Can I create an 'images' folder for a subdomain multisite?

  • Resolved mydog8it

    (@mydog8it)


    12 years ago

    I’m moving a site that was on its own install to a subdomain multisite install with domain mapping. Problem is, the site used to be in html and all of the old images are in a mydomain.com/images folder, and the posts link to them there.

    I’ve tried adding an images folder here: /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/images

    and here: /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/images

    but when I go to mydomain.com/images, it doesn’t exist. Is it possible to do this with a multisite install? Where do I put the folder?

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Keep them in /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/images and do this:

    RewriteRule ^images/(.*)$ /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/images/$1 [L,R=301]

    Put that above your WordPress htaccess rules ??

    Thread Starter mydog8it

    (@mydog8it)

    Thanks!! yay. This worked great.

    But…I also have an images folder in my main site, and it’s redirecting those into the other site’s folder now. I’m not super familiar with htaccess files. Can I just change it to the specific domain, like this?

    RewriteRule ^mydomain.com/images/(.*)$ /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/images/$1 [L,R=301]

    or do I need to get rid of the ^

    RewriteRule mydomain.com/images/(.*)$ /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/images/$1 [L,R=301]

    I don’t want to try random things and blow up the internet.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Close!

    # MyDomain Images
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.com
RewriteRule ^images/(.*)$ /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/images/$1 [L,R=301]

    The RrewriteCond is only good for one line, so if you want to also redirect mydomain.com/rainbows to mydomain.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/rainbows it works like this:

    # MyDomain Redirects
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.com
RewriteRule ^images/(.*)$ /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/images/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.com
RewriteRule ^rainbows/(.*)$ /wp-content/blogs.dir/2/rainbows/$1 [L,R=301]
    Thread Starter mydog8it

    (@mydog8it)

    Works perfectly! Thank you so much. You saved me days of work. ??

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