We given steps to install wordpress multisite on subdomain. Many wordpress developers learned and managing their wordpress sites with multisite on subdomain. Some even start managing WordPress sites for clients, friends, and family.
How to install wordpress multisite on subdomain
First download the wordpress 3.0 from following location
http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
Start the wordpress installations:
First create database and put your database information
Second step
Login to wordpress admin panel
After Installation completion. Open the wp-config.php file from wordpress root folder.
Find following line.
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
And change the line as follows:
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
Now Refresh the wordpress admin panel. In tools tab menu(right side menu) you will find the network link. click on “network” link
Then click on install button
Complete the following steps to enable the features for creating a network of sites.
1.Create a blogs.dir directory in /var/www/html/wp3/wp-content. This directory is used to be stored uploaded media for your additional sites and must be writeable by the web server.
2. Add the following to your wp-config.php file in /var/www/html/wp3/ above the line reading /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging.
define( 'MULTISITE', true ); define( 'SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false ); $base = '/wp3/'; define( 'DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'localhost' ); //Put your domain name define( 'PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/wp3/' ); define( 'SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 ); define( 'BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 );
3. Add the following to your .htaccess file in /var/www/html/wp3/, replacing other WordPress rules:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wp3/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
Once you complete these steps, your network is enabled and configured. You will have to log in again. Log In
Now you can click on super admin tag -> sites link and you can create multiple blogs from there.
