Title: Multisite dashboards disappeared?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Multisite dashboards disappeared?

 *  Resolved [Loki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loki_w/)
 * (@loki_w)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/)
 * Hello,
 * I recently performed a clean install of multi-site to the root of my domain. 
   My intention was to have my normal html website load with the domain, and then
   WordPress be accessible as sub-directories. `(www.example.com/blog1, www.example.
   com/blog2 etc)` First, index.php knocked out my index.html file, so I added this:
   `
   DirectoryIndex index.html` to the htaccess file, and everything seemed okay. 
   After that, I uploaded a few themes and plugins. When I checked the site today,
   I couldn’t access ANY of my dashboards. However, I can access the sub-pages of
   the network admin page (sites, users, themes etc). Also, the blogs themselves
   show up fine. Here’s what I tried: I disabled the plugins, but no fix. Renamed
   the plugins folder, no fix. De-activated themes, no fix.
 * Does anyone know how I can get my dashboards working again?
 * Also…each time I’ve installed WPMS, I’ve noticed it forces creation of a ‘primary
   site.’ I.e, the one that loads with index.php. As I’ve said above, I don’t want
   WP to load from the root, and can’t seem to find documentation on how make it
   load from a sub-directory. To get around this, I just created my child blogs 
   and ignored the ‘primary’ site. Is there an easier way to deal with this? Or,
   should I just leave it there like a placeholder?
 * BTW…I am using GoDaddy and WP 3.4.1.
 * I would greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide.
    Thank you,
 * ~Loki

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/#post-2927052)
 * Uh…
 * >  First, index.php knocked out my index.html file, so I added this:
   >  DirectoryIndex
   > index.html
 * No, you need to delete the index.html and use the .php file, or WordPress falls
   down and go boom.
 *  Thread Starter [Loki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loki_w/)
 * (@loki_w)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/#post-2927055)
 * Thank you for your reply.
 * However, how do I preserve my html site, and still be able to load WP for the
   child sites?
    Here is essentially what I want it to do:
 *     ```
       www.mydomain.com (loads html site)
       www.mydomain.com/blog1 (loads WP blog)
       www.mydomain.com/blog2 (loads 2nd blog)
       ```
   
 * Thank you
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/#post-2927072)
 * You don’t. You’d need to put the code for that html site into WordPress, as a
   static front page template, and then use WP to run the site. There are ways to
   wrangle an index.html file into the folder, btu they work very poorly with WP,
   and you’d be better off trying to use WP.
 *  Thread Starter [Loki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loki_w/)
 * (@loki_w)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/#post-2927086)
 * Thank you again for your reply.
    I was hoping to avoid converting the whole site
   to WP, as I am relatively new to using it, but I know html quite well. Ah, c’est
   la vie!
 * I am going to try the methods below:
 *     ```
       http://www.cybercoded.net/convert-static-html-site-to-wordpress-easily/
       http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/import-html-pages/
       ```
   
 * Here’s hoping one of them works, because otherwise, I have no idea what to try
   next!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/#post-2927088)
 * For what it’s worth, you really only _have_ to import that first page as a template.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates)
 * If you make a front-page.php, it’ll be used by default for your site 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Loki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loki_w/)
 * (@loki_w)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/#post-2927089)
 * Really? Excellent! Thank you so much! I do believe that’s the best news I’ve 
   had in weeks!
    I’ve been waging war with my website, WP, and various starting-
   a-business things for weeks now. They say nothing worthwhile comes without a 
   fight, but things were getting ridiculous. So, sincerely, thank you!

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Loki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loki_w/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-dashboards-disappeared/#post-2927089)
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