Setting up Subdirectory websites

  • Hi,

    It’s my first time setting up a multisite network and I’ve gotten stuck on adding new sites. I am doing it as a test now for a larger project that I am working on. I have added two sub-directory sites through the super admin, which are /site1 and /site2. However when I go to those sites the page appears with errors and I cannot access the dashboard. What do I need to do to finish enabling these sub-directory websites? I know it doesn’t need domain mapping, but do I need to add folders or edit files?

    Thank you,

    Dana

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  • If it helps, back when I started and it was wordpressmu and in alpha stage, it took me a whole month to get it installed and working. ??

    Hi Andrea,

    I set up a subdirectory site, but it looks like this https://buy-online-reviews-cheap.com/painrelief/

    what would be the problem? Would that also be the .htaccess problem?

    Thanks
    Sai Kit

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Yes. 99% of the time, that error is an incorrect .htaccess setup.

    Hi thanks for the quicky response Ipstenu

    I just checked and double checked the .htaccess and make sure it is the same as the codes that wordpress provided for subdirectories Multisite. It still doesn’t work.

    Do you use blue host? Is it something to do with bluehost? But I heard that some people with bluehost were able to do Multisite subdirectories.

    Thanks
    SK

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Post your .htaccess here.

    # 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).*) $1 [L]
    RewriteRule ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
    RewriteRule . index.php [L]
    # END WordPress

    BTW, earlier that day I installed the plugin WP Subdomain, which is supposed to convert category into subdomain, but I end up deleted it because it doesn’t work.

    Would that lead to any problem I am experience right now?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    The ./htaccess is, indeed, correct. Is that your complete and total .htaccess? Sometimes the NON WordPress stuff goobers iot.

    The plugin may have jacked things up, though I’m not sure how. What other plugins are you running?

    your sub site looks fine to me.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    For me as well now (it was not when I first replied…). Could blue host be cachign htaccess like GoDaddy used to?

    Hi,

    it seems to me that the sub site looks fine on Internet Explorer and Safari, but no Firefox. The main site is fine in every browser.

    So maybe the sub site and WPMU set up work fine after all, but somehow the firefox doesn’t like it.

    So it isn’t the problem that this thread is targeting I guess?

    Ok, so what would be the reason for the firefox tantrum?

    Thanks
    Sai Kit

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Flush your cache in Firefox.

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