Title: Multisite URL Problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multisite URL Problem

 *  Resolved [lilap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilap/)
 * (@lilap)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-url-problem/)
 * Hi, I have found out the cause of the problem for why the thumbs & images are
   not showing on a Multisite Installation with only a single image directory for
   all the sites but I do not know how to correct this issue. Here is the situation.
 * All my Files and folders have been manually uploaded to a single root directory
   on my site ie: example.com/media/images/
 * I have multiple sites that have different galleries which point to the same image
   directory ie: example.com, example.com/site2, example.com/site 3.
 * The problem is that the thumbnails and images in the gallery is trying to load
   that site_url ie: example.com/site2/media/images/event/IMG_0000.jpg etc
 * I need the plugin to exclude the site_url and only go for the home_url ie: example.
   com/site2 => example.com/
 * I have been looking at the files for the code and just need to know which part
   of the code I need to change in order to get the home_url instead of the site_url.
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Thread Starter [lilap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilap/)
 * (@lilap)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-url-problem/#post-4731619)
 * Is there any fix for this?
 * Edit: Ok so I have an idea as to why this might be happening.
 * In my config file, I have this `define( 'NGG_IMPORT_ROOT', dirname( __FILE__ ).'/');`
 * Which points to the directory of the current wordpress install or home base? 
   So in this case since it is a multisite installation.
 * Where the core files are installed is on [http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com)
   and when multisite is on, all other sites are like this. [http://www.example.com/au](http://www.example.com/au)
 * So does that mean, that code I put in wp-config is calling for the directory 
   of [http://www.example.com/au](http://www.example.com/au) since multisite makes
   it look like this is the Directory name for the multisite?
 *  Thread Starter [lilap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilap/)
 * (@lilap)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-url-problem/#post-4731621)
 * Update: So for anyone who is having the same problems as I am, here is a quick
   fix until I get something solid from Photocrati.
 * Problem: If you have a WP Multisite Installation and have a base folder. EG: 
   lilap.net – Base Site – /images – Base Folder. I did not want to use
 * > wp-content/blogs.dir/%BLOG_ID%/files/
 *  as I wanted to use my other ecommerce plugins to locate the files faster etc.
 * Problem is when you have a base folder, all subdirectory wordpress sites will
   start looking for their own files eg: Base – lilap.net, would look for files 
   within lilap.net. lilap.net/site1, would look for files within lilap.net/site1.
 * So to get around this, you need to add this to wp-config:
 * > `define( 'NGG_IMPORT_ROOT', '*server to base folder path' );`
 * Then have a redirect from every multisite you have:
 * > `redirect /site1/images/ http://*your base domain*/images/`
 * All galleries will now point to your base directory. Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [lilap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilap/)
 * (@lilap)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-url-problem/#post-4731634)
 * Any help on this guys?
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-url-problem/#post-4731635)
 * [@lilap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilap/) – Thanks for all your troubleshooting
   and finding a solution that works for your particular setup … I’m not sure what
   additional help you are looking for though.
 * It may not be an ideal solution if that is what you are indicating but the premise
   behind a Multisite installation is to keep each sub-site separated including 
   the assets the sub-site uses. You appear to be creating a Multisite work-around
   that NextGEN Gallery is able to now leverage.
 * Thanks, again!
 * – Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [lilap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilap/)
 * (@lilap)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-url-problem/#post-4731644)
 * Hi Cais,
 * I was looking for more of a permanent solution. There must be a oiece of code
   where instead of “home_url() or site_url()” I can manually changr that to the
   main site.

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

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 * Last reply from: [lilap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilap/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-url-problem/#post-4731644)
 * Status: resolved