Title: Folders getting error 404
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Folders getting error 404

 *  [littleantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littleantz/)
 * (@littleantz)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/)
 * Hi,
 * I recently enable network on my sites.
 * Now all my sub folders are returning 404 error.
 * for example.. [http://www.mydomain.com/downloads/filename.rar](http://www.mydomain.com/downloads/filename.rar)
   is returning 404 error eventhough the file is there.
 * My network WP is setup to use sub domain
 * Thanks

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941346)
 * Did you set the htaccess correctly for subdomains and not subfolders? There should
   be no effect on your subfolders unless you made a subdomain called downloads.
 * Also did you make your subdomains set up for wildcards correctly on your server?
 *  Thread Starter [littleantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littleantz/)
 * (@littleantz)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941400)
 * I believe i set things up correctly as far as the sub domain settings are concern
   because I can add site (subdomain) without a problem.
 * I don’t see any problem with my network WP.
 * It just my existing sub domains and sub folders prior to activation of the network
   is returning 404 with the current wp theme.
 * Can I PM you or email you so I can give you the domain?
 * Thanks for the reply.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941414)
 * Not unless you wanna pay me (not a joke – support here is free. Everything else,
   except my own plugins, not so much).
 * > I believe i set things up correctly as far as the sub domain settings are concern
   > because I can add site (subdomain) without a problem.
 * Okay so you made domain.com and it has subdomains of site1.domain.com and so 
   on.
 * If you make a folder off domain.com, like ‘test’, you SHOULD be able to access
   it at <anysubdomain>.domain.com – it works on my site [http://ipstenu.org/test/](http://ipstenu.org/test/)
   and [http://code.ipstenu.org/test/](http://code.ipstenu.org/test/) BOTH point
   to /public_html/test (a physical subfolder) with a bit of PHP to tell you where
   you came from. EVEN IF you use the same subfolder name as a subdomain, you’re
   fine.
 * What’s your FULL .htaccess file?
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941459)
 * I’m thinking it;s where the wildcard subdomain is added at your webhost.
    Are
   you on Plesk?
 *  Thread Starter [littleantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littleantz/)
 * (@littleantz)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941473)
 * [@ipstenu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/), Here is my .htaccess
 *     ```
       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]
       ```
   
 * [@andrea_r](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/), I am on cPanel
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941480)
 * How did you set up wildcard subdomains in cpanel?
 *  Thread Starter [littleantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littleantz/)
 * (@littleantz)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941481)
 * I logged in to my cpanel, go to sub domain section. added “*” (without the quotes)
   subdomain pointed to the root of the main site.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941482)
 * And does your *host* support wildcard subdomains?
 * Just becasue you can add them in cpanel doesn’t mean they are set up on the server.
   Or that the host even wants you to use them…
 *  Thread Starter [littleantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littleantz/)
 * (@littleantz)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941483)
 * I did not bother to ask that specific but they said WP Network is supported.
 * And since I can add sites from the WP-ADMIN side, I presume it is supported.
 * Can I still add sub domain WP sites even if my host does not support it?
 * Anyway, i will ask that to my host.
 * Thanks
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941484)
 * > Can I still add sub domain WP sites even if my host does not support it?
 * Yes, but you have to add each subdomain manually and force point it to /public_html/
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941489)
 * > And since I can add sites from the WP-ADMIN side, I presume it is supported.
 * bad assumption. WP can add them to the db, and show them on the list, but has
   to rely on the server to serve it.
 * just like you can write a hundred posts, but if you hose your permalinks they
   won’t show on the front end.
 *  Thread Starter [littleantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littleantz/)
 * (@littleantz)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941493)
 * but my site is ok. when I create sites, I can browse it immediately without having
   to add sub domain from c panel and pointing it.
 * The only problem is that sub domains prior to installation of WP netword is not
   resolving.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941494)
 * > The only problem is that sub domains prior to installation of WP netword is
   > not resolving.
 * Huh? Translation please? I THINK you’re saying this:
 * Any subdomain I made BEFORE enabling wildcard subdomains no longer works.
 *  Thread Starter [littleantz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/littleantz/)
 * (@littleantz)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941495)
 * that sounds the same to me. Is there any difference?
 * Sorry if I did not say it right. I’m not a native english speaker.
 * But honestly, I can’t say much difference between the two because the time I 
   enable wildcard subdomain is the same time I installed WP network. I honestly
   can’t tell which one causes the problem.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folders-getting-error-404/#post-1941498)
 * Okay. Ask your host about the wildcard subdomains first. But somehow you broke
   the named-subdomains, so I THINK you need to fix that first.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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