Figured I’d help out anyone else out there on Bluehost trying to setup WordPress Multisite with subdomains:

So I followed all the instructions here until I got to the part about adding the A record to the DNS. I could add it in cPanel, but when I created a new blog and tried to visit it (test.domain.com), I got an error page from Bluehost saying:

There is no website configured at this address.

You are seeing this page because there is nothing configured for the site you have requested.

After a little experimentation, I discovered how to do it:

1. Don’t worry about adding any DNS records. In fact, if you added a wildcard A record (*), then delete it.
2. In cPanel go to “Domain” -> “Subdomains”
3. For the subdomain, enter an asterisk (*) in the first box, then pick your main domain from the dropdown. For “Document Root”, type in the folder where your WordPress installation is located.
4. Add it and you should be all set!

1. Purchase domain
2. Change the TTL (Time To Live) setting (this forces the DNS changes to take effect in less time): Plesk -> Server -> DNS Settings -> SOA record: set to 5 minutes
3. Change the nameservers to “ns1.aboundmarketing.com” & “ns2.aboundmarketing.com” (In MT, go to Account Center -> Domains -> <new domain> -> Edit nameservers – this disables the DNS zone files in the Account Center and enables the ones in Plesk which are set to the custom nameservers)
4. Add domain alias for new domain: go to Plesk -> Domains -> aboundmarketing.com -> Domain aliases -> Add Domain Alias: input <new domain> and only check “Web”
5. Log on to SSH
6. Create symlink of new domain (w/out quotes): “ln -s /var/www/vhosts/aboundmarketing.com /var/www/vhosts/<new domain>”
7. Test it out
8. Change the TTL back to 1 day