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subdomain pointing help

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  1. mku
    Member

    Hi I am trying to configure hive to work but am getting hungup at the pointing part.

    I have my main blog at sub.domain.com
    by other blog will be at other.domain.com

    I cannot point the other subdomain to a subdomain? I tried using cpanel and it says that it is an invalid domain.

    any help?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  2. ikailo
    Developer

    Hi mku,

    You need to point the domain you are setting up to the subdirectory that the file 'index.php' is in, on your web server (WordPress Root).

    Here are some cpanel instructions:

    If you have the core files in the root directory, then use parking: http://www.cpanel.net/support/docs/11/cpanel/domains_parked.html

    If the core files are in a subdirectory, then use addon domains: http://www.cpanel.net/support/docs/11/cpanel/domains_addon.html

    Let me know if that helps.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  3. JCFreak1223
    Member

    Can you actually point domain1.com to domain2.com and manage 2 different domains or does this just work with subdomains within one domain?

    If you can manage 2 different domains, what is the setup process in cPanel? When I tried to park one domain to another I got an error message stating, "Error from park wrapper: domain1.com is owned by another user."

    Posted 3 years ago #

  4. ikailo
    Developer

    Yes, you can use very completely unique domain names in the hive. And just to clarify, you want to point domain1.com and domain2.com to the same file folder in your server, not pointing one to the other.

    You are in the right area of CPanel - Addon domain, or a Parked domain. A parked domain forces you to use the same directory as the primary domain in the account, but the addon you can specify a subfolder to point it to. Generally you can use a parked domain if your WP files are in the root (/www, or /public_html) and use an addon domain if your WP files are in a subdirectory (/www/wordpress, or /public_html/wordpress)

    Regarding the error you got from CPanel, it appears that that an entry for that domain name already exists on the server, and CPanel won't let you use it. That is an issue you'd have to take up with your web-host. If you do own the domain, then one thought is that it's possible you registered it on that server before using a different account.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  5. JCFreak1223
    Member

    I posted this video to try to explain where I'm confused. I think I might be confused on the general process of how it works. If this is so I might just need to do some more research so that I won't have to take any more of your time.

    Thanks a ton... You can watch the video at the link below.

    http://screencast.com/t/jApR003Xia

    Posted 3 years ago #

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