Title: WP Multisite install, blank wp-config.php
Last modified: August 30, 2016

---

# WP Multisite install, blank wp-config.php

 *  [awwnuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awwnuts/)
 * (@awwnuts)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-multisite-install-blank-wp-configphp/)
 * I installed wordpress using softalicious, and selected for WP multisite.
 * The install did not give me an option to select subdomains or folders and selected
   folders on its own. This is not what I want.
 * I looked at the wp-config.php to edit the line for subdomains to true, but found
   that the wp-config.php file was blank.
 * What did I do wrong?

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-multisite-install-blank-wp-configphp/#post-6242224)
 * are these the guides you followed:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network)
   [https://codex.wordpress.org/Before_You_Create_A_Network](https://codex.wordpress.org/Before_You_Create_A_Network)
   [https://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration](https://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration)
 *  Thread Starter [awwnuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awwnuts/)
 * (@awwnuts)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-multisite-install-blank-wp-configphp/#post-6242234)
 * No, I assumed that the softalicious would know what it was doing since it is 
   an auto installer.
 * Reading on it, it looks like I had to set up the wildcard through cpanel. I’m
   trying that now.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-multisite-install-blank-wp-configphp/#post-6242242)
 * please review those WP guides before installation. If this is a brand new installation,
   start from scratch.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-multisite-install-blank-wp-configphp/#post-6242245)
 * > I assumed that the softalicious would know what it was doing
 * Do you mean “Softaculous”? yes? then also review this useful info:
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Softaculous](https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Softaculous)
 *  Thread Starter [awwnuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awwnuts/)
 * (@awwnuts)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-multisite-install-blank-wp-configphp/#post-6242321)
 * yup. thats what i mean.
 * I found out that softaculous doesn’t install subdomain multisite. That was on
   their forums.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

The topic ‘WP Multisite install, blank wp-config.php’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [Blank](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/blank/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-config-php/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [awwnuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awwnuts/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-multisite-install-blank-wp-configphp/#post-6242321)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics