Title: Contact Forms and Multisite
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Contact Forms and Multisite

 *  Resolved [CSD_Images](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csd_images/)
 * (@csd_images)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/)
 * When I use a custom permalink structure with a multisite configuration it’s breaking
   the site when using any contact forms. I’m now totally puzzled over this.
 * I’m using the default rewrite rules (and ones that work on other sites). I’ve
   stripped the site down to bare metal today and when I change Permalink back to
   default, everything works when I put it back to a custom it fails. I’ve stripped
   the htaccess down to the very minimum and it still fails plus it’s not a theme
   issue as it’s happening to 2010 as well.
 * I’ve use Fast and Secure Contact form and also tried Contact Form 7, they are
   both showing the same fault. They put a switch at the end of the URL such as #
   FSContact1 which seems to say it’s not being translated, the page just loops 
   on sending. So it seems a redirect issue is involved here.
 * So does anyone have any ideas?

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 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924648)
 * Use Grunion contact form.
 *  Thread Starter [CSD_Images](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csd_images/)
 * (@csd_images)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924651)
 * Does that support Akismet spam blocking? As that’s one of the features I like
   about FS contact forms, it’s a extremely feature rich plug-in that few match.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924789)
 * um, yes. It’s built by the wordpress.com team, and it’s the one they use there.
 *  Thread Starter [CSD_Images](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csd_images/)
 * (@csd_images)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924796)
 * I’ve tested it, and it does the exact same thing. Works fine with the default
   Permalink enabled but as soon as you switch to something else it fails.
 * Hence I’m puzzled. The rest of the site works fine and it’s not a theme issue.
   Everything works well together until I switch the permalinks over.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924875)
 * Then I think it;s something with your site.
 * I’ve used and tested multiple contact form plugins in multisite with pretty permalinks.
   they all work fine for me.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924885)
 * Grunion has no problem on my sites with custom permalinks.
 * What theme and what other plugins are you using? You may have a conflict in there.
 * Also… what’s in your .htaccess? Or if you don’t have one, are you using IIS or
   nginx or something else?
 *  Thread Starter [CSD_Images](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csd_images/)
 * (@csd_images)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924897)
 * After all the testing I’ve done I’ve eliminated:
 * Theme issues
    Plug-in issue Configuration issues.
 * The fault happens with 2010 and my own custom theme, so it’s not a theme issue.
   The site was taken down to bare metal yesterday so I know it’s nothing I’ve done
   since.
 * The weird thing it was working up to about 2 weeks ago when I last tested it.
 * I’ve stripped down the .htaccess down to the minimum:
 * RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
 * # uploaded files
    RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]
 * RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule
   ^ – [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L]
 * This was done whilst there was nothing installed other than the 2010 theme, Akismet
   and Fast & Secure Contact form Still the loop, so I’m tending to think it’s a
   server config.
 * The server is using MySQL 5 and PHP 5.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924898)
 * If something was working, and you’re positive you never changed a thing, then
   99% of the time it’s server config. Yep, seen it happen. 😉
 *  Thread Starter [CSD_Images](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csd_images/)
 * (@csd_images)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924956)
 * Problem is resolved. I had the URI to be domain/contact and this FUBAR’d the 
   site. This despite it working for the last 3 months. I changed it to contact-
   page and it works now.
 * Weird but true …

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 9 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [CSD_Images](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csd_images/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-forms-and-multisite/#post-1924956)
 * Status: resolved

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