SIngle User Multiple Blogs issue

Then it’s not successful. ?? Cuz this is built in by default, and kinda the point of super admin….

Got any plugins running or is this a naked install? Also! Clear cookies & cache.

Cookies and Cache cleared.
No plugins, naked install.

I don’t think its an issue with the subdomain setup as every link points to the right place and browsing to each subdomain gets me to the relevant blog.

I cleared cookies and cache again and now its not even letting me into the main dashboard and sending me round that redirect loop again. I now can’t administer my network at all.

And your .htaccess file?

edited/created as the installation of the blog network asked me to.

The installation of the network did say that as I was installing on ‘localhost’ I would have to use sub dirs but I couldn’t find any reference online to if there were any differences between a subdir .htaccess and a subdom .htaccess so I just left it as was. My .htaccess file reads as follows:

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]

The installation of the network did say that as I was installing on ‘localhost’ I would have to use sub dirs but I couldn’t find any reference online to if there were any differences between a subdir .htaccess and a subdom .htaccess so I just left it as was.

Well, yes. there ARE differences. ??

Specifically the line to get in to the admin area….

(where’s ipstenu when I neeeed her? she has this memorized, I swear.)

I found the subdom .htaccess example (PEBCAK, didn’t read far enough down the create a network page)

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

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress

and I tried it but with the same result.

The second htaccess is correct, but IIRC this one is a API/key issue. Did you change your salts and keys when you turned on the network?

Ah. During this process I have uninstalled and reinstalled WP, backing up the original config and .htaccess files. and simply replacing them. And of course the key’s will be different, won’t they. I didn’t think of that.

I have changed the .htaccess to the subdom one mentioned above, and regenerated a new set of keys from the link given in the config file,

The result is the same however. Still caught in that redirect loop on login.

Just run another uninstall/reinstall. Just to be sure.

Not changed the keys, used the subdom .htaccess and all goes fine until it asks me to log in again after creating the network. then I get stuck in the redirect loop once more.

Completely fresh installation, no plugins, no users apart from the super admin, and no blogs in the network apart from the original one.

I tried turning SSL off on Apache, but this doesn’t fix it either.

Are you using Chrome? Try a different browser anyway, to start.

Also, check those salts & keys and take out anything that isn’t a number or letter.

Tried in Chrome, IE, and Firefox with the same result.

Cleared Cache and Cookies, then removed non-alphanumeric characters from Keys/salts.

Retried in above browsers, same result.

So…. when you put the edits in the config file, you stuck them in the middle – not at the bottom right?

Yes. I put them all above the line that reads:
/*That's all, stop editing! Happy Blogging. */

In the order:

* MYSQL Settings
* Keys and Salts
* Table prefix
* Language settings
* Multisite definitions