404 error

  • Team Lifted

    (@team-lifted)


    10 years, 6 months ago

    Now I have read through the forum and I have found some issues that are similar but either they are not resolved or the way that they resolved them are not quite what i need.

    Here is my delimea:

    I have wordpress- The main site was and is still working fine-

    I then added multisite-

    I created a new site- However, when I try to access the new sites dashboard- it takes me to the new sites- subdomain(hosted on bluehost) and has a 404_ error “code” in the URL space.

    My goal: is to be able to take the old sight from Joomla to wordpress- I want to create a new “face” for the site while keeping it’s current url. Build the “new face” behind the scenes until i’m ready to ditch the old one. I am hosting everything via Bluehost which is currently redirecting the new site subdomain to the new sites actual URL.

    And I don’t know how to fix it.

    Please help!

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  • Fiction Edge

    (@fictionedge)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    Using multisite can be a tricky thing my advise is:
    * Make a brand new install of WordPress with a temporary link (for instance inside a folder of your main site)
    * Create your multisite and do all the changes to it until it is ready.
    * When it is ready backup your site
    * Follow these instructions to use the new directory as the new site root

    tip use sub-directories and not sub-domains, bluehost and some other servers have DNS problems regarding sub-domain redirection.

    Greatings from WordCamp Europe 2013, Leiden.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    10 years, 6 months ago

    Actually fictionedge, his problem is WAY simpler than any of that. This is the key:

    I created a new site- However, when I try to access the new sites dashboard- it takes me to the new sites- subdomain(hosted on bluehost) and has a 404_ error “code” in the URL space.

    See how it says the site has BLUEHOST branding? That tells us that wildcard subdomains aren’t set up right.

    Read https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/527 for how to do that 🙂

    Fiction Edge

    (@fictionedge)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    Ipstenu your are correct BUT I had some experience with bluehost regarding this same problem, and thought it may work for some time, a few hours or a day or two at the most.Later on the problem surfaces again.
    Maybe this has been solved already.
    Team Lifted, if the Ipstenu solution works during the next 24/48 hours, please give us some feedback and close this topic
    Thank you

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    10 years, 6 months ago

    Usually you never have to totally reinstall when you hit those kinds of errors. If you did, it would mean BlueHost has a MAJOR issue.

    I know they’re upgrading to PHP 5.4, but I also know that works just fine with WP Multisite 🙂

    Thread Starter Team Lifted

    (@team-lifted)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    First off- let me tell both of you, “Thank YOU”. I called Bluehost before posting this and they recommended that I get on this forum, pose my question/problem, and see what the experts had to tell me.

    I was leery because I have never done this before and I needed some fast response and clear direction. But to be honest, I could see really smart people taking time to help me and my team with little to no incentive.

    Then you two
    responded.

    Thanks.

    Now I am just now seeing these and have implemented nothing- but I will now and I will post to let you know what has worked.

    Fiction Edge

    (@fictionedge)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    You’re welcome team lifted. Glad I could help. The incentive itself is contributing to this great community that is WordPress

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    10 years, 6 months ago

    But to be honest, I could see really smart people taking time to help me and my team with little to no incentive.

    We’re weird like that 🙂

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