wp 30 to wpmu - wild card domain - suggestion

[msolution]

im new to wordpress hacking, but i did hit the forums with this.

we could pick up the last 'if' statement from:

/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
function populate_network()

the last if :

if ( $subdomain_install ) 
{
...
...
}

and paste it to:
/wp-admin/network.php
inside function allow_subdomain_install()

the problem of a last minute Error out would be solved.

putting it there, and showing a warning in the 1st step itself would be warning enough for the user to go back and get things done right/ check on things again wrt wild carded domain.

again, i am new to wordpress, please do correct me if im wrong

Warm Regards,
M.

[wpmuguru]

Since 3.0 was released I've encountered quite a few people who have set up subdomain installs on hosts where wildcard subdomains were not supported.

To get this to work they had to install as a folder install, edit wp-config.php and change the configuration to subdomains. Each added subdomain is set up as a domain alias in their web server config.

In closed networks (where registration is closed) there isn't a compelling reason to check for wildcard subdomains on network setup.

[Ipstenu]

Now when you set up Multisite, and pick subdomains, it checks for the functionality of wildcards, which seems to be exactly what this was about.

Looks like this is being followed up on at #23709 where they're talking about relaxing.