Title: Multisite istallation Error 404
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multisite istallation Error 404

 *  [will48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/will48/)
 * (@will48)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/)
 * Hi,
 * Ive just installed multisite on a existing site I’ve been running for about 6
   months. I went though the recomended procedure-ammending the wp-config.php file
   and the .htaccess file.
 * So far so good, I’ve got my network admin, I created a new site, this appears
   in the dashboard sidebar, however, when I click on to dashboard or visit site
   for the new site, all I get is Error 404: File Not Found.
 * If anyone has had similar problems and managed to resolve them I’d be very grateful
   for some advice.
 * Thanks

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431823)
 * What’s in your .htaccess file?
 *  Thread Starter [will48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/will48/)
 * (@will48)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431851)
 * Hi Mika,
 * Thanks for your reply. The contents of the .htaccess file are:
 *     ```
       # Added by Surftown to prevent brute force attack against wp-login.php
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       	RewriteEngine on
       	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
       	RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*wordpress_test_cookie.*$ [NC]
       	RewriteRule wp-login.php  - [F,L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # BEGIN WordPress
   
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
       RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431868)
 * Okay, remove the Surftown section and make it JUST WordPress 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [will48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/will48/)
 * (@will48)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431871)
 * Hi Mika,
 * I’ve just removed all the reference to Surftown and left:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
   
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
       RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * But still the same result: Error 404: File Not Found
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431881)
 * Please use the code tags (see the quicktags above the post entry box? The code
   one 😉 ) when posting code. Makes it more readbale.
 * What kind of 404? Is it a server based one or does it look like WordPress?
 *  Thread Starter [will48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/will48/)
 * (@will48)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431882)
 * Hi Mika,
 * Sorry I’ll use the code tags in future. The 404 error I get when trying to get
   the new site dashboard is server based see: [http://preston.lancashireprimarycoaching.co.uk/wp-admin/](http://preston.lancashireprimarycoaching.co.uk/wp-admin/)
 * However when I try to ‘visit site’ it’s the standard Internet Explorer cannot
   display the webpage
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431883)
 * You didn’t set up DNS correctly on your server for wildcard subdomains.
 * If you don’t know how to, ask your webhost.
 *  Thread Starter [will48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/will48/)
 * (@will48)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431884)
 * Thanks for your help Mika, I’ll get on to them.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 8 replies
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 * Last reply from: [will48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/will48/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-istallation-error-404/#post-4431884)
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