Multisite – Configuration – No front end site access to sub-domain

Hi,

Been using WP for a while now but this is my first Multi-site configuration and man, am I having a day of it thus far.

Right, first up and explanation of my first issue (Now Resolved’ish) but it may help others.

WP 3.4.2 – SubDomain Multisite config – CPanel

I have access to my reseller WHM but not server files;

I set up the DNS wildcard via WHM ‘edit dns zone’ simply adding * & server ip etc = No go!

After more trouble shooting than I care to mention what I should have done is create the wildcard via the direct CPanel for the account.

Why? Don’t ask, the only thing I can see is, that by doing it this way, it also adds a * TXT file to the DNS

* 1440 IN TXT "v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:<strong>SE.RV.ER.IP</strong> ?all" To be precise

With this, I was magically straight into my sub-domain dashboard, no issues!

Now onto my real reason for the post.

I still can’t view the front of the site? All dashboard facilities are available at subdom.mytld.com/wp-admin/ but subdom.mytld.com takes me straight to subdom.mytld.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi

htaccess reads:

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName mytld.com
AuthUserFile /home/myuser/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/myuser/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
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]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Config reads:

/* Multisite */
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
define('MULTISITE', true);
define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true);
$base = '/';
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'mytld.com');
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

My head is a complete spin with all the posts I’ve read and I thought I’d nailed it with the dashboard access winning moment, however short-lived.

Please help if you can.