Cannot enable multiuser

  • Resolved TonyR63

    (@tonyr63)


    11 years, 5 months ago

    Help Please

    I am using wordpress 3.5.1 on Ubuntu 10.10 home hosted.

    I have edited my wp-config.php manually (not copy or paste) to add the define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE”, true); and restarted by Apache2 server however I do NOT get the additional Network Settings menu option in the tools section. I have completely restarted the Server linux machine and nothing makes any difference. I cannot proceed any further with the configuration of my network wordpress.

    This is hosted on my own server that I have complete control of and even though each character of the PHP file has been triple checked i cannot enable multisite support.

    What can I do to get past this most frustrating problem?

    I used gedit logged in as root to make the change so how can this happen?

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE", true);

    You start with single quotes, you end with double. Try this:

    define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

    Thread Starter TonyR63

    (@tonyr63)

    Hello Mika

    Unfortunately on my server in the WP_Config.php I am using the single quote, checked and double checked, typed in direct character by character with gedit. Sorry I mistyped it in my post to this forum however I still cannot see the Network Settings in the tools section even though I have exactly what is required in the WP_Config.php file.

    I don’t see what else I can do but this is stopping me moving forward and is very frustrating.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Can you copy/paste here what you have?

    Also have you asked your host if Multisite is supported? Some block it from running.

    Thread Starter TonyR63

    (@tonyr63)

    Hello Mika

    I am hosting my own server so there are no block issues that come into play.

    I manually copied all the 3.5.2 files over the old WordPress folder and copied back the moved out WP_Config.php. When I restarted I was able to complete the upgrade and then I was able to see the Network setting in the tools section and I was able to proceed with Network setup although I was not given the expected option of Host Name V’s File system configuration. Instead I go the message “the main site is a sub directory install..so I’m note sure how this will mix with my existing virtual hosts configured in the HTTPD.conf file. I was not using .htaccess files just directory section in HTTPD.config as recommended by Apache2 for those that have complete access to the whole server.

    No change was made to the WP_Config.php file that would not work with 3.5.1 so I guess i will never know what was the issue. I did find a number of other users that seemed to have the same problem so there must be something unusual about how this file is Parsed. It might be an idea to have that entry in the sample config file but commented out reducing the possibility of syntax errors.

    This issue can be closed and I greatly appreciated the assistance I was provided.

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