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I also found that to add a new sub-domain I have to disable all the plugins, so edwardsmark could you please illuminate for me which of the plugins you have to disable in order to add a new sub-domain.

Disabling all of them is really bothersome!! You have to re-start them just like you did

for the very first time

(pun not intentional and certainly not as fun).

One plugin to disable and restart would be enough.

John

PS If not edwardsmark does anyone know which plugin to disable?

Will this work:

https://wpti.ps/functions/replace-default-header-image-twenty-ten-theme/

Sounds cool, all I need to know is what code replaces what code. I’m using the TwentyTen theme currently.

I can find the editing tool for the Header but I need to know what I’m looking for in it to be replaced?

The Header I had made is a .gpg image, how do I add this to the code to replace what is there?

I’m still a newbie at this stuff. I hope you’ll put up with it.

OK, now that I got the network to work:) I have another question?

The network site I’m making is going to be a review site. The primary domain is going to be a general squeeze page to collect email addresses for people interested in product reviews.

e-worldreview.com

The sub-domains are going to be reviews on particular products.

web-traffic-genius.e-worldreview.com

I had a very nice Header made that should unify all the sites (primary domain and sub-domains together) but it only appears on the primary domain.

I would like it to appear on all sub-domains that I will be making without having to install and adjust it for each?

Is there a way to do this? I hope so. Thanks.

John

PS I installed the Header on the web-traffic-genius.e-worldreview.com page and it still needs adjusting (if you notice the difference from e-worldreview.com). Always something…

Thank you, thank you, thank you, add infinitum!!!!!

Stupid me, I was using the “Enable Multi-site” plugin along with the “Create a Network” page instructions which seemed to be what was messing it all up. Dah!

Well, I did remove the plugin “Enable Multi-Site” as you suggested Andrea_r and followed edwardsmark earlier suggestion to “Empty” the DB files:

my problem was actually two-fold:

1) the following tables had to be removed
wp_blogs
wp_blog_versions
wp_site
wp_sitemeta

2) then i just started over from the beginning.

also, one of the plug-ins has to be disabled every time i create a new site, and then enabled afterwards. i can live with that !

Then I just used the instructions from the “Create a Network” page as both of you suggested (Andrea_r and Tim) and wallah, wallah. I now have an active network, how wonderful!!!

It always end up being something so simple and so stupid to miss it!!!

So, thanks again a whole bunch. I can now start working on making some web sites and doing it a little easier.

I also hope that this helps some others find their way to making networking work.

John

I thought I was following the instructions on that page: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Create_A_Network?

But, I’m sure that I could have easily missed something.

Here is the YouTube video that I try to follow when installing the “enable Multi-site” plugin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTgJy-nyDEY

(Only he is describing a sub-directory instillation; I look to the page above to see what is different for sub-domain instillation.)

This video shows that you are suppose to cut and paste the code from the WordPress blog > Tools > Network > (cut and paste code to .htaccess and to wp-config.php respectfully), I did not see anything about this being automated?

Please let me know if this video is correct or what I need to do different? Thanks.

John

PS I will start over though.

e-worldreview.com is the primary domain.

You see a site at web-traffic-genius.e-worldreview.com because I made a sub-domain using “Enable Multi-site” which didn’t show up until I removed this code from the config.php file:

define( ‘MULTISITE’, true );
define( ‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, true );
$base = ‘/’;
define( ‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘e-worldreview.com’ );
define( ‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘/’ );
define( ‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1 );
define( ‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1 );

Once I took this code out the sub-domain(s) appear.

So, the question remains how do I install the enable multi-site and get it to work? How do I put this config.php code back in and get it to work?

Hi Andrea_r,

Thanks for responding.

HG confirmed wildcard sub-domains enabled.

As far as tables for the DB, if you mean the

wp_blogs
wp_blog_versions
wp_site
wp_sitemeta

that I emptied before re-installing then they are there and when i looked into them the new sub-domain is listed and other info is there.

For the DB wp_blogs this is there:

row(s) starting from record #
in mode and repeat headers after cells
Sort by key:
+ Options

blog_id site_id domain path registered last_updated public archived mature spam deleted lang_id
1 1 e-worldreview.com / 2011-04-24 20:38:11 0000-00-00 00:00:00 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 web-traffic-genius.e-worldreview.com / 2011-04-24 20:46:53 2011-04-25 02:46:53 1 0 0 0 0 0 Check All / Uncheck All With selected:
row(s) starting from record #
in mode and repeat headers after cells

For the DB “wp_site” this there:

row(s) starting from record #
in mode and repeat headers after cells

+ Options

id domain path
1 e-worldreview.com / Check All / Uncheck All With selected:
row(s) starting from record #
in mode and repeat headers after cells

That only has the primary domain and no sub-domain listed? (I don’t know if anything else should be there?)

Is this the right tables that you are talking about? If not please explain? Thanks.

John

PS OH, I am also using a “Child” directory for the e-worldreview.com blog as described int his video:

https://www.youtube.com/user/kentuckyclassroom#p/a/u/0/9BZNaoMQGAs

I hope this helps find what is needed.

I did what edwardsmark describes:

my problem was actually two-fold:

1) the following tables had to be removed
wp_blogs
wp_blog_versions
wp_site
wp_sitemeta

2) then i just started over from the beginning.

also, one of the plug-ins has to be disabled every time i create a new site, and then enabled afterwards. i can live with that !

And I was finally able to re-install the network, that was great, a first!

However, once I made a new sub-domain I ended up with the same original problem when trying to access the sub-domain web site:

Error establishing a database connection

I then removed the following config code (again):

define( ‘MULTISITE’, true );
define( ‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, true );
$base = ‘/’;
define( ‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘e-worldreview.com’ );
define( ‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘/’ );
define( ‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1 );
define( ‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1 );

Once I take this out I can access the sub-domain web site but then I can’t access the sub-domain through the the multi-site directory sense it’s been removed.(?)

I’ve had HostGator tech help me twice with this and everything in the .htaccess and config files is always right.

HostGator changed my config file back to the original status which didn’t have the above multi-site code in it, that is how I found removing the above code to allow me to access my sub-domain sites through URL address but not through the web site admin page sense that code was removed. (Am I making sense?)

So, can someone – Andrea_r – help me out here what the heck am I doing wrong that I can’t get this to work.

I’ve been beating my head on this for over a month now, I’m about to give up and just use individual sub-domain creation – Agh!!!

Anyone,

John

I found the problem, Adsense was activated on my page Species-Universe.com/blog without posting any ads just leaving white space.

I deactivated it and the white space disappeared.

John

How would you get WP 3.03 off if it is?

I did get a solution to this situation, a tech at HostGator.com pointed out to me that the Icon at the end of the Editing toolbar opens up the second row of the Editing toolbar where lie hidden the rest of the editing tools.

Stupid me missed that one all together, solutions are so simple and problems so complicated.

Plus, I watched THIS video on YouTube explaining how to embed video (including playlist embedding) into my www.ads-software.com blogs using the HTML editor, – the Icon above the editing toolbar for embedding videos doesn’t work.

John