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1. CompressedAir
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   I'm currently planning on converting an existing blog (been running for over 2 years) to multisite, but am wondering the best way to go about it.

   Currently, I have WordPress installed in a directory ('wordpress') and all image paths reference that: e.g. xyz.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/....

   When moving to multisite, it seems my only option (based on http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network) is sub-domain, which requires WordPress be moved out of it's own directory. When I do this, (I think..) any external hyperlinks pointing to my images (and by that I mean xyz.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/.... ) will no longer provide the proper path to the image. Or am I missing something?

   How have people dealt with this?

2. Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   If you currently have your images in wp-content/uploads, then they will remain there for your main site. All subsites get magically created in the new location :)

   I wrote about this here: http://code.ipstenu.org/moving-your-images-for-multisite/

3. Andrea Rennick
   Customer Care at Copyblogger Media and Studiopress
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   When moving to multisite, it seems my only option (based on http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network) is sub-domain, which requires WordPress be moved out of it's own directory.

   while ipstenu is correct, the above may or may not also apply.

   - you can force subfolders if you really really want to (warnings abound, just fyi)
   - you only need to move it out of its onw directory IF you have the files in a folder and are serving the URL from the rot (ie; you moved index.php). Otherwise, if it's simply installed in a folder, you're fine.

4. CompressedAir
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Thanks for the speedy replies!

   If you currently have your images in wp-content/uploads, then they will remain there for your main site. All subsites get magically created in the new location :)

   But when I do a subdomain install, I'm forced to move them one directory higher, e.g.: '/home/public_html/xyz.com/wordpress/wp-content/...' will now change to '/home/public_html/xyz.com/wp-content/' so the actual prior hyperlinks, all prefixed by 'wordpress' won't be valid anymore. I guess I could add some layer of redirection, but ideally I wanted to avoid that.

   - you can force subfolders if you really really want to (warnings abound, just fyi)
   - you only need to move it out of its onw directory IF you have the files in a folder and are serving the URL from the rot (ie; you moved index.php). Otherwise, if it's simply installed in a folder, you're fine.

   I guess I don't want to risk anything with subfolders. I don't see any problem going the subdomain route other than this potential image snag... My current structure is such:
   doc root: /home/public_html/xyz.com/index.php
   wp: /home/public_html/xyz.com/wordpress/

5. Andrea Rennick
   Customer Care at Copyblogger Media and Studiopress
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   '/home/public_html/xyz.com/wordpress/wp-content/...' will now change to '/home/public_html/xyz.com/wp-content/' so the actual prior hyperlinks, all prefixed by 'wordpress' won't be valid anymore. I guess I could add some layer of redirection, but ideally I wanted to avoid that.

   db search & replace :)

   Yeah, you do have to move your install if you want to set up the network.

6. CompressedAir
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   db search & replace :)

   Right, I'm not concerned about that. More about something like Google images referencing a popular image. Now that link won't be valid anymore... I'll guess I'll just need to give a 301 redirect for all those old references.

7. Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   That, at least, is easy :)

   # Moved Images
   RewriteRule ^wordpress/wp-content/uploads/(.*)$ http://domain.com/files/$1 [L,R=301]

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