Keeping parked URL in address bar with Wordpress

[Paullas]

As the title says, has anyone got any idea on how to keep the parked URL in the address bar when using wordpress.

Example

Wordpress site: domain.co.uk

parked domains on top domain1.co.uk and domain2.co.uk

so when i goto domain1.co.uk it stays in the address bar and doesnt change to domain.co.uk

thanks in advance.

 

[Paullas]

You can do it, but do you want the url to stay there at all times afterwards, when someone clicks a post etc?

Yes if that's possible.

 

[Skinner]

You need to use a plugin, because the URL is fixed in the config.

I guess you could just rewrite the mysql entry with PHP and make WP accept whatever URL is added ?

 

[Paullas]

You need to use a plugin, because the URL is fixed in the config.

I guess you could just rewrite the mysql entry with PHP and make WP accept whatever URL is added ?

I have tried to find a plugin but luck as of yet.

mysql/php not a clue on that im afraid.

 

[Skinner]

I haven't tried this, and you could try it manually before coding it...


UPDATE `wp_table_name`.`wp-prefix_options` SET `option_value` = 'http://www.domain.co.uk' WHERE `wp-prefix_options`.`option_id` =2;

or

UPDATE `wp_table_name`.`wp-prefix_options` SET `option_value` = 'http://www.domain.co.uk' WHERE `wp-prefix_options`.`option_name` ='siteurl';

Fill in the table name, prefix etc, then try changing domain.co.uk to different parked domains and see if it works. If it works then, adding the php and mysql should be fairly easy.

 

[pberry4032]

Out of interest, are you having the same content on all these different domains? If so, aren't you risking duplicate content penalty?

 

[Paullas]

They are just parked with a form


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[Adam H]

You could buy this template to see what they did :

http://themeforest.net/item/domena-20-domain-for-sale-template/1408726

Ive used it before, you basically set each domain as a parked domain in cpanel and it does exactly what you are asking, although needs tweaking quite alot and is buggy for the sake of $35 it might save you alot of time just taking the code you need .

 

[Paullas]

You could buy this template to see what they did :

http://themeforest.net/item/domena-20-domain-for-sale-template/1408726

Ive used it before, you basically set each domain as a parked domain in cpanel and it does exactly what you are asking, although needs tweaking quite alot and is buggy for the sake of $35 it might save you alot of time just taking the code you need .

I will buy that and take a look at that today and if i find anything i will share here.

 

[Skinner]

As a bit of a coder yourself, did you look at doing the job yourself ?

Just wondering if it turned out harder than it seems.

You could buy this template to see what they did :

http://themeforest.net/item/domena-20-domain-for-sale-template/1408726

Ive used it before, you basically set each domain as a parked domain in cpanel and it does exactly what you are asking, although needs tweaking quite alot and is buggy for the sake of $35 it might save you alot of time just taking the code you need .

 

[Adam H]

As a bit of a coder yourself, did you look at doing the job yourself ?

Just wondering if it turned out harder than it seems.

I used it for a short time, patched it up for my needs but it was quick fixes/dodge job to get by rather than working on it properly lol.

Some of the areas i thought it needed it , such as redirecting inner page URL's to the domain.........Which I took a short cut and redirected all 404's to the base URL.

Changing the contact forms to gravity forms and various other tweaks which i cant remember what I did now, Im pretty sure ive got a full backup of the site in question somewhere so If i get a moment ill dig it out.

 

[tifosi]

I've done similar without the need for WordPress using cpanel to create a dns record and then adding a virtual host record to an httpd.conf include to redirect all the domains to a single subdirectory on a different main domain.

Template based on bootstrap & a basic DB for meta data. Captures domain via server variable.

e.g. sportsoutlet.co.uk & racquetsport.co.uk. Same template.

Write up of solution available if needed.

S