Can't access subsites on a subdomain install

  • Resolved abletec

    (@abletec)


    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ok, so after I’m done posting this, you folks will probably wonder why I bother to offer support on these forums at all, & why you even let me. My only excuse is that this is my 1st subdomain multisite install, as well as my first on a virtual server.

    I’ve got a client multisite subdomain install on a Linode. He contacted me to help him because the account was compromised, so I moved everything to a different linode & started over w/a fresh install of the WordPress cor files but an imported database. I did look, & I didn’t see any evidence that the database was compromised. The site url is chrishofstader.com, & that works well. The subsites, though, i.e., blindconfidential.chrishofstader.com, pepper.chrishofstader.com, etc., do not, though I can actually access the site dashboards. Go figure. (WARNING!: the content up there is not for those who are easily offended)!

    I believe this was an install prior to WordPress 3.5, as it has a file called blogs.dir under wp-content, so the .htaccess file contains the standard WordPress stuff for a multisite prior to 3.5 (but I tried the .htaccess for 3.5+ also. The wp-config.php is also standard, w/the typical multisite & subdomain install options enabled. I can post everything here if requested, but I fear this post is too long as it is.

    Mod_rewrite is enabled on the server, as are wildcard subdomains. There is 1 virtual host file, the domain name.conf, & the main domain is the only site enabled. I did try enabling subsites w/their own configuration file, but that was also ineffective. I’ve renamed the plugins folder, w/similar results. The theme is a default WordPress theme, (twentytwelve, I think) so that likely isn’t an issue. BTW, I can create new subsites, & they work just fine–it’s the old ones that don’t function.

    Unless someone has some ideas for me, I may have no choice but to torch this thing & start over. I’d prefer not doing that, as there’s a Piwik install, the data for which the client wishes preserved.

    I feel pretty dumb, as though there might be something stupid I’m overlooking, but for the life of me I can’t find it. Maybe a 2nd mind w/a fresh perspective will help.

    Thanks for all your hard work, all.

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  • Thread Starter abletec

    (@abletec)

    Ok–never mind–I fixed it. Despite my protestations to the contrary, I decided to visit 1 of the subsite’s dashboards & got a big fat notice that the active theme was broken. Yeah! I cannot believe how long that took me! I feel really stupid on so many levels. But just in case someone else has the same difficulty, I decided to post my solution just in case it helps someone, in spite of the fact it’s totally embarrassing for me.

    Is there an emoticon on this forum that’s a dunce cap?

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