New site no dashboard on v4

I′m sure that the question is going to arise as to whether i′m using subdirectories or subdomains. the short answer is I THINK it′s subdomains, but I don′t remember. Is there a quick way to check?

Sure.

foo.domain.com == subdomains
domain.com/foo == subfolders

Thanks. That much I knew, but it seems that at some point in the configuration, I was asked to decide which structure I wanted, and I thought I′d chosen subdomains. When I access the site, I have the created subdomains on my webserver for all of the sites. If I look at the settings for one of the sites I created last year, the path is: subdomain.domain.com. When I access it, the path is subdomain.domain.com. But this week, when I tried creating a new site, in the same manner as before, I do not have the ability within wordpress network, to set the path as a subdomain. When I look at the directories through FTP, there are no distinct subfolders or subdomains visible.

With the new site I created, subdomain2.domain.com, It appears that the site has been created correctly, I receive email notification that it has been created, with a link to the site and to the wp-admin page for the site.

When I try accessing the site, there is no theme or structure. What appears is what looks like an FTP listing, with everything at the left margin, no graphics, etc.

When I try accessing the admin or log in at subdomain2.domain.com/wp-admin or subdomain2.domain.com/wp-login, both result in a page not found error.

If I use the WP dashboard interface for the sites, I am able to access the dashboards for any of the sites except the new one I created.

I have tried deleting the new site and recreating it multiple times, always with the same results.

Thanks
John

but it seems that at some point in the configuration, I was asked to decide which structure I wanted

You were ?? You can also check in wp-config for define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true); but sometimes just being reminded what’s what is all a person needs.

But this week, when I tried creating a new site, in the same manner as before, I do not have the ability within wordpress network, to set the path as a subdomain.

What path? When you make a new site, it looks like this:

So you only put in the subdomain, NOT the path.

When I look at the directories through FTP, there are no distinct subfolders or subdomains visible.

There won’t be. They’re virtual, like your posts ??

Hi again. I really appreciate all of the help you guys are trying to provide, but I think I may not be telling you all you need to know. I created a word doc with screen captures, but can′t upload it here, so it is available at: https://oc.ednetb.com/public.php?service=files&t=e448e06442d1008657c3e96d43afea03
Please let me know if you are unable to access it. If there is a way to post it here or to email it to you, I can do that.
Thanks again
John

Word docs can be scary. SCARY! ??

Can you try using posting the screen captures to a image site such as https://imgur.com/ instead?

I understand. Sorry, I didn′t think about it! There are 5 or six shots, so it will take some time, but I will do it. OR, if it′s safer, I can always convert it to a PDF. Just let me know.

Screenshots or a PDF please. Some of us can’t use Word ??

PDF it is. https://oc.ednetb.com/public.php?service=files&t=094a5f1ddda5197013b10aee74164d17

Thanks.

Awesome! So for future edification this is called “When I make a new site, there’s no CSS styling!”

Did pretty permalinks work BEFORE you activated Multisite?

What’s in your .htaccess?

Yes, Pretty permalinks has always worked. I′ve been using the multisite since the original install and have created several other sites before, without problems.

My .htaccess is here. (Backticks were added here. They′re not in the file.)

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

 AddHandler x-mapp-php6  .php′

# BEGIN s2Member GZIP exclusions′
<IfModule rewrite_module>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteBase /
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)s2member_file_download\=.+ [OR]
 	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?|&)no-gzip\=1
	RewriteRule .* - [E=no-gzip:1]
</IfModule>
# END s2Member GZIP exclusions

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

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Backticks are the OTHER one. And you made a mistake. When the directions say to replace the WordPress htaccess rules, they mean replace ??

You didn’t do that. You have the normal, single site WP htaccess rules in there twice, and none of the multisite ones.

Thanks for the correction on the backticks. Now, I′m concerned about the edits to .htaccess. I know that when I set it up, I replaced somethings in that file, but I don′t remember what, and it has worked to allow me to create 3 other sites before this one, with no problem. Is it possible that there is more than one .htaccess? If so, any ideas where I might find it? Perhaps I copied the wrong one.

There’s only one .htacess file for WP.

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