[All] Installing WordPress Multi User (WPMU) - Page 4

**Dan** · May 11th, 2008, 12:15 AM

I just recently installed WPMU on one of my domains. I did what I usually do and skip the readme and just wing it. Thought it was wayyy to easy to install. I did subdomains also, so obviously when I was done it didn't work, lol.

Did you have us add the wildcard subdomain to you DNS zone in WHM? You need to have an A record for *.domain.com. pointing to your server IP as well as the entry in httpd.conf.

I also read that if you have subdomains that aren't related to WPMU like a forum or gallery or whatever you need to have those entries higher up in your httpd.conf then the wildcard entry so it doesn't override it.

I'll see if I can dig up that link again.

Fuyu · May 11th, 2008, 5:28 PM

Hey Dan,

I pore over readme and fora before tying to figure out local architecture issues. You gotta' know what works for your situation, n'est ce pas?

I've pointed Support to all the usual references but that's not as important as the mojo they bring to the landscape. I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut, yo.

Don't you just hate it when you read responses in fora that start out with "Just..." or worse yet "What works for me... < snip > ... but I'm using a different version than you"

What works for me is to hear from people eating the grass in the same corral as me. Yeah, I heard about the greener grass on a dedicated box. If I hear one more time that I need to get out of the kiddie pool and just buy a box (with my imaginary money) I'm going to go on an astronaut-style-loaded-gun-n-diaper-hold-my-BigGulp road trip.

Here are a few links that may/not bring joy:

Installing WordPress MU on a CPanel/WHM Server - Blogopreneur.com
Ignore Some Subdomains With WPMu « WordPress Codex
Ma.tt » Wildcard DNS and Sub Domains

Post what you have for the next schmuck who needs this.

Again, good for scoping the work. Useless without local knowledge.

Surpass actually got the install working for a while there so there is hope with the current server patch levels. An impending upgrade to PHP5 in 8 days time will be par for the course. A move to Apache2+cPanel is rumored to bork the httpd.conf edits with periodic overwrites. Psshh! That's later. Hell, I may drown on my next kayaking trip/eaten by gators/banjo players and all of this will have been for naught.

Fuyu · May 12th, 2008, 3:30 PM

After the PASS3 config' tweak this morning, WPMu appears to "work".

I do not know that one thing was related to the other. I hope so.

If your star chart doesn't match theirs, have research dig up the ticket mentioned earlier to see if there's a similar situation. By that time though, it probably won't be apple to apples...

Now on to plugin/theme/forum integration fun.

Oh, I guess I should share: Just like the WPMu codex suggests...

Quote:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

# Lock WPMu out of the following subdomain directories...
# These occur before the final rewrite of www.domain.tld to domain.tld
# which is my preference on how the domain is branded

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} forum.benefact.org
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !forum/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ forum/$1 [L]

# Rewrite www.benefact.org to benefact.org with a 301
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]

</IfModule>

**Dan** · May 12th, 2008, 4:01 PM

I had to take out the RewriteBase / to get mine to work

**Kayla** · May 16th, 2008, 9:35 PM

This weekend I am going to redo this tutorial - all of the new information and tips really help. Go Surmunity

Fuyu · June 18th, 2008, 12:27 AM

Kudos to Ryan and the support team for enabling a new install of WPMu in 41 minutes.

Kudos to Fazil (3rd level) for catching the server config issues that was messing with a domain mapped Mu of Mu's experiment. That actually works BTW, but all the limitations that apply to domain mapping WPMu apply (no integration of anything that uses cookies or xmlrpc.php).

It's not Drupal!

ndmpatriot · September 30th, 2008, 12:38 AM

I know the last post was in June. I didn't want to start a new thread.

I was reading this tutorial Installing WordPress MU on a CPanel/WHM Server - Blogopreneur.com .

I want the main WPMU installation to be at http://blogs.domain.com and all other added blogs at http://blogs.domain.com/user .

In the Blog Address option what would I pick?

Would I have wild card DNS enabled for domain.com or blogs.domain.com?

Also would I have to enable mod_rewrite, or would one of the .htaccess files posted work?

Thanks for the help!
- Nicole

mzakariya · October 11th, 2008, 2:31 AM

I get this error, following the directions in this thread. I can't even access the installer after uploading.

Quote:

Warning: constant() [function.constant]: Couldn't find constant VHOST in /home/zakariym/public_html/clubs.socabinet.com/wpmu-settings.php on line 33
No WPMU site defined on this host. If you are the owner of this site, please check Debugging WPMU for further assistance.

http://clubs.socabinet.com -- going to have it install in subdomains (ie: whatever.socabinet.com)

Before you mention it: It doesn't work in a "normal" setup (ie: site.com/blog) either.

<-- I gotta say I <3 that emoticon!

