Title: Problems with Multisite
Last modified: July 26, 2017

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# Problems with Multisite

 *  [TheLeprechaun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theleprechaun/)
 * (@theleprechaun)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-multisite-3/)
 * I can’t seem to get multisite working at all.
 * I’ve installed, uninstalled, reinstalled, tried sub-directories and subdomains.
   Nothing works.
 * If I install with sub-directories, the sub-sites will load. However, when logging
   in, their dashboards load in an unusable state, as per my previous [post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subsite-dashboards-not-displaying/).
 * If I install with subdomains, then the sub-site pages and login pages are unreachable
   and give 403 errors.
 * In both cases, the main site works, but the subsites are all borked. Currently
   have a subdomain install, but can’t get into any subsite created.
 * I don’t have any plugins running. I’ve tried replacing htaccess. I’ve set file
   permissions to 755/644 manually, I’ve had my host reset file permissions, I’ve
   called my host and confirmed that wildcard is enabled… I’ve run through the common
   403 errors and I’m not experienced enough to know or check more esoteric ones.

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 *  Moderator [tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobifjellner/)
 * (@tobifjellner)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-multisite-3/#post-9355707)
 * Are you trying to connect via https?
    If yes, I suggest you start without the
   security layer, which will add its own peculiarities (especially if you use let
   ´s encrypt, since they don´t issue wildcard certificates).
 * Which `.htaccess` content do you use? It differs a bit from standard.
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration](https://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration)
 * Besides this, I have no further ideas (I’ve never dealt with multisite).
    Wish
   you good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [TheLeprechaun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theleprechaun/)
 * (@theleprechaun)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-multisite-3/#post-9355733)
 * My htaccess is as follows:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       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]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * It’s just the stuff from the setup page copied into the file and replacing the
   rules between the mod_rewrite tags. Nothing fancy.
 * EDIT: I’m not using https. I’m fresh out of install, just set up a couple pages
   on the main site, made a few posts so it’s not empty of content. I’ve put in 
   one theme, no plugins at all.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [TheLeprechaun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theleprechaun/).

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [TheLeprechaun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theleprechaun/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-multisite-3/#post-9355733)
 * Status: not resolved

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