[BlueOnyx:20232] Re: WordPress on Virtual Site subdomain?

Lewis Gardner lewisg at iglou.com
Mon Nov 7 14:54:34 -05 2016


>> 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.

Thanks for the quick reply!

Just so I don't screw up, do I remove the subdomains from the original 
vsite? Or does the process look like this:

1. Add a vsite.
2. Add subdomains to that vsite.
3. Add vsites using Add Site matching the names in step 2.




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