Title: Enabling Multisite in WP 3.1.3
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Enabling Multisite in WP 3.1.3

 *  Resolved [rgand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgand/)
 * (@rgand)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-multisite-in-wp-313/)
 * I installed WP 3.1.3 on my ISP Server. To enable multisite capabiliti I put this
   line in the wp-config.php file:
 * define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);
 * That gave me the ‘network’ option under tools. When I choose that, I get a screen
   telling me to put code in the wp-config.php and .htaccess files. I did that and
   the ‘network’ option disappeared from the tools menu.
 * Taking those lines out of the files gets the ‘network’ option back, but also 
   the screen telling me to add the code. Put the code back in gets me back to no“
   network” option.
 * There is also a message on the screen (where it says to add the code) that says
   I have an existing WP network and that I’ll need to empty or remove the database
   tables but I guess how to do that will be another question.
 * How do I proceed? Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [rgand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgand/)
 * (@rgand)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-multisite-in-wp-313/#post-2115582)
 * Also, I forgot to mention that I created the blogs.dir directory as instructed.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-multisite-in-wp-313/#post-2115634)
 * You have the wrong quotes. THey are these ones: ‘ .
 * You have curly ones.
 * Also, once you enable multisite, the menu under tools does disappear and you 
   get a NETWORK ADMIN link with a whole new menu area. Look in the usser right 
   near your “Howdy, username!”.
 *  Thread Starter [rgand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgand/)
 * (@rgand)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-multisite-in-wp-313/#post-2115656)
 * Thanks for the reply. The single quotes are only because I copied that line from
   a Word file to post here. I only have one single quote on my keyboard and in 
   Wordpad, it is correct. That puts it in correctly when I edit the files.
 * When I add the code as shown, the ‘network’ option disappears and no ‘NETWORK
   ADMIN’ shows up on the list, either as a new menu item or under any other item.
   Neither does it appear anywhere on the dashboard that I can find. There must 
   be something else going on.
 * Instead of adding that line,
    define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true); is there something
   else I should add?
 *  Thread Starter [rgand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgand/)
 * (@rgand)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-multisite-in-wp-313/#post-2115662)
 * OK, I found ‘Network Admin’ up on the right. That puts me into the right area.
   Thanks for your help. That is almost too simple. I’m sure I’ll have other questions
   later on.

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## Tags

 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [network](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [rgand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgand/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-multisite-in-wp-313/#post-2115662)
 * Status: resolved

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