Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of ParrotServer

Timestamp:

05/02/13 10:39:48 (4 years ago)

Author:

chris

Comment:

Adding a domain to a site and Changing the default domain of a site sections added

ParrotServer

@@ -61 +61 @@
 * '''Users email address''' -- enter the email address that the SFTP, MySQL and WordPress login details are to be sent to
 
-That's it!
+This will create a site with a http://username.parrot.transitionnetwork.org/ address which is fine for developing the site, when it needs to be accessed from another domain name there are two steps to complete:
+
+=== Adding a domain to a site ===
+
+To do this edit the {{{/root/webarch/accounts/sites.txt}}} file and add the domain(s) as aliases and run {{{buildapache username}}}, there '''username''' is the username for the site, for example:
+
+{{{
+sudo -i
+vim /root/webarch/accounts/sites.txt
+buildapache username
+}}}
+
+This is what the file looks like:
+
+{{{
+# File format "username" "sites subdir" "ServerName" "ServerAliases"
+# note ServerAliases are comma delimited.
+#
+#Example
+#aed foo foo.example.com www.foo.example.com,foo.example.org
+movie default movie.parrot.webarch.net movie.parrot.transitionnetwork.org,intransitionmovie.com,www.intransitionmovie.com,intransitionmovie.org,www.intransitionmovie.org,transitionmovie.org,www.transitionmovie.org
+}}}
+
+See also http://webarch.net/docs/wsh#buildapache
+
+=== Changing the default domain of a site ===
+
+WordPress will redirect all requests to a single domain, this is set on the '''Settings -> General''' page at {{{/wp-admin/options-general.php}}} using the '''WordPress Address (URL)''' field.
+
+To change this address you need to add the following to {{{wp-config.php}}} after the "define" statements (just before the comment line that says "That's all, stop editing!"): 
+
+{{{
+define('RELOCATE',true);
+}}}
+
+Then update the DNS and visit the site at the correct URl, login and then remove the above from {{{wp-config.php}}}. For more information on this see https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Relocate_method
 
 == Maintaining WordPress sites ==