Title: Multisite Admin area missing styling?
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Multisite Admin area missing styling?

 *  [dalemoore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalemoore/)
 * (@dalemoore)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-area-missing-styling/)
 * Host: Network Solutions
    WordPress: 4.2.2 Multisite
 * This is a new WP install, with no additional plugins or themes except those that
   come with WP.
 * I installed WP, set permalinks, followed all the general instructions on “Create
   a Network” in preparation. Do the conversion, choosing subdirectories, and replace
   my .htaccess:
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
       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]
       ```
   
 * … and my wp-config.php:
 *     ```
       define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true );
       define('MULTISITE', true);
       define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', false);
       define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'subdomain.main-domain.org');
       define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
       define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       ```
   
 * Everything is fine on the main [http://subdomain.main-domain.org/](http://subdomain.main-domain.org/)
   site, but when I create a second blog, under…
 * [http://subdomain.main-domain.org/subsite/](http://subdomain.main-domain.org/subsite/)
 * … the admin area at /subsite/wp-admin has no styles. The frontend loads fine.
   It does this on every new subsite I create.
 * I’ve googled around, tried adding this in wp-config:
 *     ```
       define('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
       define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');
       define('COOKIEPATH', '');
       define('SITECOOKIEPATH', '');
       ```
   
 * No change.
 * Could it be because there is another WordPress install at [http://main-domain.org/](http://main-domain.org/)?
 * So, in actuality, there are two completely separate WordPress installs:
    /htdocs/
   site/ = [http://main-domain.org/](http://main-domain.org/) (a WordPress single
   site, with its htaccess and index.php in /htdocs/ so that [http://main-domain.org/](http://main-domain.org/)
   is the site address instead of [http://main-domain.org/site/](http://main-domain.org/site/))/
   htdocs/subdomain/ = [http://subdomain.main-domain.org/](http://subdomain.main-domain.org/)(
   a WordPress Multisite)
 * Any assistance? Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [dalemoore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalemoore/)
 * (@dalemoore)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-area-missing-styling/#post-6128412)
 * Still having this issue.
 * Deleted all files in the WordPress root except wp-config.php, also deleted all
   of wp-admin and wp-includes, and re-uploaded them from a clean WP install (actually
   zipped it up and uploaded through the NetSol file manager and unzipped on the
   server!).
 * Went and bought an el cheap 99cent domain from 1and1 to use as the main domain
   so it’s no longer hosted in a subdomain, but that didn’t help. Followed the steps
   on Moving WordPress Multisite on the Codex and all is well with that, but, still
   the freezing on multisite subsites. The error I get in the dev console in Chrome
   is:
 * `GET http://mynewdomain.com/tourism/wp-admin/themes.php net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET`
   (
   that path is just an example, it happens all over the admin area) I can usually
   access things for a minute or two before freezing, and I do get styles now (mostly),
   but, it freezes the browser.
 * – Tried deactivating all plugins, including renaming the plugins folder entirely
   –
   Tried reverting to Twentyfifteen theme

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [dalemoore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dalemoore/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-admin-area-missing-styling/#post-6128412)
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