white screen after creating new site (newbie alert) :-)

This is what says you’re not using subdomains: define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);

So no, it’s not the wildcards, that’s ONLY for subdomains ?? You’re okay there.

What’s in your .htaccess?

Hi Again and thanks Mika! Really appreciate you looking and responding!

okay, so my config reads:

define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
define('MULTISITE', true);
define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
$base = '/';
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'freeclubfinder.com');
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
	define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');

maybe it’s something in here? This is foreign to me ??

.htaccess, not wp-config. These are different files.

oh geesh, haha I was in a hurry, I DO know the difference!

This is what I have in my main .htaccess file

# Use PHP5 Single php.ini as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5s .php
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

# END WordPress

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

Again, thanks so much for taking a look for me!

Well … Okay. Change to this:

# Use PHP5 Single php.ini as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5s .php

# 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

shoot! it didn’t fix anything. I even tried to add a new site.

Once I add a site, shouldn’t I be able to see the file in my cPanel? Do I need to manually add it? I didn’t think I had to do that?

So far, none of the sites I’ve added have shown up in my cPanel, I’ve made sure to install the network on my root site, and my blog.dir is writeable.

I hope this isn’t a silly mistake on my side!

I’ve been trying to get this right for several weeks now so I cannot thank you enough for looking!

??

Oh, and I can get to the dashboard for the new site, but that’s it, and I see an error ( in red ) that says:

ERROR: The themes directory is either empty or doesn’t exist. Please check your installation.

Once I add a site, shouldn’t I be able to see the file in my cPanel? Do I need to manually add it? I didn’t think I had to do that?

Nope. Everything is virtual. Don’t worry about that ??

You don’t need wildcard subdomains on your server at all, if you’re using subFOLDER installs, mind, so you can dump that.

Can you check if your httpd.conf has AllowOverride set to include ‘All’?

Hi guys!
sorry for reviving an “old” post but i’m having the same issue here. I managed to create a new site and access the dashboard but i get this white page and the message

ERROR: The themes directory is either empty or doesn’t exist. Please check your installation.

.
i’ve already had a chat with guys at bluehost and they say that they cant do anything and to look for more support here. Nice! can you help out please?
thanks in advance

sorry i forgot…i’m using subfolders if this is of any help

ok this is a nightmare!!
now i can’t even log in the admin area of the main site. I enter name and password but every time the page reloads with a blank space where I entered the password. I’ ve already tried changing the password but that didn’t do the trick (as expected).

??

Eyah78 Please make your own topic.

Ops I’m sorry…I thought this way was less confusing. My bad!