Title: Subdirectory blogs not loading
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Subdirectory blogs not loading

 *  [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-blogs-not-loading/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve come across a problem where my multisite wordpress installation does not
   show blogs that are created as subdirectories. I can’t even access their dashboard.
 * I am stuck at this.
 * I have wordpress on a Windows 2008 r2 Server running WordPress 4.1
 * Thanks for you help

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 *  [Will Schmierer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officialwill/)
 * (@officialwill)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-blogs-not-loading/#post-5767296)
 * Have you followed the steps outlined here in the codex? I’m not very familiar
   with the Windows 2008 r2 setup, but hopefully this helps you get going in the
   right direction?
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network)
 *  Thread Starter [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-blogs-not-loading/#post-5767298)
 * Thanks Will.
 * Yes, I have followed those steps. It was working this morning and then it stopped
   working. The only thing I have done today is delete some plug-ins.
 * I’m not sure if it is to do with Rule 5 in the web.config file.
 * _<rule name=”WordPress Rule 5″ stopProcessing=”true”>
    <match url=”^([\_0-9a-
   zA-Z-]+/)?([\_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$” ignoreCase=”false” /> <action type=”
   Rewrite” url=”{R:1}” /> </rule>
 * This was working fine, until I changed the domain of the server last week. It
   was still loading subdirectory sites fine until it just seemed to stop.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-blogs-not-loading/#post-5767298)
 * Status: not resolved

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