I am trying to: use a different parked domain for the Dutch (NL) pages of my bilingual website but got the “not valid” message. I already searched for similar topics on your forum, but can't find the solution. I deactivated all my plugins (except for WPML CMS of course) and activated the default theme “Twenty Nineteen,” but the issue remains. I also unchecked the "validate on save" button before saving, and then it says the data are saved. But when I try to go to a Dutch webpage, I got the warning from the browser that the website is not correctly configured and that it is not save.
I have accessed your site and observed that you are trying to use the domain jouwindiversum.net for NL translation, the domain(jouwindiversum.net) already have a copy of WordPress installed and it is not pointing to the default domain (hidden link) hence you are getting a validation error.
The idea is to use the same installation and just map a different domain for a different translation.
You have to point the domain "jouwindiversum.net" to the default language (hidden link) IP address.
Thanks for your reply. I don't know what you exactly mean by "pointing to the default domain."
In the documentation about setting up a different domain, there is written:
"In order for your settings to work, you need to create an entry in your web server that will recognize the domain name (or the sub-domain name) that you have just added and pointed to in your DNS server.
If you are running and administrating your own server, it is pretty easy – you just need to add server alias to your current configuration.
Following is an example used for the Apache server setup.
DocumentRoot "/var/www/www.example.com/webroot"
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias example.de
..."
Sorry, but I don't understand this. Could you help me a little further with this?
In cpanel, above my lists of parked domains, it says:
"NOTE: You must register your domains with a valid registrar before you can park them. Also, they will not function properly unless you configure them to point to your DNS servers."
Is this pointing to the DNS servers the same as what you mention? But also here, I don't know how to do this.
Note that "jouwindiversum.net" was already set as a parked domain in cpanel. The documentation you refer too says (after creating a parked domain): "All settings for your Apache and DNS will be created and added by Cpanel and everything should work."
Let me simplify this, The parked domain is a domain hosted in your same account but make sure it uses the same path for your site .
For example, If the webpath of yourindiverse.net is "/www/public_html" the path of "jouwindiversum.net" should also be the same. Which I mentioned it as pointing it to the default domain.
As of now the domain, jouwindiversum.net opens a separate site which means it has a different path. it should open the site "hidden link" when the DNS settings are correctly added.
Hello Raja,
As you can see in the screenshot, "jouwindiversum.net" has the same path as "yourindiverse.net." Nevertheless, this doesn't work. I will contact my hosting provider to see if they can fix this.
Kind regards,
Jean-Paul
Hi, Raja
Siteground support could fix the issue. Seemingly, "jouwindiversum.net" had not an SSL dedicated to it. They reinstalled it for all the domains, and now it's ok.
But now I see that my images on the Dutch posts and in the media library (when the language is set to NL), are not showing up.
It's only on the posts pages (and of course the carousel on the home page) that the images are missing. The other NL pages are ok. When in the media library, I set the language to EN, the images reappear.
Any idea what could be the cause?
I have escalated the issue to our second tier of supporters, they are looking into the issue, I will let you know soon once I have an update form them.
Hi Raja,
It’s the plugin indeed. All works fine when it’s disabled.
There’s still one issue left, however, which I didn’t mention earlier. When in languages, I choose a different domain for my Dutch pages (“jouwindiversum.net”), and I choose a page to edit, clicking on “preview changes” gives the error message: “Sorry, you are not allowed to preview drafts.” This message appears with all the pages, but not with the posts, which I can preview without a problem. When choosing “Language name added as a parameter”, the previewing works normal.
Setting my site to life (disabling the maintenance plugin) doesn’t solve the issue. I also disabled all my plugins (except for the WPML plugins), but in vain. And I already cleared my browser cache. But since the fact that it works with “Language name added as a parameter,” the problem should lie elsewhere.
I am unable to access the site to check the issue.
However, I’d recommend flushing your browser’s cookies.
If that doesn’t help, could you try to deactivate the WPML plugin, and see if the problem remains?
It works, indeed. The only thing is that when previewing the Dutch pages or posts, the logo remains the English one (because in the URL it's "yourindiverse.net," as you can see in your screenshot), but that's not really a problem: the "real" pages and posts have the right logo.
I think all the issues about the different domain per language are now solved 🙂
Thanks for the excellent support and have a nice day!
