sub domain folder

Mushlih Almubarak
(@mushlih)

5 years, 3 months ago

Hi
Is the sub domain folder stored in public_html> wp-content> uploads> sites> subdomainfolder?
How do I move it to home> sub.domain.com> public_html> subdomainfile?
So the domain and subdomain folders are separate, not the subdomains in the main domain folder
Thank you

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George Appiah
(@gappiah)

5 years, 3 months ago

I suppose this is in relation to Multisite.

Subdomains are VIRTUAL.

There’s no physical home> sub.domain.com> public_html> or even home> sub.domain.com> directory in the file system at all.
Thread Starter Mushlih Almubarak
(@mushlih)

5 years, 3 months ago
There’s no physical home> sub.domain.com> public_html> or even home> sub.domain.com> directory in the file system at all.

Unfortunately, that’s what my host does. When I add subdomains, it creates folders for subdomains outside public_html
Here is the picture: https://prnt.sc/z3k6kr
Is there a solution to match the location of the folder?
Thank you
- This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Mushlih Almubarak.
George Appiah
(@gappiah)

5 years, 3 months ago

Are you using WordPress multisite at all?

If you are, then perhaps you’re doing it all wrong. You’re not supposed to create any sub-domains at all in your hosting control panel, so what your host does with subdomains has nothing to do with this.

Again, WordPress Multisite’s dub-domains are VIRTUAL. You don’t create any subdomains yourself in your hosting control panel.

As long as you’ve setup a wildcard subdomain in your DNS manager (and pointed it to the root domain’s document root — public_html directory in your case), you create all the subdomains in WordPress: you don’t create the subdomains in your hosting control panel if you’re using WordPress multisite.

You may want to review the following resources:

Before You Create A Network

Create A Network

Multisite Network Administration

Thread Starter Mushlih Almubarak
(@mushlih)

5 years, 3 months ago

Are you using WordPress multisite at all?

Yes

You don’t create any subdomains yourself in your hosting control panel.

That means I don’t need to create a sub domain from the control panel? Is it enough to edit the wp-config and .htaccess files?
swamn
(@swamn)

5 years, 3 months ago
@gappiah
Jesus Christ, I just created a post about the problem here and after that I read your truly revolutionary post. You turned out to be 150% right thanks to you, I seemed to have made a revolution by moving from the Stone Age to the 21st century, skipping all the intermediate stages. Thank!

@mushlih
Yes, he’s right! I confirm, just checked personally.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by swamn.
Thread Starter Mushlih Almubarak
(@mushlih)

5 years, 3 months ago

Yes, he’s right! I confirm, just checked personally.

@swamn
Even though it’s a sub domain?
Because I’ve tried it and can’t access the subdomain

swamn
(@swamn)

5 years, 3 months ago

@mushlih
Delete your subdomains on the hosting provider’s website, remove your subdomains from the network. And install them online via wordpress network. You don’t need a hosting provider.

Thread Starter Mushlih Almubarak
(@mushlih)

5 years, 3 months ago

Ok, thank you
cheapmuppet
(@cheapmuppet)

5 years, 2 months ago
`Are you using WordPress multisite at all?

If you are, then perhaps you’re doing it all wrong. You’re not supposed to create any sub-domains at all in your hosting control panel, so what your host does with subdomains has nothing to do with this.

Again, WordPress Multisite’s dub-domains are VIRTUAL. You don’t create any subdomains yourself in your hosting control panel.

As long as you’ve setup a wildcard subdomain in your DNS manager (and pointed it to the root domain’s document root — public_html directory in your case), you create all the subdomains in WordPress: you don’t create the subdomains in your hosting control panel if you’re using WordPress multisite.

You may want to review the following resources:

Before You Create A Network

Create A Network

Multisite Network Administration`

Thanks for the great feedback.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by cheapmuppet.