WordPress Network Subdomain Setup Broken (Bluehost)

Hey! So I have attempted to create a working WordPress Network (multisite) on this BlueHost account several times to no avail. I have done this before on other Bluehost accounts, and even on other hosts, but something is preventing this from working this time. After my third WordPress uninstall and database delete, I called support and had them wipe and reset the server — a “factory reset”, you might say. But same problem. So here is what I have and what I have done…

I have two domain names: “hopeisnotafarce.com” and “weho.pe”. When I created this account, “hopeisnotafarce.com” was the primary domain, then I brought in “weho.pe” and made it the primary.

I installed WordPress via SimpleScripts, and at this point everything appeared to work properly. So far so good as far as I could tell.

At this point, I opened http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network and followed the steps.

I added the wildcard A record (*) in the DNS Zone Editor and pointed it to the site IP address. Now, at this point aren’t all attempted subdomains supposed to be routed to a new WordPress site registration page? I don’t know off the top of my head, but I seem to remember that they ARE. But they aren’t. Anyway, moving on…

I added a directory under “wp-content” called “blogs.dir” and ensure it has the proper permissions: 755.

I added the line “define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);” to the proper location in wp-config.php and refresh the WP dashboard.

I grabbed the HTACCESS code from the WordPress Network Setup screen and replace the corresponding WordPress code in HTACCESS with this new network code. I grabbed the appropriate additional lines of code for wp-config.php and add them immediately following the “WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE” line.

I then logged back into the dashboard, as required. The main blog still looks to be working correctly. But when I go to add a new site, the operation initially appears to work correctly until I attempt to navigate either to this new site’s dashboard or front page: “Oops! Google Chrome could not find test1.weho.pe”.

What the booger is happening to my WordPress Network?