creativepublishing

Have to use the boilerplate for subdomain install if thats what your using. Subfolder wont work.

If you are certain you tried the boilerplate code from the beginning of the post EXACTLY as it was listed, then I’m afraid I don’t know what to offer as guidance. I see two differences between the boilerplate and what you currently have:

1. At the very bottom you have a couple lines that are designed to redirect the www to the non-www. That is not in the boilerplate.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^aaa\-my\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.aaa\-my\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/aaa\.my" [R=301,L]

2. You also have some variable references on these lines:

RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]

Whereas the boilerplate has:

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]

I would try these:
1. This is just the same boilerplate as above – please try this one more time for me, exactly as this with no additions or deletions.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

2. This is without the www/non-www code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

3. This one is the boilerplate minus the variable change.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^aaa\-my\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.aaa\-my\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/aaa\.my" [R=301,L]

I should note that I don’t like the look of the www/non-www redirect, something deson’t look right to me about it. You should goto stackoverflow.com and search for “htaccess www to non-www redirect” there are a wealth of posts on this issue and make sure it is done correctly. Also, in the direction when installing the multi-site, there is a usggestion to take care of that feature in the options BEFORE installing the multisite code. Just something I noticed.

Additional questions:
Is your wordpress install at root? or in a sub-folder? i.e. aaa.com/wordpress/ ?

The problems your describing are exactly the problems I described, so it should be a similar issue. Is this a fresh install, where you can start from scratch? or an existing blog?

To everyone:

I am so happy I was able to help you guys. Best of luck in your ventures 🙂

Okay,

An Htaccess file should only have one “RewriteEngine On” This essentially turns of Apache’s ModRewrite.

What you did is add the boilerplate instead of replacing the old code with the new code. You essentially have two htaccess files in once there. Make a backup and then delete the line between #BEGIN WordPress and #END WordPress – then let me know how it goes for you.

Your welcome Alex, glad I could help 🙂

Maybe its time to get like a sticky or something on this post? If this many people have bothered to post AFTER fixing the issue, how many have used it to fix their installation? Might help with some of the repeated questions on this specific forum about this issue……

Glad I could help, now get working on your new uber multisite 🙂