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Keeper of the Dark Chocolate
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3rd March 2008 14:01
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When wp.com first begin the upgrade, you couldn't get one done on the weekends because a staff member had to be involved and there wasn't one around on the weekends usually. Not sure why.
I haven't tested it out, but based on what the "manual" method and the Multi-site Manager plugin do, I can't instantly see why domain mapping wouldn't work on the subdirectories setup. You are just pointing the new domain to the wpmu root and then adding a new "site" into the wp_site table and associated the blog with the new domain name. It might be worth testing on a non-active install at first, but it should work italways2.
As I've browsed around 30 threads on this subject across the Internets, I think people are asking to have the same UI and functionality as WP.com does. This is not accomplished with Multi-Site Manager accomplishes... as it still requires an unsustainable amount of manual work from the MU host. What we want is to make it easy for our customers to add their own domain information...
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Keeper of the Dark Chocolate
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27th May 2008 20:26
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The problem with that is with the domain registrar. Not ever registrar does their code the same way and there's really no way to write up a single plugin that's going to work with more than a single system.
Other than registering a new domain, of course. Then you can specify the registrar, and hopefully they have an API.
The problem lies not so much with MU, but with the network behind the scenes.
Mainly DNS, and getting the domain over to the primary DNS server and into bind. It can be done, automated even, but it would take some clever scripting on the backend of things to do it.
Not sure how the registrar comes into play here. I'm not suggesting people should be able to register for domains through the plugin, but assign a domain to their account/blog and then point (using a CNAME) that domain at yourMU.com
It's something we've done successfully with our BricaBox platform and run off several different hosts.
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Keeper of the Dark Chocolate
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27th May 2008 23:49
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assign a domain to their account/blog and then point (using a CNAME) that domain at yourMU.com
Same problem but instead you're dealing with a large number of hosting platform. (ie CPanel, Ensim, etc.)
Granted you can assign them directly to Bind and Apache but you run the risk of the hosting panel not picking them up.
Probably be like 15 minutes of coding with Direct Admin. They have a lot of their code as command line programs as well in addition to the web interface.
Interesting topic. I've wondered about this in the back of my head, but I figured I'd leave that for phase four of five of my MU development.
Would it make sense to have a plugin that would automate this for users, but to limit that domain registration to one host? That way, the domain mapping process could be guaranteed to work.
you guys should really take alook at phpbbhs. i use cybers script to have premium domains for people on my phpbb3 hosting. all they do is point an A name to my dedicated ip.
" all they do is point an A name to my dedicated ip.
maybe he would help code a plugin. "
Domain mapping plugin works with this technique. Doesn't have the "register domain" option in there there, but surely the code could be plunked in there / added .
I just uploaded a modified version of Donncha's domain mapping plugin with support for the Supporter plugin. It also has much better step by step directions with screenshots.
someone else who just saved me the trouble of doing it myself! thanks Aaron :)
For mine, I had just wrapped the domain mapping settings page form in a if(is_supporter()) and put the message to be a supporter in the else but yours looks much neater!.
One problem I had with domain mapping was when an existing wordpress blog was moved and mapped to a sub blog on the mu. there were lots of files that existed on the old one but not the new one which caused my error log to fill up with redirect loop exceeded messages. It would completely spaz out the server if the mu install was receiving requests for files in wp-content/uploads that didn't exist.
I had to move the offending domain and blog back to it's own server again and the problems stopped.
I have a reseller account for domains and hosting which has a pretty decent API . I was planning to integrate it into the domain mapping page but other things took priority and it got forgotten about but, it looks like I might have to go that way because I need to make it required that a domain being mapped is brand new and doesn't have tons of existing links that wont exist after the mapping becomes active.
The only way I can do that is by forcing the user to buy the domain through admin and using the API to set the A record so looks like I will probably be making my own code to do it
thanks for your addition to the domain-mapping plugin
For what it's worth I would love to see domain registration integration built either as its own plugin OR as an optional part of the domain-mapping plugin. Doesn't matter to me what registrar it's with, it would just be awesome to have... right now our process is somewhat disjointed because we're telling people to upgrade their blog/site via the supporter plugin but then they have to register domains via a separate interface/login/etc.
