WordPress multisite domain mapping at godaddy without a dedicated IP

Hi there,

first of all sorry for the huuuuuuge tittle but those are the keywords that made me loose a few hours and I’d like to help.

You all (should) know that wordpress can become multi-site with folders (mywebsite.com/newWebsite) or with subdomains (newWebsite.mywebsite.com). Back in the days I used WP Mu to do this but since WordPress version 3.something this is now fully integrated with wordpress. With the help of a cool plugin you can now Map any blog/site on a WordPressMU or WordPress 3.0 network to an external domain.

Basic info:

• I have a shared hosting @ godaddy
• I didn’t want to pay the extra for the dedicated IP – more of a mini-challenge than a money thing.
• I’m using this so that I can manage my own network of wordpress blogs (and not for other users)

He are the links that helped me to solve this problem:

• The Domain Mapping Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/installation/
• 3 Step by step guides:
  • http://www.binaryturf.com/run-multiple-sites-wordpress-30-separate-domains/
  • http://gmichaelguy.com/blog/2010/11/28/my-wordpress-3-0-multi-site-domain-mapping-with-godaddy/
  • http://redlettersstudio.com/blog/2010/11/29/domain-mapping-with-wordpress-multisite-dreamhost-and-godaddy/
  • http://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/

This worked just fine for me and I hope it will help you out.

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