Comments on: WordPress MU on GoDaddy Hosting: Help Needed

By: mbtmarts

mbtmarts — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:57:19 +0000

I try it,but it don’t work

By: bkbeach4x4

bkbeach4x4 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:55:24 +0000

http://www.queenofkludge.com/how-to-rename-a-wordpress-theme/

attempts to install a js trojan that was caught by Avast pro.

By: SeeThis

SeeThis — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:22:54 +0000

See this Post. Sounds logical to me….
Going to try it now….

Installing WordPress MU on GoDaddy – Yes! It Can Be Done!

http://www.queenofkludge.com/installing-wordpress-mu-on-godaddy-yes-it-can-be-done/

By: David

David — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:10:27 +0000

TMD hositng provides hosting specifically for WordPress MU, BuddyPress, and standard WordPress–it’s a great hosting provider and they set-up everything for you including free installation. They also transfer any existing WordPress products for free.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:03:33 +0000

For those who come across this thread while searching for help, I suggest that you search GoDaddy’s help section for “WordPress MU”. They have provided setup instructions.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:39:17 +0000

It is possible to run WPMU on deluxe or unlimited shared Linux hosting on GoDaddy with a dedicated IP address using the subdomain method. More importantly is that you will not have to modify or reinstall WPMU if you have the subdomain version already setup.

Now, this worked for me, and to be honest, I found it by doing deep research TGFG! (Thank God For Google).

Now for the fix – go to your dns manager, add an A Record, for the first field enter * (an asterisk) and for field two – IP, copy and paste the dedicated IP address for your domain (as shown in the other A record for @).

By: Raj

Raj — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:28:03 +0000

Hi, Could you please tell me how did you resolve this issue.

Still I am not able to run WordPress Mu in godaddy.. i installed in subdirectory..

Raj
http://www.BangaloreOrbit.com

By: Secured Hosting

Secured Hosting — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:23:32 +0000

I too have tried WPMU on a Reseller of Godaddys hosting, and came across this problem. Since I wasn’t allowing users to register on the WPMU install, everytime I created a new subdomain blog, I would update manually the subdomain in my hosting account. A pain but it worked for me. Never tried again to see if I can get it working with wildcard subdomains.

By: yokemat

yokemat — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:51:05 +0000

Hi, Jason schramm,

any news for your problems? I also have Deluxe account with dedicated IP from GoDaddy and would not be able to run wordpressMU.

Regards,
Hugh

By: chris neglia

chris neglia — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:40:34 +0000

GoDaddy does not support external database hosting. Their security policy is to firewall outgoing port 3306 so mysql on an external host won’t work. If you get them to setup a database for wpmu or use fantastico to do it, it should be fine. If you run into problems, it’s probably with virtual hosts and path issues.

By: neil

neil — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:21:30 +0000

The usual sticking point with mu on shared accounts is the need for wildcard sub domains. Some will allow it, others will not, but subdomain MU sites are not possible without it.
However, I do run MU very happily on a shared hosting account without wildcards by only using full domains. When creating an ‘add-on’ domain, I simply have its public html directory resolve to that of the MU install. Works beautifully and should work just fine with any host that provides multiple domains on a single account. Have not tried this with GoDaddy and by the comment from DavidL looks like it might not be worth trying.
FYI, Dreamhost will do wildcard domains with no fuss, though my MU is currently with JaguarPC.

By: David L

David L — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:39:15 +0000

If you can pull this off, please report back here, as I would also do it.

THANKS

By: Jason Schramm

Jason Schramm — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:18:11 +0000

From what I read, I think I should be able to setup MU with subdomains on the shared hosting. I have the Deluxe account and I even bought virtual dedicated ip that I mentioned. Everything I read seems to hint there is a way to do it. I contacted GoDaddy, but they weren’t very helpful.

By: David L

David L — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:04:52 +0000

I started with godaddy domain registration and godaddy shared hosting.

Can’t edit the httpd.conf so shared is out. Dedicated…. well I already had a vps, so I moved it there. Got it up and running and then I realized to have many X.rootdomain.com and y.rootdomain.com sites, I need a wildcard DNS, and godaddy won’t do that either! (well, they will for $199/year. HA!) So I moved to easydns, where they do it for free with the basic service. I’ll report back on how that’s going but I think if you do it at godaddy you are going to need to run your own Domain Name Server or do it an another company like secondary or whatever.

By: Jason Schramm

Jason Schramm — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:54:44 +0000

Nope. I was hoping this post would elicit some help. No such luck so far. The project I need to figure this out for is not one of my more important ones, though once I figure this out I could finish that project and get it running in no time.

By: David L

David L — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:49:43 +0000

Did you ever find anything on this? I am very interested in the answer.

-Dave