Title: Multisite in a sub directory
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multisite in a sub directory

 *  [Ken Howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simplicatedweb/)
 * (@simplicatedweb)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-in-a-sub-directory/)
 * Hello Everyone.
 * I know this is not the ideal situation, but want to know how I can make this 
   work properly.
 * I am working on a site that is well established and was developed (partly by 
   myself) using custom PHP and MySQL. The original developer was not a reduce, 
   reuse coder so there are physical directories rather than using .htaccess to 
   serve the subdirectories.
 * Anyways, my client wants a network of blogs based in the /blogs/ directory. The
   original site will be in the root directory of the site, while the WordPress 
   install is located within /blogs/.
 * I was successful at installing Multisite and everything appeared to work at first
   glance. My main WordPress site was accessible at mydomain.com/blogs/ and mydomain.
   com/blogs/blog/. My 2nd WordPress site was accessible at mydomain.com/blogs/site2/.
 * All appeared to be fine…Until, I tried to create a post.
 * When I publish a post, or submit a form of any kind, the server sends me the 
   file to download (post.php). I don’t want to download that. The changes are made
   to the database, but this funky file gets sent to my browser.
 * Additionally, the images that are uploaded to a post show up as a broken image,
   even though they are uploaded and show up when I view the post within the blog.
 * What should I be doing instead? Should I try using sub-domains instead? I need
   to leave the root of the site intact. I can’t alter that at all.
 * Any help is appreciated.

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 *  [Tim Moore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tmoorewp/)
 * (@tmoorewp)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-in-a-sub-directory/#post-2039450)
 * This isn’t a WordPress issue, actually. In my experience, when you get a PHP 
   file download like you mention, it is because PHP isn’t being told to process
   the file. Look at your PHP configuration and make sure it is set up correctly.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [Tim Moore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tmoorewp/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-in-a-sub-directory/#post-2039450)
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