Title: multisite redirects nowhere
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# multisite redirects nowhere

 *  [benjsing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjsing/)
 * (@benjsing)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-multisite-redirects-nowhere/)
 * Hi,
 * I have set up multisite according to this tutorial:
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network)
 * It worked just fine. I created two new sites, so altogether I have three
 * – original wordpress installation -> /blog/
    – site “de” -> /blog/de – site “
   en” -> /blog/en
 * I can access /blog/ without any problems. It shows the preset wordpress installation.
   However, trying to access one of the sub-directories just shows unformatted (??)
   versions of this page.
 * See here
    – original wordpress installation -> [screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/q5P16wa.png)–
   site “de” -> [screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/4xtZHaV.png) – site “en” -> [screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/fRwfHCe.png)
 * If I try to access either de or en dashboard (in admin panel), I get a ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS
   error.
 * What did I do wrong? Also, can I deactivate the original wordpress installation?
   The reason I have set this up is because I would like to provide my blog in German
   as well as English; as I need different subpages for each language etc., a regular“
   language switcher” plugin did not get the job done for me. Multisite combined
   with Multisite Press Free plugin seemed a better solution for me.
 * Can you help me with this?
 * Thanks and best regards
    Ben

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-multisite-redirects-nowhere/#post-5948035)
 * What’s in your .htaccess?
 *  Thread Starter [benjsing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjsing/)
 * (@benjsing)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-multisite-redirects-nowhere/#post-5948040)
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /blog/
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * This is the entire .htaccess file. I just pasted the code wordpress provided.
 * Also, there are no /de/ and /en/ directories even though that is where those 
   two sites should be. Do I have to install a single wordpress into each folder?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-multisite-redirects-nowhere/#post-5948099)
 * No, there will be no folders for each site, they’re virtual like the posts and
   pages 🙂
 * This is most likely an issue with your server. Check that your httpd.conf has
   the right allows: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration#Apache_Virtual_Hosts_and_Mod_Rewrite](https://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration#Apache_Virtual_Hosts_and_Mod_Rewrite)
 * If you don’t know where that is, ask your web host.
 *  Thread Starter [benjsing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjsing/)
 * (@benjsing)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-multisite-redirects-nowhere/#post-5948121)
 * Thanks for the info.
 * In the meantime I switched to regular wordpress and different plugins, so now
   I can use two languages without restrictions, yet not having to use mutlisite.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [benjsing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjsing/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-multisite-redirects-nowhere/#post-5948121)
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