Title: Network setup problems Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Network setup problems * Resolved [smiro2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smiro2000/) * (@smiro2000) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-problems/) * Hello everyone i’m having some issues setting up a multisite network and would appreciate some advice or links to relevant existing documentation or threads. ** the goal** to setup a multisite installation as follows wp.mydoma.in <– primary installation (content here is irrelevant really) –myotherdoma.in <– another domain served by the network –sub.mydoma.in <– subdomain of the above –yetanotherdoma. in <– more domains served by the same network i would also like for these to be stored in separate databases * **my background** as a disclaimer i don’t work with wordpress very much as i have specialized more in drupal. Having said that I might simply be trying to use this setup the wrong way and thinking it is supposed to wok the same way as drupal does. i have installed a simple LAMP stack on a Deb6 VM (so i have root access and can edit apache configs etc…), and installed the wp-netwok with subdomains here is an outline of my .htaccess wp-config and apache vhost configs [http://pastebin.com/0VGXeycd](http://pastebin.com/0VGXeycd) i currently have 2 sites installed as wp.idea-team.org <– primary / dir –wbblog.wp.idea-team.org <– secondary / dir with this setup i’m able to see the two sites and administer them individually by loging in as superadmin * **my problem** when clicking on a link to a post, page, or uploaded media i’m redirected to a 404 error. as i mentioned the front pages and admin interfaces work properly though. * thanks again, hopefully i’ve been clear enough, and you will be able to help me fix this issue and achieve my end-goals. -miro Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-problems/#post-2144086) * > and thinking it is supposed to wok the same way as drupal does. * It doesn’t. 🙂 * Also, you’ve got a few different questions in here all jumbled up. * your 404s mean your permalinks aren’t working. Resave ’em, see if that clears them up. If not, apache is not reading your htaccess file. * For different TLDs use the domain mapping plugin in the repo. * For multiple dbs, use shardb or hyperdb, but I gotta say – you really don’t need to unless those sites are HUGE (hundreds of thousands of posts each) or you’e making 500+ sites. * Thread Starter [smiro2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smiro2000/) * (@smiro2000) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-problems/#post-2144111) * Hi Andrea_r, thanks for the super fast reply! You where right, and i’m a little embarrassed to have overlooked the “AllowOverride None” rule in my apache config >.< obviously that fixed everything, and it all seems to be working well! i installed also installed the domain mapping plugin and it seems to work. I’m a bit confused at exactly what it does though… I initially installed the domain mapping plugin and mapped ‘example.com’ to ‘sub.wpnetwork.com’ and when i navigated to example. com i was simply redirected to the subdomain. Then i went and changed the domain name in the site settings from sub.wpnetwork.com to example.com and wasn’t redirected… Seems almost like i don’t need the domain mapping plugin? Thanks again 🙂 * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-problems/#post-2144117) * THe domain mapping plugin handles the login and stuff, so yes you still need it. * you;re not supposed to edit the site details, now you cant unmap it. * you missed the setting to make the mapped domain the primary domain for that site – which is why it kept redirecting. * Look under the single site’s Tools menu. Not the network admin -> domain mapping menu. * Thread Starter [smiro2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smiro2000/) * (@smiro2000) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-problems/#post-2144122) * wow yes i totally missed that … i have to say i’m impressed, this solution is quite elegant! * i appreciate your help very much Andrea_r **Thank You!** * ps=changing topic to resolved status Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Network setup problems’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [smiro2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smiro2000/) * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/network-setup-problems/#post-2144122) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics