Title: Multisite Domain Mapping Errors (please help!) Last modified: September 8, 2017 --- # Multisite Domain Mapping Errors (please help!) * [mcall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcall/) * (@mcall) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/) * Hello! I’ working in a fresh WPMS install to see if we can acheive the setup we need for a project. I have spent a good 8 hours searching, reading and trying and haven’t quite figured this out. * We are setting up a network of sites that each need a top level domain, and are each to be managed by the same set of users. Ideally we need user session sharing between the sites. * I have the basic setup, going but with errors. * – I have pointed my domain Name Servers from godaddy to my hosting account that uses Cpanel. – From Cpanel i have assigned those domains to the public_html/ multisite directory, which holds my WPMS install. – I have changed the site URL of each each sub-site to receive the incoming domains. * The domain mapping appears to be functioning correctly at top leve, but moving anywhere inside the site, such as mydomain.com/first-post, or going to /wp-admin takes me to a 500 error. * Also, When logged into the admin section of the main multisite install as super admin, and using the navigation within WP to go directly to the dashboard of each sub site, i receive the WP login page, and an error message about enabling cookies. * Any help is very much appreciated! <3 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmultisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [jkhongusc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkhongusc/) * (@jkhongusc) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9481256) * I think you have multiple errors. IMO, you probably have a error .htaccess. Have you tried removing .htaccess. You should be able to access your main domain and wp-admin with it. * [born2webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/born2webdesign/) * (@born2webdesign) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9484999) * Hi [@mcall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcall/), * about the cookies message, do you have `define('MULTISITE', true);` in your wp- config.php (not just `WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE`)? I saw the same symptoms without it. * Thread Starter [mcall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcall/) * (@mcall) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9487152) * [@born2webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/born2webdesign/) I do: * /* Multisite */ define( ‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true ); * define(‘MULTISITE’, true); … * Thanks for the thought though. I appreciate you taking the time. * Thread Starter [mcall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcall/) * (@mcall) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9487221) * [@jkhongusc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkhongusc/) * Update: i have removed the .htaccess file and am not noticing a difference. * UPDATE: Upon trying again, when I try to login directly at a mapped domain sub- sites (not clicking the link from my main MS install) i still get the cookies error, and am unable to log in. * when i try to visit the dashboard of a sub-site while using the main MS dashboard navigation it takes me from mappeddomain.com/wp-admin to mappeddomain.com/mutlisitedirector/ wp-admin and gives me an internal server error. * Thank you in advance for any other thoughts. I appreciate your time. - This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [mcall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcall/). * [jkhongusc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkhongusc/) * (@jkhongusc) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9487309) * I would make sure your WP configurations are correct: 1) remove your .htaccess file (actually back it up) 2) get a new version from the Network menu – [http://domain.com/wp-admin/network/setup.php](http://domain.com/wp-admin/network/setup.php) 3) Compare the .htaccess files 4) check your wp-config.php configurations. * Can you tell me how you mapped your subdomains? We use the WP Domain Mapping plugin – [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/) * If you are not using the Domain Mapping plugin, you need to do additional configurations in wp-config.php * Thread Starter [mcall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcall/) * (@mcall) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9487507) * [@jkhongusc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkhongusc/) * The link you provided on step 2 seems to be a 404 * I mapped the domains by: 1. pointing my domain Name Servers from godaddy to my hosting account that uses Cpanel. 2. in Cpanel, assigning those domains to the public_html/multisite directory, which holds my WPMS install. 3. Changing the site URL of each each sub-site to receive the incoming domains. * an example of one of the sub-sites using a mapped domain is: [http://utahartspassport.org/](http://utahartspassport.org/) * [jkhongusc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkhongusc/) * (@jkhongusc) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9487554) * [http://domain.com/wp-admin/network/setup.php](http://domain.com/wp-admin/network/setup.php) * Replace “domain.com” with the sitename that you installed your main WP domain on. * Did you follow these instructions to create your network – [https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network) * My guess is you did a few complexities (possibly): installed WP on an IP address, installed in a subdirectory, re-mapped the subdirectory to base (/), and possibly others. * Thread Starter [mcall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcall/) * (@mcall) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9487585) * [@jkhongusc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkhongusc/) * Ha, thanks, i should have looked at the url closer. Yes i have copied the code from setup.php exactly. * You are correct, i have installed WPMS in a subdirectory. Does that make things much more complex? * [thiswaystewie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stupidnamegenerator/) * (@stupidnamegenerator) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-domain-mapping-errors-please-help/#post-9492481) * I would also like an answer to this, same boat as mcall! 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