bluehost won't support the needed Apache edit. maybe it's there already? Nifty trick. I’d like to see if it works for others, as it’s been reported that Bluehost won’t support the needed Apache edit. maybe it’s there already?

]]> By: David B. http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-6 David B. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:16:15 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-6 Your blog is getting better and better! Previous posts were good, but this one is just FABULOUS. Your blog is getting better and better! Previous posts were good, but this one is just FABULOUS.

]]> By: Hamilton http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-2 Hamilton Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:26:39 +0000 http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/01/how-i-use-subdomains-with-wordpress-mu-on-bluehost/#comment-2 Great post! Staight and instant like blue host. Congratulations Great post! Staight and instant like blue host. Congratulations

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