Title: bobob21's Replies | WordPress.org --- # bobob21 [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [changing URL of multi-site WP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/#post-4687671) * I solved it. Thanks for your help Mika! * For those who want to know, a quick write-up. * 1) installed a new WP install in a domain.com/wp 2) Followed [https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory), so the root of domain.com points to wp (for now) 3) enabled network / multisite by following [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network)( put the .htaccess in the root) 4) the URLs of (only) the primary WP site don’t seem to work. Fixed it by changing the permalink format 5) added “DirectoryIndex index_static.php index.php” to the top of my .htaccess file * Result: – domain.com points to a static site – all subsites have the url structure domain.com/sub1, domain.com/sub2 * The primary wp site does not work properly together / next to the static site, because of step 5. But that is fine. I use my first subsite as my primary WP site. If in the future I want to replace my static site by a WP site, I just have to undo step 5. * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [changing URL of multi-site WP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/#post-4687670) * I did a fresh install of WP (in a new directory). During the install, I gave a different table prefix (wp2) so it would not conflict with my first WP install( I will delete this WP install, once the new install is working properly and content has been trasfered). I did not have to do any database search & replace. * There are several strange things now * – when I visit domain.com, I see do see my new (primary) blog, including Hello World post and some other posts I have added. However, when I click on the title, I get a file not found error because the URL is incorrect * – when I add a new WP site to the network (domain.com/subsite2), this problem is not there. It seems to work fine * – the subsite however cannot is not listed in the dropdown list under My Sites. It *is* listed in My Sites > Network admin > Sites, so it isn’t a big problem, just strange. Previously every subsite would be listed directly in the dropdownlist of My Sites. * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [changing URL of multi-site WP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/#post-4687666) * Mika, do you know how I have to resolve the incorrect pingback URLs? * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [changing URL of multi-site WP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/#post-4687621) * I reinstalled WP in a new subdir (public_html/wordpress) and did the “trick” so [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com) points to the wp site. This works fine. * After this, I wanted to activate the multisite mode, but got stuck after completing step 4 from [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network). I am guessing because the code for the wp-config.php and .htaccess provided is not tailored for the ‘trick’ desribed above. * When I go to My Sites > Network Admin > Dashboard (or Sites), I now get a “Not Found” error. It points to [http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/network/](http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/network/) in stead of [http://www.domain.com/WORDPRESS/wp-admin/network/](http://www.domain.com/WORDPRESS/wp-admin/network/). How can I fix this? * ah, I think I had to put the .htaccess file in the root, not in the / wordpress folder! Only one strange thing, when I write a new blog post, the pingback refers to my old wp install (domain.com/blog) and not to my new install (domain. com/wordpress). I did give the new install a different table prefix * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [changing URL of multi-site WP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/#post-4687587) * just to be sure before I undertake this endevor, so it IS possible what I want? If I follow option 1, I will get subsites with only one level deep URLS (domain. com/subsite) without the WP files cluttering my root (it will be installed in public_html/subdir)? * So, to what does the “no” refer to? That I cannot keep a static / non-WP site in the root? (I can live with that / will convert my statis site to a WP site) * If I follow-up on option 1 and enable multisite after the “trick”, am I free to choose either the domein-based multisite vs path-based multisite? (I think I prefer the latter) * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [changing URL of multi-site WP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/#post-4687564) * Hi Mika * You might me right. Perhaps reinstalling is easier. However, * – I prefer that WP doesn’t clutter my root folder, where I also have a static site. So I want to install wp in domain.com/subdir. The extra network sites should however be a direct (first level) child of the root (domain.com/blog2 and domain. com/blog3). Is this possible? * – for now, I would like to keep my static website which resides in the root. Can I follow the instructions on [https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory), but after copying wp’s index.php to the root, renaming it to wp_index.php? * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [changing URL of multi-site WP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-of-multi-site-wp/#post-4687502) * My WP was first a single-site install, which I converted to a path-based multi- site WP (am not sure, but a domain-based install maybe didn’t work with my shared hoster one.com) * ktrantum, if I am correct you are referring to creating an entire new wp install when you are talking about creating your own directories manually. * What I ment is * 1) I already have WP installed (as a path-enabled multisite) in [http://www.domain.com/blog](http://www.domain.com/blog) * 2) When I go to My Sites > Network admin > Sites > Add New, I can create a WP new site. It automatically creates a path/directory like [http://www.domain.com/blog/whateverIwant](http://www.domain.com/blog/whateverIwant) * However I don’t want it to be [http://www.domain.com/blog/whateverIwant](http://www.domain.com/blog/whateverIwant), but [http://www.domain.com/whateverIwant](http://www.domain.com/whateverIwant) * As I understood from [https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory), it is possible that URL [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com) refers you to the directory public_html/wp_install_directory. So, your top level URL is a WP site, without that the WP files are actually in your root. I would like to achieve something similair, but now for *all* the subsites I create through the network admin interface. And actually, if possible the root of by domain should still point to my static html site. * So * [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com) > static site [http://www.domain.com/blog](http://www.domain.com/blog) > wp main install (public_html/blog) [http://www.domain.com/blog2](http://www.domain.com/blog2) > a networked WP site [http://www.domain.com/blog3](http://www.domain.com/blog3) > another networked WP site etc * If this is really a problem, than I can convert my statis site to a WP site. Then the scenario would be * [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com) > wp main install (public_html/ blog) [http://www.domain.com/blog2](http://www.domain.com/blog2) > a networked WP site [http://www.domain.com/blog3](http://www.domain.com/blog3) > another networked WP site etc * Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) In reply to: [setting up multi-site on existing subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-multi-site-on-existing-subdomain/) * Thread Starter [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-multi-site-on-existing-subdomain/#post-3349808) * p.s. I do not know if this makes a difference but * – [http://www.mydomain.com/blog](http://www.mydomain.com/blog) (or blog.mydomain. com) should stay visible to the publiv * – me.mydomain.com/blog2 can only be accessed after entering a (https) password * – me.mydomain.com/blog3 can also only be accessed after entering a (https) password * (accessed = viewing blog post) * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [A better search?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-better-search/) * [bobob21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobob21/) * (@bobob21) * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-better-search/#post-102419) * Same here. I am badly in need of a more sophisticated search engine. It should also be able to combine keywords (AND / + operator). It would also be nice if it could search the Category titles as well. * If someone knows some code/plug-in that could achieve this, could you send me a note to bobob21 at zonnet.nl? * Thanks Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)