[BlueOnyx:20231] Re: WordPress on Virtual Site subdomain?

Michael Stauber mstauber at blueonyx.it
Mon Nov 7 14:15:14 -05 2016


Hi Lewis,

> Is this possible?
> 
> If so how?
> 
> I have WordPress 5.6.1 running on 5208R and have added two subdomains to
> a Virtual Site and they appear to be working properly as in
> subdomain.vsitename.com brings up the correct placeholder page. I have
> connected to www.vsitename.com/wordpress/wp-admin updated WordPress and
> all appears functional. Going to www.vsitename.com/wordpress brings up
> the WordPress Hello world! page. So far so good.
> 
> I have tried connecting to subdomain.vsitename.com/wordpress/wp-admin
> but as I feared I get a 404 Not Found error.
> 
> I have also tried subdomain.vsitename.com/wordpress/ hoping a install
> would start. No joy...

The best way to do this is to create another Vsite named
subdomain.vsitename.com and to install Wordpress into the root directory
"/" there.

That avoids the usual pitfalls of trying to run complex software within
the limited framework that a Subdomain of a Vsite otherwise provides.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber



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