All sites in the parallel hierarchy

Alas, no. WordPress Multisite does NOT like it when you install it in one folder and ‘run’ it out of a different one. You have to put it in mainsite.com to make mainsite.com/news and mainsite.com/hooplas.

Or…

Install it in mainsite.com/<somethingelse> and make news, hooplas and clothes the subsites.

Or….

If you DID install it in mainsite.com, you could just make your mainsite run the Java (I mean, use WP to make a static front page, which is the Java page), and use subsites for news etc.

Hi Ipstenu,

Thank you for your reply.

There is a slight change in my reqs.

Now I want something as follows:-

• Main Site at :- https://www.mymainsite.com/news
• Child Site at:- https://www.mymainsite.com/news/hoopla
• 2nd Child Site at:- https://www.mymainsite.com/news/clothes
• …

I’m stuck at it for so many days and it’s very frustrating keeping in view you’re done with your perfect multisite. Just when you thought you are done, you’re hit with a reality, kind-of.

If I look at the second option you gave me, you meant this:-

1. Install the site at https://www.mymainsite.com/news
2. Child Site at:- https://www.mymainsite.com/news/hoopla

I did that by installing the WordPress in a “news” directory. Now, the only thing which I am stuck in that how should I change the directory on the run time.

My install is at qw-dev.mymainsite.com/news, but I want it to be roped in by dev.mymainsite.com/news.

Is it possible?

Now, the only thing which I am stuck in that how should I change the directory on the run time.

Change?

You don’t ‘change’ the directory. WordPress is where it’s installed (except for mapped domains, which is a whole different thing). If you want it to run from mainsite.com/news, you INSTALL it there, and run it there.

Thanks Ipstenu.

I made a /news directory and installed WP over there. This solved my problem

Thanks.