domain-based multisite network

  • idowu

    (@idowu)


    12 years, 3 months ago

    somebody, please help.

    i want to configure WP domain-based multisite network on my WP install; i have read the documentation ‘create a network’, but i need final light on the issue. at present, i have buddypress installed on my site and its working fine. but i want to give my users the ability to create blogs, hence i need to enable WP multi-site right? i guess i have to deactivate buddypress first, right? now this is where im confused: there is a line in the documentation that says if i want domain-based network , wordpress url must not contain ‘path’. however, my worpress url contains path; that is i have WP installed in its subdirectory ‘/blog’. my site address and WP address are the same, they look like this: ‘mydomain/blog’.

    in other for me to have doamin-based network, does that mean i have to install WP in the root of my site???

    thanks very much.

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  • Roy

    (@gangleri)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    There are people who manage to get a network working with a subfolder installation, but I advice to move your installation to the root. The url will look better too!
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

    I have no experience with multisite and Buddypress, but since the latter is also Automatic, I suppose it should be possible.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years, 3 months ago

    ‘domain based’ is ‘subdomain’ so you’d have blogname.domain.com

    You can, however, use subfolders for domain.com/blogname (or in your case you’d have domain.com/blog/blogname)

    They all work fine with BuddyPress.

    Thread Starter idowu

    (@idowu)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    thank you so much roy.

    i moved WP to my root directory, effectively changing WP address from “mydomain/blog” to “mydomain”. and i also enabled WP Multisite in WP-Config file which showed up “network setup” under Tools menu. everything seems to be set for setup, so i swithced off my syystem to take a rest, only for me to start up my browser and navigate to my root directory, “mydomain” to get a blank page instead logging me in to my site so that i may complete the network setup.

    i dont know what the fault can be. is it because i didnt complete the network setup before turning off my system? or where am i missing it?

    this is the problem in sum: if i navigate to my root directory where i have WP, i get a BLANK page and that did not happened yesterday before closing my browser.
    i need help . thank you all for the time.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years, 2 months ago

    i moved WP to my root directory, effectively changing WP address from “mydomain/blog” to “mydomain”.

    Did you move it as a single site or as multisite?

    Did you actually MOVE WordPress or did you try to run WP out of a subfolder and have it act like it was in root?

    Thread Starter idowu

    (@idowu)

    12 years, 2 months ago

    Yes, I did actually move WP to site’s root directory and then enabled WP multisite following the instructions on ‘create network page’. But now when I make request to the server, I get blank pages. Please can somebody help, I need to bring my site quickly. Thank u

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years, 2 months ago

    If you need it back quickly and can’t wait for the FREE support here, consider posting on jobs.wordpress.net and hiring someone.

    Otherwise, please don’t make multiple posts about the same problem and be patient.

    Turn off ALL plugins and switch back to the TwentyEleven theme. Blank pages are PHP errors normally.

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