Title: Multisite background image problem
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Multisite background image problem

 *  Resolved [bh36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh36/)
 * (@bh36)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/)
 * I been trying to set a picture as the background image for my main site and the
   multisites are in sub directories.
 * I am able to set the background images on all of my multisites except for the
   main site which is the first page. All other sites that have a working background
   image are in sub directories like
 * [http://www.mainsite.com/business/](http://www.mainsite.com/business/)
    [http://www.mainsite.com/marketing/](http://www.mainsite.com/marketing/)
 * I cant set the background image for this URL
    [http://www.mainsite.com](http://www.mainsite.com)
 * Anyone else have this problem with the recent multisite?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/#post-5603975)
 * How are you setting the background image?
 *  Thread Starter [bh36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh36/)
 * (@bh36)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/#post-5604094)
 * Position: Center
    Repeat: No repeat Attachment: Fixed
 * The files are uploaded into wp-content/uploads but I cant use any of them and
   set the background image.
 * This is my current htaccess since I installed WordPress in October 2014. I am
   running WordPress off IIS 7. I have wordpress installed in my root folder.
 * 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]
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/#post-5604095)
 * Sorry… I mean how in the THEME are you setting it? Like I use the theme customizer
   🙂
 * What errors are you getting? Understand, please, that ‘not working’ is about 
   the most useless explanation for someone to get 🙂 I can’t see what that means.
   It’s like telling the doctor ‘I hurt’ but not saying where, or when you do what.
 *  Thread Starter [bh36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh36/)
 * (@bh36)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/#post-5604096)
 * I try setting it up through Appearance >> Customize or Background. I go ahead
   and upload a picture and it shows up the media library. When I try to select 
   the image to set as my background, I notice the image has a broken link. The 
   image is in the media library, but I can’t set it as my background.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/#post-5604097)
 * >  I notice the image has a broken link
 * Excellent. What’s the broken link? Can you copy it and paste it here for us?
 *  Thread Starter [bh36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh36/)
 * (@bh36)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/#post-5604098)
 * Hey, I figured out the problem.
 * It turned out that the files that are being uploaded through WordPress into the
   IIS directory, the files were having permission issues. It was giving an access
   denied and I wasn’t able to change the permissions. I got someone to change and
   give full access for all the files/images that are uploaded through WordPress.
 * I was able to set the background images without any problems once the images 
   in wp-content/uploads/ were changed.

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [bh36](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bh36/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-background-image-problem/#post-5604098)
 * Status: resolved

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