Title: Network admin link broken (wordpress own directory)
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Network admin link broken (wordpress own directory)

 *  [karlavecunk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karlavecunk/)
 * (@karlavecunk)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-admin-link-broken-wordpress-own-directory/)
 * Hi,
    While updating wordpress 3 to 3.3.2, I discovered a little problem with 
   my WordPress (own directory setup) multisite.
 * The links to network admin aren’t working.
    The WordPress setup is simple : /
   wordpress/BLOG-SLUG The “broken” links are, for exemple : /wp-admin/network/sites.
   php in the admin (the good link is supposed to be /wordpress/wp-admin/network/
   sites.php?)
 * The related problem is that wordpress/wp-admin/network/sites.php doesn’t work
   too… It’s redirected to /wp-admin/network/sites.php
 * So it’s seem a config problem + there is a rewrite/redirection made.
 * This problem isn’t appening in wordpress 3.0
    The blog was a MU before updating
   to 3.0 then to 3.3.2
 *     ```
       HTACCESS  :
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /wordpress/
   
       #uploaded files
       RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
       RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
       RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule . - [L]
       RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
       RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
   
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
       <Files async-upload.php>
       SecFilterEngine Off
       SecFilterScanPOST Off
       </Files>
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * WP-CONFIG :
    […]
 *     ```
       /** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
       define('DB_COLLATE', '');
       define('VHOST', 'no');
       $base = '/';
       define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'www.acelf.ca' );
       define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/' );
       define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
       define('BLOGID_CURRENT_SITE', '1' );
   
       [...]
   
       define( "WP_USE_MULTIPLE_DB", false );
       define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);
       ```
   
 * WEBSITE :
    [http://www.acelf.ca/wordpress/](http://www.acelf.ca/wordpress/) (
   wordpress) [http://www.acelf.ca/nouvelles/](http://www.acelf.ca/nouvelles/) (
   BLOG)
 * Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-admin-link-broken-wordpress-own-directory/#post-2750796)
 * What’s [http://www.acelf.ca/nouvelles/](http://www.acelf.ca/nouvelles/) ? If 
   that’s a SITE on your network, then the issue is you’re trying to run Multisite
   out of a folder it’s not installed in.
 * If it’s a totally separate site, we can ignore it.
 *  Thread Starter [karlavecunk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karlavecunk/)
 * (@karlavecunk)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-admin-link-broken-wordpress-own-directory/#post-2750803)
 * Hum… By giving a /nouvelles, it’s juste like the classic setting
 * > The Site address (URL) is identical to the WordPress address (URL) (above) 
   > unless you are giving WordPress its own directory
 * ?
    All the blogs are #1 as their admin, it’s only the network admin that is brokeN!
   It works well until 3.1
 * Maybe the problem is normal cause a Mu can’t have a /folder/ outside /wordpress
   director so the config that echo links and do rewrites can’t works… But it still
   works before 3.1 (admin bar)
 * Regards,
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-admin-link-broken-wordpress-own-directory/#post-2750814)
 * Yeah, you _cannot_ do that with Multisite.
 * Read [http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory)
 * Can’t do it, won’t work, don’t try it. That’s totally why you’re having errors.

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## Tags

 * [network admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network-admin/)
 * [Own Directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/own-directory/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-admin-link-broken-wordpress-own-directory/#post-2750814)
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