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 *   Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
   
   In reply to: [Moving multisite root from www.domain.com to domain.com?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-multisite-root-from-wwwdomaincom-to-domaincom/)
 *  [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-multisite-root-from-wwwdomaincom-to-domaincom/#post-5768470)
 * It isn’t too hard. Do you have access to the wordpress database as you will need
   to make changes there.
 * Here are the options in the database to change
 * wp_options: options named “siteurl” and “home”
    wp_site wp_sitemeta: the option
   named “siteurl” wp_blogs: any entries in the “domains” column that have the old
   domain name wp_#_options: Each sub-site will have sets of tables that correspond
   to the blog_id in the wp_blogs table. You need to go to the wp_#_options table,
   where # corresponds to the blog_id, and update the “siteurl” and “home” settings
   in that table.
 *   Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
   
   In reply to: [Changing Domain on Root site on Multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/)
 *  Thread Starter [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/#post-5753875)
 * Hi Mike
 * I am on a Windows server so I don’t have a htaccess file. I do have a web.config
   file.
 * >  <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
   >  <configuration> <system.webServer>
   > <rewrite> <rules> <rule name=”WordPress Rule 1″ stopProcessing=”true”> <match
   > url=”^index\.php$” ignoreCase=”false” /> <action type=”None” /> </rule> <rule
   > name=”WordPress Rule 2″ stopProcessing=”true”> <match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?
   > wp-admin$” ignoreCase=”false” /> <action type=”Redirect” url=”{R:1}wp-admin/”
   > redirectType=”Permanent” /> </rule> <rule name=”WordPress Rule 3″ stopProcessing
   > =”true”> <match url=”^” ignoreCase=”false” /> <conditions logicalGrouping=”
   > MatchAny”> <add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsFile” ignoreCase=”false”/
   > > <add input=”{REQUEST_FILENAME}” matchType=”IsDirectory” ignoreCase=”false”/
   > > </conditions> <action type=”None” /> </rule> <rule name=”WordPress Rule 4″
   > stopProcessing=”true”> <match url=”^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*)”
   > ignoreCase=”false” /> <action type=”Rewrite” url=”{R:2}” /> </rule> <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> <rule name=”WordPress Rule 6″ stopProcessing=”true”> <match
   > url=”.” ignoreCase=”false” /> <action type=”Rewrite” url=”index.php” /> </rule
   > > </rules> </rewrite> </system.webServer> </configuration>
 *   Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
   
   In reply to: [Changing Domain on Root site on Multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/)
 *  Thread Starter [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/#post-5753873)
 * My subdirectories have now disappeared and I get a 500 error message.
 * I am not sure what has gone wrong.
 *   Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
   
   In reply to: [Subdirectory blogs not loading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-blogs-not-loading/)
 *  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.
 *   Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
   
   In reply to: [Subfolder Multisite activation on IIS is not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-multisite-activation-on-iis-is-not-working/)
 *  [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subfolder-multisite-activation-on-iis-is-not-working/#post-5764730)
 * Try changing
 *     ```
       <rule name="WordPress Rule 4" stopProcessing="true">
                           <match url="^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*)" ignoreCase="false" />
                           <action type="Rewrite" url="E:/Inetpub/WWWRoot/wordpress/{R:1}" />
                       </rule>
                       <rule name="WordPress Rule 5" stopProcessing="true">
                           <match url="^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                           <action type="Rewrite" url="E:/Inetpub/WWWRoot/wordpress/{R:2}" />
                       </rule></em>
   
       to
   
       <em>                <rule name="WordPress Rule 4" stopProcessing="true">
                           <match url="^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*)" ignoreCase="false" />
                           <action type="Rewrite" url="E:/Inetpub/WWWRoot/wordpress/{R:2}" />
                       </rule>
                       <rule name="WordPress Rule 5" stopProcessing="true">
                           <match url="^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                           <action type="Rewrite" url="E:/Inetpub/WWWRoot/wordpress/{R:1}" />
                       </rule>
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
   
   In reply to: [Changing Domain on Root site on Multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/)
 *  Thread Starter [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/#post-5753802)
 * Brilliant!
 * I managed to get it working by finding an older version of phpmyadmin.
 * Thanks for your help.
 * Now got that that problem of not being able to get to /wp-admin/ on subdirectories.
   I’ve fixed this before but I can’t remember how.
 * Thanks for your help Mike.
 *   Forum: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
   
   In reply to: [Changing Domain on Root site on Multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/)
 *  Thread Starter [GSATech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gsatech/)
 * (@gsatech)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-on-root-site-on-multisite/#post-5753794)
 * Thanks for the swift response Mike. I’ve had a look at this and I am not sure
   how to make the changes as you have suggested.
 * I installed wordpress using IIS on my windows server. I’m not sure how to access
   the database.
 * Sorry for this, I’m not 100% sure what I am doing as this is the first time I
   have done anything like this. Using a windows server has added some extra complications.
 * I’ve tried installing phpmyadmin on the server, but it came across errors and
   said I needed to update MySQL to 5.5 instead of 5.1. I’ve got stuck here.

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