Title: problem with a subdomain multisite install Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # problem with a subdomain multisite install * Resolved [Ovidiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ovidiu/) * (@ovidiu) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/) * I upgraded a 2.9.2 install to this beta and enabled the multisite configuration. On the network page I am given these configurations to insert into my files: * > define( ‘MULTISITE’, true ); > define( ‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, false ); $base =‘/’; > define( ‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘klub-kamikaze.com’ ); define( ‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’,‘/’); > define( ‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1 ); define( ‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1 ); * into wp-config.php * and * > RewriteEngine On > RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] * # uploaded files RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files. php?file=$2 [L] * # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L] * RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^ – [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] into .htaccess * If I do this, I get an Error establishing database connection ??? if I then try to access this site. * If I change the wp-config code to a SUBDOMAIN isntall, liuke this: * > define( ‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, true ); * Then I get told by my browser, that Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. * Can anyone supply me with the right settigns for setting this up for subdomains? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/page/2/?output_format=md) * [trman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trman/) * (@trman) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/#post-1502169) * I have a 3.0beta multi site installed into the root of a domain and have both subdomain and some true domain sites mapped and it works. * My .htaccess is: * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] # uploaded files RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^ - [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` * and my other multi-site code from wp-config.php to correspond with the code you posted is * ``` define( 'MULTISITE', true ); define( 'VHOST', 'yes' ); $base = '/'; define( 'DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'myactualdomain.com' ); define( 'PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/' ); define( 'SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 ); define( 'BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1 ); ``` * I don’t have a clue what your problems is, but maybe something in the above will help you figure it out. * Thread Starter [Ovidiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ovidiu/) * (@ovidiu) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/#post-1502201) * I tried using your config (adapting to my domain) but with the same errors 🙁 * thx for the help though… * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/#post-1502221) * Where in your config file did you put that, Ovidiu? It should be ABOVE the line that says ‘Not below here!’ or something to that effect. * Thread Starter [Ovidiu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ovidiu/) * (@ovidiu) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/#post-1502222) * obviously. * The problem is this is a blog I copied over from its original location, to test and make it 3.0 ready, but I simply can’t select/enable subdomain option 🙁 * Obviously all the wp-config and DB options have been changed… Don’t know what else I could have overlooked 🙁 * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/#post-1502228) * You say obviously but a lot of people miss that 🙂 Or put it outside the Sub-domain Install Because your install is over 1 month old, the sites in your > WordPress network must use sub-domains. * all is good now 🙂 got it working. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/#post-1502321) * That’s a recent change Ovi – because remember how in a sibdir install the /blog/ is added to the permalinks? If you don’t know this, all your links get hosed on older installs. So they did a check to disable it. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘problem with a subdomain multisite install’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Alpha/Beta/RC](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/) * 17 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * Last activity: [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-subdomain-multisite-install/page/2/#post-1502325) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics