kamikaze7

well since i am sailing the same boat can you tell what to request exactly?

i have already posted a support ticket with the following message
please add a DNS entry of “A” Record with all the other information like TTL, address of *.<domain address> with IP..

anything else i need to add to it? or did i frame it incorrectly?

@andrea ok i ll explain my steps once more

1)installed wordpress on the domain (e.g. xyz.com)

now since i know that multisites are virtual and only affect the database, i didnt bother about creating subfolders in the domain folder i.e. no subdomain folders in /public_html/xyz/

second step
follow completely whats written here https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Create_A_Network

about the domain mapping i have already mentioned above
re quoting it here

in the domain mapping section this is what i have
https://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1871/domainsnetworkadminwordp.png

and i have also entered my shared ip in page=dm_admin_page

moreover most places i have read that in cPanel you need to create a subdomain with *.<domain name> pointing to the root folder of the main domain if the host doesn’t allow pointing at public_html, did that already doesn’t work.

however in other places i have read that one needs to contact host and request them to add a DNS entry of “A” Record with all the other information like TTL, address of *.<domain address> with IP, already posted a support ticket to the host no reply from their end as yet

i was wondering since multisite subdomains are virtual is it possible to simply cull the subdomains, the database and the admin user and recreate the database with a new name & new user and assign it to the main domains wp-config? instead of deleting everything and starting from scratch again…

@gg4775

the link you posted https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/new-multisite-subdomains-admin-goes-404

the OP of that thread had mixed the .htaccess rules hence it might not have been working, since you gave the ref of that thread i assumed you were doing the same steps, well that’s cleared now ?? and about the internal 500 errors
try following some tips listed here
https://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/500servererror.htm

although the error page says Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. i am assuming that your database isn’t setup proper since your domain is working absolutely fine which is https://www.njvideohousetours.com/wp-admin/

hostwinds hosting unlimited sites package and so far i have been unsuccessful with wp multisite ??

@ipstenu like i said it doesn’t work

@gg4775 when installing wp multisite there are two options namely “subdomains” and “subfolders” now based on what options you choose, your .htaccess needs to be modified accordingly the url that you have pasted is a mismatch, the person has uploaded “subfolder’s” .htaccess rules and trying to get subdomains to work

for subdomains your .htacess rules file will look like

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
# uploaded ?les
RewriteRule ^?les/(.+) wp-includes/ms-?les.php??le=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ – [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

and for “subfolders” .htaccess rules will be

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
# uploaded ?les
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)??les/(.+) wp-includes/ms-?les.php??le=$2 [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $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).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

Ipstenu
in the domain mapping section this is what i have and i have also entered my shared ip in page=dm_admin_page
https://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1871/domainsnetworkadminwordp.png

moreover most places i have read that in cPanel you need to create a subdomain with *.<domain name> pointing to the root folder of the main domain if the host doesn’t allow pointing at public_html, did that already doesnt work.

however in other places i have read that one needs to contact host and request them to add a DNS entry of “A” Record with all the other information like TTL, address of *.<domain address> with IP, already posted a support ticket to the host no reply from their end as yet

have put the shared ip in domain mapping, also enabled sunrise and placed the sunrise.php in wp-content, still the same result ??

can someone atleast post a successful installation of wordpress 3.4.2 multisite so as we know that its happening flawlessly, most of the articles are almost 2 years old and cant be used as a reference

ok i am also following issues with multisite i have followed every instruction provided here but still face issues

now i dont know whether i have done something wrong or there seems to be certain restrictions from my HOST cause i had read somewhere that all HOSTs dont support wordpress multisites

so here i go

first step

install wordpress on the domain

second step
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Create_A_Network

done all thats listed on this link, also would like to elaborate the sub domains part a bit

i have chosen sub domains instead of sub directories from multisites installation
hence i have done the following

in cpanel, clicked on sub domain and typed *.<selected the domain from drop down>
added root directory /public_html/<the domain folder>

now my HOST gives only simple DNS zone editor due to which i cannot add a A record for *.<domain name>, however when i do the same for a CNAME it throws a mesg “That name is reserved (already in use).”

that’s about it

so far i haven’t touched domain mapping and this is the result i get
https://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5126/oopsgooglechrome.png