Title: different domain names Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # different domain names * Resolved [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * (@wadamhun) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/) * Dears! * I’ve already checked a lot of posts regarding this topic, but could not find the exact answer for that. * I would like to have 3 different sites with 3 different themes under 3 different domain names (domain1.com, domain2.com, domain3.com) * the only common would be the comments created by the visitors of the site. * do I need the multisite solution, or only multiple installs of wordpress to different folders on the server? * (also would be fine if I could use only 1 database, but I think also with separate installs I could do that as using an other prefix for table names in the database.) * thanks Ádám Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738604) * I was about to say use Multisite with Domain Mapping but… * > the only common would be the comments created by the visitors of the site. * What do you mean by that? * Thread Starter [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * (@wadamhun) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738609) * if somebody makes a comment on any post, I would like to be readable this at all 3 sites. * ohhh… I’m just thinking of this situation as I’m writing… maybe it cannot be happen as all the pages and posts are also different, so no possibility to make connections with them? * Thread Starter [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * (@wadamhun) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738844) * Dear Ipstenu! * I’ve just tried to create a multisite, but there I’m not able to create a new site with a totally different “site address”, only I could enter a subdomain under my domain1.com so maybe I’m on the wrong way? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738862) * If someone makes a comment on a post, anyone who can see the post can see the common. * Multisite is just running multiple SEPARATE sites with one install of WP. The sites are segregated in the database. * To do domain mapping, you need to FIRST install WordPress, activate Multisite, and make a subsite. THEN you install domain mapping plugin and map the domain. * Thread Starter [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * (@wadamhun) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738929) * unfortunately it cannot work:( * after activateing multisite I’m not able to login to the new domain2.com admin pages, in the login page if I enter the right user/pwd nothing happens. but still works with domain1.com. * after installing domain mapping plugin, no change in this situation. * neither I cannot add new domains in the settings-domain menü, I enter eny domain but after submitting no change at all, there is no domain in the list:( * maybe would be better to make separate installations in totally separate www folders for the 2 domain names? any suggestion? * thanks! Ádám * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738937) * Cart. Horse. * 1) Activate Multisite. * 2) Make a subsite and VERIFY IT WORKS. * 3) Map domains * Of course step 3 won’t work if step 2 doesn’t 🙂 Stop screwin’ around with domain mapping. Step BACK. Look at what you’re doing 🙂 * Now. You made a subsite domain.com/subsite right? * Does THAT work? * Thread Starter [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * (@wadamhun) * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738980) * hello! so, I started from the beginning, because I made some mistakes…:( * now I have multisite installed with subdomains. it is working with no problem, now I have 2 sites created for different subdomains as a testing. I installed the domain mapping plugin also, and I have the domain menu items in the settings. * the nameserver and apache is configured for domain2.com also for the same folder where wordpress is hosted. * what to do now? – add new domain? (settings-domains): I tried, but nothing happened!– create a new site first for the new domain? (I haven’t tried yet, just better to wait for your answer to not make more mistakes:)) * thanks Ádám * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738987) * Add a domain and point it at the site. * At /network/settings.php?page=dm_domains_admin * You put in the URL and the site ID. * Thread Starter [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * (@wadamhun) * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738990) * so I added a new domain with the link you said. * ther eis a new site, with siteID=3 (I could do only this), and actually I’m not able to change the site ID, I don’t know if this is a problem or not. * now I have problems with the SiteID, where can I find this? Because if I create a new site, I cannot find the siteID, and the other problem is that I can type only a subdomain with the ending of domain1.com. * so I’m confused again, and unfortunately the manual of this domain mapping cannot help me, only you, thanks for that!:) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2738992) * You can’t change the site ID 🙂 * [http://halfelf.org/hacks/site-id-columns-multisite/](http://halfelf.org/hacks/site-id-columns-multisite/) * That will show you the IDs. * Once you have that, again, go to /network/settings.php?page=dm_domains_admin * Put in ‘domain.com’ – it can be ANY domain you want, promise, and then put in the site ID. Save. Done. * [http://cl.ly/110M3x3Z1Q180v3k043v](http://cl.ly/110M3x3Z1Q180v3k043v) * That’s what mine looks like 🙂 * Thread Starter [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * (@wadamhun) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2739027) * thanks! that was what I needed! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘different domain names’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [different domains](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/different-domains/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 11 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [wadamhun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wadamhun/) * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-domain-names/#post-2739027) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics