Subfolder blogs work on the basis of mod_rewrite reading the htaccess file.
If they don’t show up, the file is not being read. On shared hosts, just tell support you’re making changes to the htaccess file and it’s not showing up.
(please note the codex page on creating a network noted this in the “before you begin” section)
andrea_r,
Thanks for the fast reply. I’m on the phone with support right now. and I think that your right with the .htaccess being the root of the problem. What is the bare minimum code that should appear in .htaccess? I don’t seem to have enough in there. Also permalinks are not working on my main blog: http://mfields.org/. Here’s what it looks like: http://wordpress.pastebin.com/Mh470EuW
Thanks!
Not sure if this might help, but since you mentioned permalinks I will share an issue I have and how I fix it just in case it might help.
I setup the permalink structure to something other than the default. Mine is set as /%post_id%/%category%/%postname%/ and is set to that on all new sites.
When a new site is started it gives a 404 not found error for between 72 and 96 hours if I do nothing. If I sign into the dashboard of the new blog site however and go to the permalinks page and simply click the Save button it fixes the problem and the site and all its links show instantly.
worldblogosphere,
Thanks, but I can’t even get there 🙂 In your htaccess file, do you have the ‘normal’ code the WordPress adds for “single site”? Mine does not.
No, I have never used the single site versions, always MU.
Would anyone be will to post an example of their .htaccess to pastebin? Not all of it just the bit pertinent to WordPress? If not, could you compare what’s in mine to what is in yours and let me know if I am missing anything? I really think that I am because no permalinks are working.
You can go get what’s supposed to be in your htaccess file right in the tools -> Network menu.
The fact that the regular permalinks aren’t working is a huge clue. they shoudl work even before you do anything with the network.
You can go get what’s supposed to be in your htaccess file right in the tools -> Network menu.
Great! but it’s exactly the same as what is currently in my ,htaccess file 🙁 Oh, well…. I have verified that the file is being read by the server though.
On another note, the codex article said that I should remove define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);. This will romove the tools -> network link from the admin menu. Just thought that I would bring this up.
The fact that the regular permalinks aren’t working is a huge clue. they shoudl work even before you do anything with the network.
I thought that this was strange as well. To be honest, I never setup permalinks, WordPress did this automatically somehow, when I went to tools -> permalinks to set them up, they were already set to “Day and name”. Changing them to default seems to enable the main blog to work, but all of the children are still hidden.
Thanks for your help.
-Mike
Click on the htaccess tag on the side of this forum thread. that’ll bring up other threads tagged with the same and I am certain many (many) people have posted what there htaccess file contains when running a network.
@andrea_r,
Just did that and it looks like my .htaccess contains exactly what it should. A few questions:
1. Should WordPress automatically change my permalink settings after I enable multisite?
2. Does multisite expect that I have permalinks set up before activating?
I’ve just reinstalled with a fresh download and clean database and have had no luck… one more time 🙂
Ok,
I think that it is up and running after about 5 attempts 🙂
On my last update attempt, here are all of the steps that I took to resolve:
1. Delete all WordPress files from ../public_html/
2. Delete all WordPress tables from my database.
3. Upload fresh files.
4. Install WordPress.
5. *Manually choose “Day and name” permalink structure.
6. Set up multisite following the instructions.
6.1. *Before uploading the modified .htaccess file, I changed the permissions on the live copy to 777. After I uploaded the modified version, I changed the permissions back to 644.
Hope someone finds this useful,
-Mike
Hi
I am trying to get my network work ,but no luck ,i have followed all the steps and even installed every thing from scratch on a clean Linux machine ,I am able to create new sites but I am unable to access them , I get the page not found error message .
Am i missing something ?
Thanks Eliad
Yes.
your htaccess file is not being read. Put
AllowOverride FileInfo Options
in the httpd.conf file.
Hi
Thanks for the quick respond
I am new in the field ,can you please tell me where should I put this line ?
Thanks
esason – If you’re being hosted, ask your WebHost to do that. If you’re doing it yourself (like you have full root access to the server), just open the file and look for the AllowOveride section (search the file, it’ll be there, even if it’s commented out).
