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1. Giellie
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello All

   Just did a WP 3.0.1 install, everything went smootly. I then allowed multisite in the wp_config.php file by adding "define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true)" and then get the Network option in Admin Panel. When i click on Tools > Network it should give me the option to choose between sub-domain or sub-directory, it only gives me the sub-directory option and tells me : "Because your install is in a directory, the sites in your WordPress network must use sub-directories." Please can anyone help me with this as it is making my life very miserable!

   Thanks in Advance
   Giellie

2. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So... you want subdomains?

   The reason this is not letting you choose is becasue your install is in a folder, like it says.

   Are you on a VPS that you can manage yourself? Only then can you change where the wildcard subdomains wind up, and because the install is in a folder, that folder name will be in the URL.

   Now - what exactly are the results you're looking for?

3. rcwatson
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm also "installed in a folder" apparently, but I'm not quite sure what that's referring to. I mean, presumably the wordpress files and folders have to reside in DocumentRoot, which itself is a folder. What exactly is WordPress looking for here?

   I've done this to other blogs without a hitch, but this one has me stymied.

   My wordpress is in a user home directory something like this:

   /data01/home/username/production/wordpress/

   and that's exactly what DocumentRoot in the Apache vhost settings is pointing to. WordPress does work, but doesn't allow subdomained network. What piece am I missing?

4. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 1 year ago #

   ... in a folder with the folder name as part of the url.....

   Make more sense now?

   You can always force it to use one format or the other. Sometimes those checks for what format it will allow will fail each other, and it just picks one, but those are edge cases.

   Just set it up as usual, then go back and change the config file to say subdomains TRUE, then go grab the subdomin htaccess rules.

5. rcwatson
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Andrea_r, I don't want to hijack this thread, but I believe the subdomain and network issue is also related to another issue I'm having with BuddyPress. Can you weigh in on a separate post about that?

   Thanks.

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