Almost got it. After making those changes, I made one more change:
cp /etc/wordpress/config-sitename.org /etc/wordpress/ config-beta.sitename.org chown www-data:www-date /etc/wordpress/config-beta.sitename.org But when I go any deeper than the front page, it redirects back to index.html, just like it did when I did the much simpler "index1.php" method earlier. Bummer. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 3:41 PM, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 3:29 PM, TG Servers <sr...@prvtmail.net> wrote: > >> Am 23. Februar 2018 10:19:29 nachm. schrieb Kent West <we...@acu.edu>: >> >> > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 3:13 PM, TG Servers <sr...@prvtmail.net> wrote: >> > >> >> I am afraid you cannot do that then. If you have no DNS entry for >> >> beta.sitename.org no browser no nothing knows how to resolve this.. >> it's >> >> a subdomain... did not read everything but you can edit apache conf and >> >> cannot edit DNS entries?? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Well, I can on the box (/etc/hosts), but not on the network, at least >> not >> > without buying another domain name? But changing it on the box's >> /etc/hosts >> > file won't help when I'm browsing in from Topeka or Kalamazoo. >> > >> > Unless I'm still fundamentally misunderstanding what I'm supposed to be >> > doing? >> > >> >> If you own sitename.org already beta.sitename.org is only a subdomain. >> No need to buy another domain. If you want a completely different domain >> (change sitename.org to something completely different) you would have >> to of course. >> In your DNS zone you just need to make an entry for beta.sitename.org >> which points to the ip of the server. As just written in the meantime... >> somebody has to take care of DNS handling >> >> >> > Ah, so yes, I was still fundamentally misunderstanding what I'm supposed > to do. > > So I've gone to domains.google.com to tinker with my domain name; I've > added a "Registered host", just be adding a line with the "beta." added to > the front of the address, and I've added a "Custom resource record", by > adding a "beta" line. > > But I'm still getting a "cannot find" error on the beta site. > > > -- > Kent West <")))>< > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com > -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
