WP Multisite subdomains 'Not Found'

  • I set up a WP Multisite install with subdomains at pcextreme.nl hosting.

    My domain (let’s call it “mydomain.com”) is registered with name.com, where I’ve edited the A-records to point at pcextreme.nl’s IP-address as given by https://tools.pcextreme.nl/?page=dns

    Following instructions from https://tools.pcextreme.nl/?page=nowww, I added a .htaccess file to /domains/mydomain.com/htdocs/ in order to have https://www.mydomain.com redirect to mydomain.com. Like so:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mydomain.com/ [R=301,L]

    The main site of my WP Multisite network, i.e. mydomain.com, works fine. Also, the redirect from https://www.mydomain.com to mydomain.com works.

    When I create a new site from the Multisite network dashboard, e.g. newsite.mydomain.com, the new site appears in the Sites list. However, https://newsite.mydomain.com as well as https://newsite.mydomain.com/wp-admin/ return a ‘Not Found’ page to my browser.

    On FTP I noticed that no directory ‘newsite’ was created in /domains/mydomain.com/hotdocs/. Should it have?

    Also, I now have an .htaccess file in /domains/mydomain.com/htdocs/ as well as one in /domains/mydomain.com/htdocs/www/. Is that okay?

    How can I get this multisite with subdomains up and running?

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