[wp-testers] WP 3 test blogs sub-dir and subdomain tests. DNS issues, of course

Mon Mar 8 04:46:11 UTC 2010

Thank you George, I had forgotten about that "minor" detail (hosts not
really liking WPMU on server). The more I've thought about how to address
this topic, and the more you email back with great suggestions, I'm getting
to a good point where I can make the chapter more about how you manage
multiple blogs than WP 3.0.

I really appreciate the insight.

Tris

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:26 PM, George Kwabenah Appiah <
info at georgeappiah.com> wrote:

> On sub-domain install:
>
> Also, note that most of these "novice users" that you're targeting are on
> shared hosting, and will not have access to a dedicated server or even VPS
> to configure Apache virtual host stuff -- thus they'll have to contact
> their
> host to set it up for them.
>
> So perhaps, if you really want to touch on this, you might want to include
> a
> standard "Send this message to your host" text that these users could send
> to their web hosts to turn on Apache virtual host for their domain.
>
> Then again I know some hosts explicitly ban WPMU in their shared hosting
> environment, even with sub-directory installation. Dreamhost is one such
> example: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/WordPress_MU
>
> *P.S.:* For users with access to server running WHM, this is the simplest
> way I know of to handle this in GUI, without having to SSH to manually edit
> bind and apache config files:
>
>   1. For DNS: Under DNS Functions, edit DNS zone for the domain and add
>   wildcard (*) as an A record pointing to the server's IP
>   2. For Apache: Navigate to Service Configuration >> Apache Configuration
>   >> Include Editor, and add something like this:
>
>   <VirtualHost server_ip_address:80>
>   DocumentRoot /home/amenfis/public_html
>   ServerAlias *.amenfis.com
>   ServerName www.amenfis.com
>   </VirtualHost>
>
>   Then save and click button to restart apache, and that's all there is to
>   do. (Of course user might have to wait for proper DNS propagation)
>
> This is what I have which works fine for me on all my dozone-plus WPMU
> installations. I don't know if it will work for every WHM server, or if
> it's
> even technically correct :-)
>
>
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> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Tris Hussey <tris at trishussey.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Andrew, that helps answer one of the questions I had jotted
> down
> > in my notes (will it make WPMU easier to use or just easier on you
> > developers by merging the codebase). While I know that my editors will
> want
> > me to talk about it a little, setting the right tone is essential. If
> > working with network blogs is still for those who are neither faint of
> > heart
> > nor of code, then that's how I'll cover it.
> >
> > I know that managing network blogs pushes my wp and sysadmin skills to
> the
> > edges (hence this thread), so I don't delve into that area (except for
> > basic
> > examples).
> >
> > Again, many thanks,
> >
> > Tris
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Andrew Nacin <wp at andrewnacin.com> wrote:
> >
> > > If the book is aimed at novice users, I'd consider avoiding the Network
> > > feature altogether then, at least for now.
> > >
> > > MU is very advanced. 3.0 is only designed to merge the codebases, not
> > make
> > > MU any better to use and manage (look no sooner than 3.1 for that). The
> > > learning curve remains high. That's the reason for the
> > WP_ENABLE_MULTISITE
> > > constant -- if you don't know how to constant to wp-config.php, then
> you
> > > probably shouldn't be venturing away from a single-blog installation.
> The
> > > constant was designed to increase the barrier to entry.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Tris Hussey <tris at trishussey.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks Andrew! That's exactly the info I needed. Ah and the
> > > > acknowledgements
> > > > section gets longer...
> > > >
> > > > As an aside, I want to couch this chapter in the right terms. The
> book
> > is
> > > > aimed at novice users, so I need to be realistic about what people
> will
> > > > want
> > > > to do. I also don't want to discourage people from learning or trying
> > new
> > > > WP
> > > > challenges.
> > > >
> > > > My gut is telling me that if someone wants to toy with blog networks,
> > and
> > > > don't have much DNS experience, that they should stick to the
> > > subdirectory
> > > > implementation. I'll cover the subdomain stuff, but couched in terms
> of
> > > > "advanced level" stuff (like SVN).
> > > >
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