Multisite subdirectory url not resolving

  • I want to create a forum section for a site that uses a separate theme designed specifically for forums so I decide to create a multisite network to manage both WP installs more easily. This is my first go around with multisite.

    Basic details: Running WP 4.1 on godaddy linux hosting.

    I was able to set up the multisite admin panel on the main site no problem. However, when following the it did not give me the option between subdomains and subdirectories as described in the tutorial I was following. So when I go to add a new site it creates forums.mainsite.com. Once created, I edited it to mainsite.com/forums. Currently I’m getting a 404.

    Now here’s where it gets tricky. Originally I didn’t understand that multisite network actually creates new sites on the same database. I thought they linked separate installs. So I had created the /forums subdirectory and installed WP on it before setting up the multisite network. The links in the multisite admin panel were working but I noticed the correct users for the new forums site were not displaying so I knew they were not really synced.

    From here I went back and deleted forums subdirectory and the WP install and the new /forums site from the multisite admin dashboard so I could start fresh so to speak. Afterwards I created a new site with the forums.mainsite.com subdomain and edited it to the /forums subdirectory.That’s when i realized that forgot about the place holder page I had created on mainsite.com called /forums. So I deleted that page.

    That’s pretty mush where I stand. I’m currently getting a 404 from mainsit.com/forums. Thought it best to ask for advice before moving forward.

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  • whether you choose subdir or subdomain it just gives you slightly different code to paste into your wp-config file, it could be it wasn’t giving you the option because it checked and their was already a folder their…

    you need to ensure your config has:

    define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);

    in it. thats the main switch for wordpress on how to deal with multi sites.. you’ll also have to look at the .htaccess file and see what its doing, as thats where all the rewriting of the virtual sub directories happens, once you’ve made the change to a sub directory in your wp-config go back into the network admin section of the site and setup and it should probably prompt you with a load of text to add to your .htaccess file.

    Thread Starter djgreer1977

    (@djgreer1977)

    Thanks for the help.

    Changing that line from true to false worked for getting the subdirectories set up. Now mainsite.com/forums opens but is clearly broken with no theme displaying. When I try to go to /forums/wp-admin I get a I get a redirect error. I was never prompted with new htaccess code.

    Here is what is in there now….

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

# END WordPress
    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Now mainsite.com/forums opens but is clearly broken with no theme displaying.

    Can you elaborate?

    No theme meaning the CSS styling isn’t working?

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