Also: any ideas as to how you could make an option for people to create an FTP account to their particular directory/subdomain while setting it up? I know this is EXTREMELY risky, but the part of the site where you create an actual blog/ftp account would have an .htaccess password; this site is intended for use at an educational institution for only select people.

Thank you.

mzakariya · October 14th, 2008, 10:55 PM

*bump

May 11th, 2008, 12:15 AM	#28 (permalink)
Dan Staff of Surpass Super #1 Joined in Apr 2007 2,744 posts Gave thanks: 152 Thanked 184 times	I just recently installed WPMU on one of my domains. I did what I usually do and skip the readme and just wing it. Thought it was wayyy to easy to install. I did subdomains also, so obviously when I was done it didn't work, lol. Did you have us add the wildcard subdomain to you DNS zone in WHM? You need to have an A record for .domain.com. pointing to your server IP as well as the entry in httpd.conf. I also read that if you have subdomains that aren't related to WPMU like a forum or gallery or whatever you need to have those entries higher up in your httpd.conf then the wildcard entry so it doesn't override it. I'll see if I can dig up that link again. __________________ D4nz Net - Surpass Help Desk - NES Forever Use the thanks button. It works! AIM: dansorl*

May 11th, 2008, 5:28 PM	#29 (permalink)
Fuyu Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jan 2004 Lives in Atlanta, GA, USA Hosted on PASS3 67 posts Gave thanks: 7 Thanked 0 times	Hey Dan, I pore over readme and fora before tying to figure out local architecture issues. You gotta' know what works for your situation, n'est ce pas? I've pointed Support to all the usual references but that's not as important as the mojo they bring to the landscape. I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut, yo. Don't you just hate it when you read responses in fora that start out with "Just..." or worse yet "What works for me... < snip > ... but I'm using a different version than you" What works for me is to hear from people eating the grass in the same corral as me. Yeah, I heard about the greener grass on a dedicated box. If I hear one more time that I need to get out of the kiddie pool and just buy a box (with my imaginary money) I'm going to go on an astronaut-style-loaded-gun-n-diaper-hold-my-BigGulp road trip. Here are a few links that may/not bring joy: Installing WordPress MU on a CPanel/WHM Server - Blogopreneur.com Ignore Some Subdomains With WPMu « WordPress Codex Ma.tt » Wildcard DNS and Sub Domains Post what you have for the next schmuck who needs this. Again, good for scoping the work. Useless without local knowledge. Surpass actually got the install working for a while there so there is hope with the current server patch levels. An impending upgrade to PHP5 in 8 days time will be par for the course. A move to Apache2+cPanel is rumored to bork the httpd.conf edits with periodic overwrites. Psshh! That's later. Hell, I may drown on my next kayaking trip/eaten by gators/banjo players and all of this will have been for naught. __________________ Server: Pass3 (72.29.75.151) Last edited by Fuyu; May 11th, 2008 at 5:31 PM..

May 12th, 2008, 4:01 PM	#31 (permalink)
Dan Staff of Surpass Super #1 Joined in Apr 2007 2,744 posts Gave thanks: 152 Thanked 184 times	I had to take out the RewriteBase / to get mine to work __________________ D4nz Net - Surpass Help Desk - NES Forever Use the thanks button. It works! AIM: dansorl

May 16th, 2008, 9:35 PM	#32 (permalink)
Kayla Marketing Maven Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Orlando 24,749 posts Gave thanks: 946 Thanked 806 times	This weekend I am going to redo this tutorial - all of the new information and tips really help. Go Surmunity __________________ Follow Surpass on Twitter and Facebook Check out the Surpass Blog

June 18th, 2008, 12:27 AM	#33 (permalink)
Fuyu Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jan 2004 Lives in Atlanta, GA, USA Hosted on PASS3 67 posts Gave thanks: 7 Thanked 0 times	WPMU Round 2 Kudos to Ryan and the support team for enabling a new install of WPMu in 41 minutes. Kudos to Fazil (3rd level) for catching the server config issues that was messing with a domain mapped Mu of Mu's experiment. That actually works BTW, but all the limitations that apply to domain mapping WPMu apply (no integration of anything that uses cookies or xmlrpc.php). It's not Drupal! __________________ Server: Pass3 (72.29.75.151)

September 30th, 2008, 12:38 AM	#34 (permalink)
ndmpatriot Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Nov 2007 9 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	I know the last post was in June. I didn't want to start a new thread. I was reading this tutorial Installing WordPress MU on a CPanel/WHM Server - Blogopreneur.com . I want the main WPMU installation to be at http://blogs.domain.com and all other added blogs at http://blogs.domain.com/user . In the Blog Address option what would I pick? Would I have wild card DNS enabled for domain.com or blogs.domain.com? Also would I have to enable mod_rewrite, or would one of the .htaccess files posted work? Thanks for the help! - Nicole

October 14th, 2008, 10:55 PM	#36 (permalink)
mzakariya Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Sep 2008 32 posts Gave thanks: 3 Thanked 0 times	*bump

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