Wordpress network

WordPress Network(MultiSite)

After WordPress Update 3.1 WordPress MultiSite Networking or WordPressMU is now a configuration in the basic install of wordpress. In order to set up wordpress network you will need to make edits to wp-config.php, .htaccess, httpd.conf, and DNS zone file. As well as make a few settings changes in Wordpress Dashboard. Due to this you will need the cPanel and wordpress credentials if you do not already have them.

To view the wordpress instruction go to this link.

Wordpress Network Installation Steps

Reminder

They must have wordpress version 3.1 or higher to have a multisite.

In 3.1+ SuperAdmin is now called Networkadmin.

Mod_rewrite must also be enabled for multisite to work.

WordpressMU

If they already have MU setup they will only need to add the .htaccess change.

Exisitng Site

Package the account

/scripts/pkgacct $USERNAME

Then proceed with the setup changes

Steps to setup multisite

Enable Subdomain Wildcard

If they want directories instead of subdomains skip this step

vim /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following line to the bottom of their VHost(switch out example for their domain)

ServerAlias *.example.com

/etc/init.d/httpd restart
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/apache_conf_distiller  --update

Log into WHM and edit their DNS zone file to include(switch example with their domain)

* IN CNAME example.com.

Create universal directory

Create the directory blogs.dir inside of

mkdir /home/$USERNAME/public_html/wp-content/blogs.dir

Change permissions to appropriate type(example is for suphp)

chown $USERNAME. /home/$USERNAME/public_html/wp-content/blogs.dir

Adjust Wordpress settings

define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

Edit wp-config.php to have the above line at the top, just below the <php.

vim /home/$USERNAME/public_html/wp-config.php

Enable Networking in wordpress dashboard

Go to Tools>>Netwrok

Choose subdomains or directories depending on customer preference

The rest autofills and should be correct unless otherwise requested by customer

Click Install

This will generate lines you will need to add to the config and htaccess files!

Finish setting up wordpress

You will edit the generated lines when installing network to the appropriate files

vim /home/$USERNAME/public_html/wp-config.php
/etc/init.d/httpd restart

You will need to log out and log back into wpadmin