Herein is the condensed version of installing a (WP) WordPress SubDomain GoDaddy Network on free or shared hosting. This process might be applicable to other shared hosting providers. Shared hosting is economical and will not provide the power required by higher traffic sites. When that time comes you can move to more powerful resources. This… Continue reading WordPress SubDomain GoDaddy Network Shared Hosting
Month: March 2013
Recover WordPress Network Install How to
So something did not work out with a (WP) WordPress 3.5 Network (multisite) install. Or maybe you want to inspect the contents of another network database. Most WordPress Network databases are recoverable. The road to recovery might seem long and daunting, but if you work through this recovery process, you will gain confidence in yourself… Continue reading Recover WordPress Network Install How to
Reinstall Network WordPress – Save Posts
Have you tried unsuccessfully to Recover Your WordPress Network? Yes, I just want to reinstall the WordPress Network. OK, delete the network tables listed below. If you do not delete any of the Basic tables listed further down, you probably won’t need to reinstall WordPress. Any posts you had on the main site will also… Continue reading Reinstall Network WordPress – Save Posts
Testing URL ReWrite .htaccess or web.config
There are at least two methods to test if URL ReWrite is functioning: Are pretty permalinks working? Break .htaccess or web.config to determine if the web server is processing URL ReWrite. Interestingly, IIS and Apache are subject to the same “break” and both respond with server errors if rewrite is broken. IIS web.config Add some… Continue reading Testing URL ReWrite .htaccess or web.config
Beware Settings->General Site URL, or Site Address (URL)
Changing Your Site URL, or Site Address In Single site mode, WordPress 3.5.1 leads you to believe you need to change the site URL, or ‘Site Address (URL)’ if you want to run WordPress from a folder other than where you installed it WordPress Address (URL) Site Address (URL) On… Continue reading Beware Settings->General Site URL, or Site Address (URL)
How to Create a Development WordPress Site Mirror
Here is one way you can set up and run a development (dev) WordPress site, then move the database to production (prod) without manipulating data. Here’s how the “mirrors” were created. Considerations in Brief We developed on separate hardware for dev and prod, but this method may work just as well on the same machine,… Continue reading How to Create a Development WordPress Site Mirror
WordPress Network Setup Offers Broken URL Rewrite Rules
Conditions: This was repeated with WordPress 3.5.1 installed on shared Linux apache hosting. The hosting account supported multiple domains, with each domain running from a subfolder of the hosting acccount’s web server document root. No attempt to repeat this behavior was attempted with shared Windows hosting. For example, the web server document root was: /some/number/of/folders/html/… Continue reading WordPress Network Setup Offers Broken URL Rewrite Rules
Login Loop WordPress Network Admin
This article referred to the Network Admin login loop as experienced on WordPress 3.5.1 in subdomain Network mode. Not to be confused with the Site Admin login loop when WP is running in Single mode, although some of the early troubleshooting steps suggested here apply to both types of login loops. Manually requesting the Network Admin login… Continue reading Login Loop WordPress Network Admin
Override Default WordPress Network Add New Site URL
We need to find how the Edit Site page -> Settings tab -> Siteurl field string is generated.Add New Site page, network/site-new.php, “Site Address” if adding a subdomain, will appear in the Edit Site page -> Info tab -> “Domain” field and Settings tab -> “Home” field The form: Siteurl field in html is id=”siteurl“,… Continue reading Override Default WordPress Network Add New Site URL
Adding New WordPress Network Site on Shared Hosting
Situation: Want to add a new WordPress Network site Main site resides an shared hosting Problem: Can’t set up wildcard DNS because of shared hosting Network Admin adds site OK attempting to view new WordPress Network site yields “Server not found” or “This page can’t be displayed“ Solution: The world needs dynamic name system (DNS)… Continue reading Adding New WordPress Network Site on Shared Hosting