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install site takes me to my domain.com

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  • Started 10 months ago by HarryPotter
  • Latest reply from ikailo
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  1. HarryPotter
    Member

    hi,

    sorry, but i am totally confused =P

    i have a site domain1.com as the main domain with wphive plugin installed.

    i added two sites:
    domain2.com prefix = wphive_
    domain3.com prefix = wphive2_

    (could i have left all the prefix as wp_ ?)

    anyway, now in wphive > edit, I see "visit site" and "install site" for domain2.com and domain3.com

    when i clicked install site, it simply opens my domain2.com in the same window?

    each domain is located on a different ip address, but same server... is that why it's doing this?

    Posted 10 months ago #

  2. HarryPotter
    Member

    any help here? =D

    Posted 9 months ago #

  3. ikailo
    Developer

    By design, clicking 'install site' just takes you to the home page of the site. If the site is not installed, then WordPress launches the 5-minute installation process (per normal WordPress installation).

    If you are getting content other than the WordPress Install Page when you click 'install site', then there is likely a problem with pointing the domain to the correct directory.

    I don't think different IP address will cause an issue as long as they are sharing the same directory.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  4. starapple
    Member

    OK, I get that behaviour. I click install and am taken to the original site's home page? What next? Where is the new instance of the http://blog.site.com which WP-Hive now manages? How do I log-in to that site since the URL just comes back to the domain?

    Please bear with me as I'm not technically accomplished.

    This is the format of my links http://www.site.com/2009/11/18/mystery-solved/

    Posted 9 months ago #

  5. ikailo
    Developer

    It sounds like this is an issue with redirection.

    You can confirm by seeing which URL shows in the address bar of the browser immediatley after clicking "install". If it is a redirection issue, then it will be the URL of the OLD site, and not of the new one. Or, use a debugging tool like firebug to determine if the server is issuing a 301/302 redirect.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  6. starapple
    Member

    I got Firebug but I don't know how to use it/what to look for.

    When I go to sub.site.com, the URL in the address bar is http://www.site.com.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  7. starapple
    Member

    Greetings ikailo: what to do if the server is issuing a 301/302 redirect?

    Posted 9 months ago #

  8. starapple
    Member

    OK ikailo, so I added forwarding with masking and the browser address bar shows http://sub.site.com (after clearing the cache).

    I look under the Net tab of Firebug and see:
    GET sub.site.com 302 Moved Temporarily sub.site.com ?
    GET sub.site.com 302 Moved Temporarily sub.site.com ?
    GET sub.site.com 200 OK sub.site.com 608B
    GET http://www.site.com 200 OK site.com 25KB

    Does this tell us anything?

    When I click Install Site I'm directed to http://sub.site.com and Firebug says:
    GET sub.site.com 200 OK sub.site.com 589B
    GET http://www.site.com 200 OK site.com 25KB

    Nothing new is created on the server. So the folder structure is /wp-content/wp-hive/site.com

    Hopefully we can make a breakthrough....

    Posted 9 months ago #

  9. ikailo
    Developer

    starapple: If it has the word "forwarding" in it, then it is wrong. "Forwarding with masking" is still not correct. You need to point it to a physical directory on the webserver.

    If I remember correctly, you use GoDaddy? They do allow this - I have done it before, but I no longer have an account to test it with. I recommend you check with their support department to see if they can show you what needs to be done.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  10. starapple
    Member

    OK ikailo. I'll try that again. That's how I had originally set it up. I created a directory and pointed to it but of course, index.php is in the root.

    I'll see if a sub-domain can be pointed at the Web root...

    With a directory I ended up with sub.site.com/ with the home being site.com/sub.

    Should I do that then delete /sub

    Posted 9 months ago #

  11. starapple
    Member

    ikailo: Genius! I went and deleted the forwards and discovered the directory browser and voila! First sub-domain installed. I've logged in and seen the dashboard and will begin experimenting and provide feedback - glitches or not.

    Thinking aloud now, I'll see if I can use RSS to pull posts from the sub-domains into the homepage of the main site.

    Thanks a million for the plugin and your patience.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  12. lacylouwho
    Member

    Similar problem here -- but no forwarding issue.

    domain.com/folder/wp/main wordpress install here

    want to install second hive site at

    domain.com/folder/secondsite

    When I click the INSTALL button - it takes me to

    domain.com/folder/secondsite

    with a "page not found" error.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  13. starapple
    Member

    lacylouwho, if it's at all possible I'd suggest creating a sub-domain installation rather than sub-directory. As ikailo (developer) has noted, there are some issues to be sorted out with sub-directory installations.

    So, create secondsite.domain.com and point it to domain.com/folder/wp/main.

    Posted 9 months ago #

  14. ewatasin
    Member

    Hi, I feel I'm at the very last step to make this work, so any help is appreciated. I am stuck where lacylouwho was. I'm not a programmer so my wp install was not placed neatly in the directory. The wp folders are at mydomain.com/public.html. I have all my domains pointing there. I followed the 'dummies' tutorial and have each domain in the wp-hive control panel listed as wp_1_, wp_2_, etc. When I click 'install' I get the 'index of/' cgi-bin page for each one. Where exactly do I point my domains? Thank you!

    Posted 7 months ago #

  15. ewatasin
    Member

    Hi, still need a little help. Sorry if the question is very obvious and lame. Appreciate the ttme and thanks!

    Posted 7 months ago #

  16. ikailo
    Developer

    Hi. This looks like it is still a control panel / domain pointing issue. Make sure they are pointed to the same actual directory.

    So if your main WordPress install's index.php file is at 'mydomain.com/public.html/index.php', then you want to point all the other domains to the folder 'mydomain.com/public.html/'

    I am concerned because you used the word "folders" and not "folder". You should only have one WP folder.

    Posted 6 months ago #

  17. Evelien
    Member

    WordPress is installed in http://www.mydomain.nl/wordpress
    I have a working test blog there.
    Now I want to make the first real blog at
    http://www.mydomain.nl/theater
    Clicking on "Install site" takes me to a directory view of that (empty) folder.
    Shouldn't "Install site" put (at the very least) put an "index.php" there to get things going?
    I must be missing something obvious???

    Posted 6 months ago #

  18. jamesalborough
    Member

    I am in the exact same position as Evelien. I just have an empty directory after clicking "Install Site"
    What am I missing?

    Posted 6 months ago #

  19. ikailo
    Developer

    You need to install WordPress in a root folder, eg: mydomain.com, not mydomain.com/wordpress.

    Posted 5 months ago #

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