It'd be awesome to allow users to register/renew a domain straight through the WP backend. I'd really prefer to be able to offer a free domain and yearly renewal to active supporters, but I'd settle for anything that doesn't involve me managing all the domain registration external to WPMU.
Responses (31)
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 1st March 2008 17:09 #
I don't know about the others here but I'm not sure exactly what you're suggesting here.
Maybe some examples or specifcs would be helpful.
Member — 1st March 2008 19:11 #
If you are talking about domain mapping, there are loads of answers in the normal mu forums and the following plugins works as well.
http://wpmudev.org/project/Multi-Site-Manager
Trent
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 1st March 2008 22:06 #
Agreed. If so, doing a search for 'domain mapping' over on the mu forums will show you a number of solutions.
— 2nd March 2008 13:12 #
I think the OP is suggesting making that process a premium service on their own site. so users pay for it.
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 2nd March 2008 19:05 #
The problem with that is that every registrar out there has a separate API for dealing with their site.
edit: Even wp.com appears to have some human intervention with their domain registration process.
Erstwhile founder — 2nd March 2008 23:18 #
edit: Even wp.com appears to have some human intervention with their domain registration process.
How so? I looked completely automated to me the last time I looked.
Thanks,
Andrew
Member — 3rd March 2008 08:09 #
"I think the OP is suggesting making that process a premium service on their own site. so users pay for it."
yes i'm talking about it (sorry for my bad english)
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 3rd March 2008 14:01 #
When wp.com first begin the upgrade, you couldn't get one done on the weekends because a staff member had to be involved and there wasn't one around on the weekends usually. Not sure why.
Member — 3rd March 2008 15:33 #
just a quick question about domain mapping, is it possible realize it on subdirectories? or it is only possible on subdomains wpmu, thanks!
Member — 6th March 2008 15:55 #
I haven't tested it out, but based on what the "manual" method and the Multi-site Manager plugin do, I can't instantly see why domain mapping wouldn't work on the subdirectories setup. You are just pointing the new domain to the wpmu root and then adding a new "site" into the wp_site table and associated the blog with the new domain name. It might be worth testing on a non-active install at first, but it should work italways2.
Trent
Member — 27th May 2008 20:18 #
As I've browsed around 30 threads on this subject across the Internets, I think people are asking to have the same UI and functionality as WP.com does. This is not accomplished with Multi-Site Manager accomplishes... as it still requires an unsustainable amount of manual work from the MU host. What we want is to make it easy for our customers to add their own domain information...
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 27th May 2008 20:26 #
The problem with that is with the domain registrar. Not ever registrar does their code the same way and there's really no way to write up a single plugin that's going to work with more than a single system.
Member — 27th May 2008 20:59 #
Other than registering a new domain, of course. Then you can specify the registrar, and hopefully they have an API.
The problem lies not so much with MU, but with the network behind the scenes.
Mainly DNS, and getting the domain over to the primary DNS server and into bind. It can be done, automated even, but it would take some clever scripting on the backend of things to do it.
Member — 27th May 2008 23:23 #
Not sure how the registrar comes into play here. I'm not suggesting people should be able to register for domains through the plugin, but assign a domain to their account/blog and then point (using a CNAME) that domain at yourMU.com
It's something we've done successfully with our BricaBox platform and run off several different hosts.
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 27th May 2008 23:49 #
Same problem but instead you're dealing with a large number of hosting platform. (ie CPanel, Ensim, etc.)
Granted you can assign them directly to Bind and Apache but you run the risk of the hosting panel not picking them up.
Probably be like 15 minutes of coding with Direct Admin. They have a lot of their code as command line programs as well in addition to the web interface.
Member — 28th May 2008 20:58 #
Interesting topic. I've wondered about this in the back of my head, but I figured I'd leave that for phase four of five of my MU development.
Would it make sense to have a plugin that would automate this for users, but to limit that domain registration to one host? That way, the domain mapping process could be guaranteed to work.
