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It all related to the htaccess file. That’s how the css is pulled, that’s how the sub blogs are built, that’s how the admin area is created.

I’m well aware that tech support at bluehost is completely unfamiliar with how multisite is supposed to work.

Check the Site URL in your database. Check it both in the normal wp_options table and in the wp2_options table. (These tables may have different prefixes in your setup).

Make sure that the normal wp_options table has your site listed as https://autobituary.net

Make sure that the multi-site wp2_options table has your multisite listed as: https://autobituary.net/testsitetwo

Also, on page two of each option table, make sure the home option_name is also set to the same URLs.

There is a tutorial here which shows how to do it for the normal site, and the multisite is basically the same thing: https://wordpress.shadowlantern.com/2010/09/how-change-wordpress-url-phpmyadmin/

Also, the following is the .htaccess code I’m using on my multisite install and it is working, although, admittedly, I’m not using BuddyPress. (I’m just using the twentyten theme):

#BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

#END WordPress

the buddypress part is irrelevant. really.

@stepahnie – try the htaccess file bh fan posted. And *replace* what you have – don;t add this to the end like you did with the rest (which is why you;re having issues).

Awesome suggestions….

I will try them and report back.

As always, you all have my deepest appreciation for help!

Nope… changing the .htaccess file to bh_WP_fan’s suggestion didn’t work.

Now, let me go look at the database as per the other suggestion.

Ok… just looked at the database.

The addresses are correct.

There is one difference: on the TestSiteTwo site, the entry has a / at the end of the address.

That’s the only difference.

And what happens if you put that / in there?

(I can’t see why it would matter, but there you go…)

@andrea, it doesn’t make a difference at all to have a / or not… in both places.

I am thinking the next steps are:

Maybe I should delete all the sub sites.
Reset the wp-config.php file to be a single site.
Disable the buddypress and all other plugins.
Re add the multisite code to wp-config file.
See if the multisite works.
If so, reactivate buddypress
If so… all better.

If not… would making a new database be the next step?

And then lastly, if nothing works… could it just be bluehost, which is where i started.

hmmm…

@stephaniefraser, I just checked all your pages/sites and it seems to work. Did you do a reinstall?

@joshmac, no I haven’t done it yet… kids and dinner….

The pages that are not working are under the blog link, for the sub sites —

Does the CSS show up — it’s just TwentyTen on the subsites — when you look at it?

https://autobituary.net/testsitethree/

@stephaniefraser, yes the theme looks the way it should and the css shows up. I’ve checked all the subsites and the links and they all work for me. Do you have another browser installed? Maybe check these sites under a different browser.

IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!

Trying to get my kid to sleep, I thought that I hadn’t cleared my cache after I uploaded the .htaccess file (contents of which were suggested by bh_WP_fan — whom I wish the best of happy treats to come his/her way — AND so I did and VOILA!!!!!

AWESOME…

I Just got into the back end of the sub site…

Now to get back to getting my youngest to sleep.

LOVE AND KISSES TO ALL OF YOU!

That’s great. I figured it was a browser cache issue.