i want to confirm the usage of this plugin before i buy 3 domains.

i will have 3 domain and want to have 3 sites in one wordpress installation, is this what this plugin does?

They will be 3 different real domains, not subdomains.

I don’t have domains for now , so it’s not possible for me to test this.

If it’s true that i can archive this via this plugin, can i ask how does it work?

for example, how to login to different sites? how to config different themes for each site?

will they have their own admin dashboard?

the basis is only one WordPress installation,

thank you very much!!

BUT I saw issues.
my set up on http://shop.shawktech.net (which is bare bones site for now) im changing the site so please dont email me or msg me that it sucks or don’t look like much) lol

Below is what i have:

*windows server 2008 R2
*IIS 7.5 web server
*My sql
*sql
*Wordpress multisite (shop.shawktech.net)
*GoDaddy for my parked domains

If you have what i have, or something like this. You WILL get a WHITE SCREEN on the entire network/ the users site if you follow the directions above.

In order to configure IIS7 to work with the mapping and have your customers domain in the top address bar, for SEO purposes and to NOT have your the entire site http://shop.shawktech.com/theirsite site show up.

Do this:

* pointed the A record of the customers site to my IP
* go into IIS7 and find your site which hosts your WPMU site my case i called it shawkMain and add their domain both http://www.theirsite.com and http://theirsite, also http://ftp.theirsite, and even subdomains if any. add them to the bindings of your folder, so now you have your domains and their domain all under one binding.

*DELETE DELETE the “domain_mapping.php” file out of the mu_plugins folder.
* goto the site that needs to be mapped in your wordpress network and add the NEW domain to that page http://www.theirsite.com and http://theirsite.com

NOW go back and CLEAR your cache. refresh page!

everything works great. the customers domain is shown at the top in the address bar as the main domain as well as any pages you click on will include their domain/their page while http://shop.shawktech.net/theirsite is now hidden.

AWESOME!!!!

Every where i looked people did not explain this well, nor was it clear. Sometimes taking it back slowing down and talking to your self out loud the basics of networking as a request travels through your servers you will find that the domain_mapping.php file will not work and conflicts with IIS7.5 and the url re-write rules which you installed when you installed wordpress multi site.

Follow all directions above stated by ottopress.com but leave out the domain mappings.php file and your good to go.

Basically, the root of the site needs to hit WordPress’s files so that the same root will be hit on the alternate domains. If you have it in /wpcloud/, then every site will have to have the /wpcloud/ directory in their URL.

I must also make you a compliment about your handling with the smart guy who thought he was funny. In my opinion it is great that people contribute in their own time on a free basis, i will always respect that. And when i can share information others need i do so.

Thanks in advance.

Many thanks for this guide. I am new to WP and setting up sites in general and before I finalise my multisite setup I am trying to find out if it is possible to map a WP domain or subdomain(s) to another domain(s) subfolder(s)?
For example map,
WP subdomain1.main.com –> http://www.newsite.com/page1
WP subdomain2.main.com –> http://www.newsite.com/page2
WP subdomain3.main.com –> http://www.newsite.com/page3

“Page1, Page2 and Page3″ in this example are subdirectories of the same domain and it is important that the mapping is to the correct subdirectory/folder.

I have been searching for a while to find this information and it doesn’t seem to be a question that is asked much (maybe as it’s not possible)
Thanks in Advance.

Birju