Title: Running two-level multisites? Example posted
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Running two-level multisites? Example posted

 *  [jal24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jal24/)
 * (@jal24)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-two-level-multisites-example-posted/)
 * Hi,
 * I am trying to achieve the following:
 * Main site:
    [http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com)
 * Site that lists different blogs:
    [http://www.example.com/subfolder](http://www.example.com/subfolder)
 * Individual blogs at:
    [http://www.example.com/subfolder/author1](http://www.example.com/subfolder/author1)
   [http://www.example.com/subfolder/author2](http://www.example.com/subfolder/author2)
 * Example of what I am trying to achieve:
    [http://hypebeast.com/blog/](http://hypebeast.com/blog/)
 * I have Multi-site setup and working, however when i try to make a site called“/
   subfolder/author1/”, I get a 404 error. [http://www.example.com/subfolder](http://www.example.com/subfolder)
   is setup and working.
 * Help is appreciated, thanks!

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 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-two-level-multisites-example-posted/#post-2049087)
 * Hypebeast has a single WP install in the root and the multisite install is in
   another folder.
 * Yes, really. Can tell from the html source. And this is the only way you can 
   get nested subfolders in multisite.
 *  Thread Starter [jal24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jal24/)
 * (@jal24)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-two-level-multisites-example-posted/#post-2049169)
 * So do I have to setup multisite again in the folder?
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-two-level-multisites-example-posted/#post-2049201)
 * Yes.
 * > a single WP install in the root and the multisite install is in another folder.
 *  Thread Starter [jal24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jal24/)
 * (@jal24)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-two-level-multisites-example-posted/#post-2049219)
 * So I have to have two copies of WordPress (one in root and one in the subfolder),
   and “create a network” with the one in the subfolder?
 * Sorry I’m just learning this and it’s a bit confusing.
 * Thanks 🙂
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-two-level-multisites-example-posted/#post-2049227)
 * > Hypebeast has a single WP install in the root and the multisite install is 
   > in another folder.
 * So yes. Again.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-two-level-multisites-example-posted/#post-2049227)
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