Title: Multisite n00b
Last modified: April 15, 2022

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# Multisite n00b

 *  [clkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clkd/)
 * (@clkd)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-n00b/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I have been using WordPress for a very long time now but have never before tried
   using the Multisite setup until now and I am starting to think I didn’t do everything
   right. My main website WP was already installed and then I added a second one.
   –
   domain 1 – matepece.com – it is the root domain of my cPanel and has to be in/
   public_HTML. – domain 2 – mpheavy.industries – it is a parked domain, also pointing
   to /public_HTML
 * So, one website is matepece.com (main) and the second is mpheavy.industries. 
   I had to set up the multisite with subdomains since the WP installation was not
   fresh.
    To access admin of both I just go to domain/wp-admin, and network admin
   is at matepece.com/wp-admin/network/
 * The issue I am having now is other parked domains (not set up with WP) that previously
   all redirected to matepece.com now redirect to [https://matepece.com/wp-signup.php?new=parked_domain_name.com](https://matepece.com/wp-signup.php?new=parked_domain_name.com)
 * Did I have to configure the network WP in another folder or is this setup acceptable?
   The redirect issue, is it a matter of tweaking the .htaccess or WordPress issue?
 * Thanks for your help
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmultisite-n00b%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-n00b/#post-15561584)
 * You have 3 options regarding the other domains:
 * **Either **you add each domain that still points to the hosting as an alias domain
   of one of the domains in the network domain mapping.
 * **Or **you already ensure in the hosting of the domains that they forward to 
   the main domain when called up. This way, the requests from the domains do not
   even get through to WordPress.
 * **Or **you add a general forwarding of all domains except the two multisite domains
   to the main domain of the multisite in the htaccess file. Even then, the request
   would not get through to the wordpress.
 *  Thread Starter [clkd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clkd/)
 * (@clkd)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-n00b/#post-15565446)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your message. I managed to solve the issue rather easily – I had to
   move the redirect rules in .htaccess so they are before the WordPress code, because
   when you set up redirects within cPanel it adds them to the end of the .htaccess.
 * Thanks for your help anyway!
 *  [amelia148](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amelia148/)
 * (@amelia148)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-n00b/#post-15598402)
 * Multisite is a feature that enables you to manage a network of websites from 
   one place. This network can extend from one or two sites to millions. For example,
   Edublogs, an education blog, manages content for 3 million sites using Multisite.
   
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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [amelia148](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amelia148/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-n00b/#post-15598402)
 * Status: not resolved

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