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 29th May 2008 01:13 #
Yes, but chances are you're going to have to code it yourself. There are hundreds of domain registars out there, each with their own different API.
Member — 12th December 2008 02:59 #
you guys should really take alook at phpbbhs. i use cybers script to have premium domains for people on my phpbb3 hosting. all they do is point an A name to my dedicated ip.
maybe he would help code a plugin.
Founder & CEO — 12th December 2008 03:53 #
Thanks for the pointer, sounds interesting. Does it interact with BIND etc.?
Member — 14th December 2008 17:48 #
im not entirely sure. something to ask about.
http://www.phpbbhs.com/contact.html
Erstwhile founder — 14th December 2008 20:14 #
Hi Guys,
If users can only point their domain via an A record then it doesn't interact with any DNS software.
Thanks,
Andrew
— 14th December 2008 20:27 #
" all they do is point an A name to my dedicated ip.
maybe he would help code a plugin. "
Domain mapping plugin works with this technique. Doesn't have the "register domain" option in there there, but surely the code could be plunked in there / added .
Member — 14th December 2008 21:48 #
yes, but doesn't work with subdir, right ?
— 14th December 2008 23:51 #
Multi Site manager plugin does work with subdirs.
Member — 20th August 2009 21:25 #
Anyone figure out in-admin domain registration? Is there a plugin to tie wordpress with a domain system?
Erstwhile founder — 20th August 2009 21:32 #
Hiya,
We gave domain registration a try over on Edublogs and in the end we found that it really just isn't worth it.
It's highly unlikely we'll release a plugin that allows users to register a domain via the WP admin panel.
Thanks,
Andrew
Lead Developer — 21st August 2009 04:11 #
I just uploaded a modified version of Donncha's domain mapping plugin with support for the Supporter plugin. It also has much better step by step directions with screenshots.
Check it out
Member — 21st August 2009 08:53 #
someone else who just saved me the trouble of doing it myself! thanks Aaron :)
For mine, I had just wrapped the domain mapping settings page form in a if(is_supporter()) and put the message to be a supporter in the else but yours looks much neater!.
One problem I had with domain mapping was when an existing wordpress blog was moved and mapped to a sub blog on the mu. there were lots of files that existed on the old one but not the new one which caused my error log to fill up with redirect loop exceeded messages. It would completely spaz out the server if the mu install was receiving requests for files in wp-content/uploads that didn't exist.
I had to move the offending domain and blog back to it's own server again and the problems stopped.
I have a reseller account for domains and hosting which has a pretty decent API . I was planning to integrate it into the domain mapping page but other things took priority and it got forgotten about but, it looks like I might have to go that way because I need to make it required that a domain being mapped is brand new and doesn't have tons of existing links that wont exist after the mapping becomes active.
The only way I can do that is by forcing the user to buy the domain through admin and using the API to set the A record so looks like I will probably be making my own code to do it
thanks for your addition to the domain-mapping plugin
Member — 13th September 2009 08:26 #
For what it's worth I would love to see domain registration integration built either as its own plugin OR as an optional part of the domain-mapping plugin. Doesn't matter to me what registrar it's with, it would just be awesome to have... right now our process is somewhat disjointed because we're telling people to upgrade their blog/site via the supporter plugin but then they have to register domains via a separate interface/login/etc.
It'd be awesome to allow users to register/renew a domain straight through the WP backend. I'd really prefer to be able to offer a free domain and yearly renewal to active supporters, but I'd settle for anything that doesn't involve me managing all the domain registration external to WPMU.
Hey, a guy can dream can't he?
Erstwhile founder — 13th September 2009 08:38 #
Hiya,
We may look into such a feature in the future (definitely not this year) but for now we don't have any plans for something like this.
Thanks,
Andrew
Member — 13th September 2009 11:06 #
Thanks.
I'm just gonna take Aarons version of the plugin and replace the embedded domain godaddy form with a swedish form.
Question: Is the original version of this plugin ready to be translated or do I need to do it by editing files?
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