Connecting from IP working but domain has problems on Wordpress(Ubuntu 14.04)

Question

Hello,
I just joined digitalocean and created a virtual host with wordpress(used the one click install). I followed the tutorial and now when i try to access the site, the domain works but all internal links point to IP.
My DO looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/iEs7qZ9.png
The test site link is : southparkromania[dot]com
If I need to give any more info, tell me :).

Answer 1

JonsJava October 22, 2014

This will be a database issue.

You’ll need to modify the database for your site, and find all columns in wpoptions that are set to ’http://YOURIP’ and change them to ’http://YOUR_DOMAIN’

something like this (this is merely an example – DO NOT COPY/PASTE THIS):

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value='http://domain.com' WHERE option_value='http://1.2.3.4';

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sierracircle October 22, 2014

or just use the VelvetBlue URL Updater plugin..
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allkin October 22, 2014

Thanks for the answer. The internal links work normal now.
I have another quick question: How can I force all http://domain.com requests to be redirected to http://www.domain.com? I know it can be done from htaccess but I can’t manage to get it done.
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JonsJava October 22, 2014

edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default and change

AllowOverride None

to

AllowOverride All

Next, add this to the .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Finally, run this:

service apache2 reload

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allkin October 22, 2014

Thanks a lot! Everything is working perfectly!
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Answer 2

sierracircle October 22, 2014

or just use the VelvetBlue URL Updater plugin..
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allkin October 22, 2014

Thanks for the answer. The internal links work normal now.
I have another quick question: How can I force all http://domain.com requests to be redirected to http://www.domain.com? I know it can be done from htaccess but I can’t manage to get it done.
Reply Report

JonsJava October 22, 2014

edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default and change

AllowOverride None

to

AllowOverride All

Next, add this to the .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Finally, run this:

service apache2 reload

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allkin October 22, 2014

Thanks a lot! Everything is working perfectly!
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