WPMU and Dreamweaver CS5

That’s how it’s supposed to work.

Did you copy your .htaccess over? That should redirect things.

Hi,

Yes, the code in htaccess is:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blogs/

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

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

<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>

That code has been created by the softaculous installation of WP via cpanel. I have not modified it so far.

Thanks

Berthold

Well … problem one is your ReWrite Base.

You can’t have WordPress MultiSite in a non-root folder, if you want the URLs to be from root. With a base of /blog/ your URLs will be: https://www.mydomain/blog/blogname1, https://www.mydomain/blog/blogname2 etc.

If it’s working at all, I have no idea why.

Secondly the .htaccess is wrong for subfolders (did you upgrade from WPMU 2.9?)

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blogs/
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

Yes, I upgraded from 2.9 some time ago.

On the bright side, none of the blogs is active yet, so I could erase the installation and start from scratch again, since I have not invested time in setup etc. yet.
Would that be recommended, or is there an easy fix for my issue?

What would be important to consider in case, I start from scratch again? All in all I will need 3-4 blogs for different parts of my domain. 2 will be managed by myself and 1 or 2 will be owned by associates.

Thanks for your time and help!

Berthold

On second thought, I cannot move it to the root, as it will interfere with my shopping cart that occupies already the root directory.

I also recall that it is allright to install WP in its own folder, as long as you use subdirectories and not subdomains. Is that correct?

In any event, how would I have to modify the htaccess file to make things right?

Thanks

Berthold

I also recall that it is allright to install WP in its own folder, as long as you use subdirectories and not subdomains. Is that correct?

Yes BUT, as I said, your URLs will ALL have the subfolder name in them.

https://yourdomain.com/blog means you get this:
https://yourdomain.com/blog/ (main blog)
https://yourdomain.com/blog/Site2 (site #2)
https://yourdomain.com/blog/Site3 (site #3)

etc etc ??

In any event, how would I have to modify the htaccess file to make things right?

That’s what I put here for you: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/wpmu-and-dreamweaver-cs5?replies=6#post-1781725

Hi,

In the meantime I reinstalled WordPress and all the blogs associated. One of the problems I had before has been solved, as now fights are linked properly in Dreamweaver now.

However the other problem I had with Dreamweaver not discovering all related files still exists. I found that this problem only exists if the network is enabled within WordPress. I guess this must be a shortcoming of Dreamweaver not being fully compatible with WordPress network structure.

Regards

Berthold Hamburger

Hi,

I just found the answer. Permalinks have to be set to default “ugly” mode to make the discovery feature work in DW…

Berthold

beastro is correct, I was having the same issue with a site, even though others worked.
I could find no difference in the worpress installs, MAMP setups or dreamweaver site settings. Then I checked the Permalinks setting, it was day name for the problem site. Changed it to default and all worked fine.
That seems to be a problem to me?
I want day name, how does one deal with this in Dreamweaver?

many thanks to beastro for the tip
mark

beastro – I <3 you. I have been pulling my hair out for three days trying to fix this…. permalinks…. who knew?