category links don't work

Try changing the theme, then.

Thanks for your attention!

Sorry, could have done that by myself ??

Ok, changed the theme, and yes – its an wp issue.

All links from category widget result in “nothing found”.
Same is true for the links from tag-cloud widget.

Links from archive- and “most recent post”-widget work fine.

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Please don’t sign your posts. We can see who you are by that cool sidebar ??

Ok, changed the theme, and yes – its an wp issue.

Not necessarily ?? I get why you’re thinking that, but since you’re one of the only people having the issue, it’s less likely that it’s WP and more likely it’s your site.

Can you share your site URL? Or can you provide an example of the URLs for categories and tags? Like are they this:

domain.com/category/catname/
domain.com/tag/tagname/

?

I get why you’re thinking that

Well, not only for having tried 2 different themes.

I use subdomains for multisite and all subdomains point to the documentroot of the main domain. I disabled all content existing before migration to multisite installation. So every active content has been created from scratch. Same is true for categories and tags.

I admit, that it may be my fault, but as I use wp as is …

I have no idea, what I could have done better.

Can you share your site URL?

U can find an url in my profile.
The site is german – I hope, u don’t mind.
Main-menu switches between sites/subdomains.

There’s no URL in your profile (and I’m a mod so I can actually see those).

Main-menu switches between sites/subdomains.

I dont know what that means.

There’s no URL in your profile

Well, the url was in field “Blog 1 Address”
Now it is in field “Website” too.

Main-menu switches between sites/subdomains.

I dont know what that means.

Ok, when you look at www.remarpro.com, the main menu has the entries

• Showcase
• Themes
• Plugins
• Mobile
• Support
• Get Involved
• About
• Blog
• Hosting

So on my site, each main menu entry refers to a different subdomain, or virtual blog, unrelated to the rest.

Hope you can find the url now – then you can see, what I mean.

Oh. The navigation menu on the FRONT of your site ??

Interestingly, I went to https://asdfdsf.yourdomain.de as a test to see what happens when I go to a FAKE subdomain. That sent me to

https://asdfdsf.yourdomain.de/admin/index.php

I think part of the issue is how your server is set to handle subdomains. It’s parsing things weirdly.

Whats in your .htaccess?

I think part of the issue is how your server is set to handle subdomains. It’s parsing things weirdly.

I don’t agree.

To me (as a user), the behaviour looks fine or at least it is acceptable.
I don’t want others to be able to create subdomains.

So to setup a new subdomain, I have to change server configuration and wait for nameserver updates. Then I can create a new site in WP.
It could be easier, but for my opinion, there’s no need for that.

… but, if category- or tag-cloud-links need a special subdomain, I’m willing to create that. No problem. But I found no information on that.
My .htaccess is the recommended one from multisite-support:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

sorry for insisting!

Could you please gimme a note, whether this behaviour is a wp issue or my fault?

As simulating multisite installation in local network is not that easy – is there a way to log sql-statements?
If I see, what’s going on, may be I could fix it by myself …

I was on vacation. If you need NOW help, you need to hire someone. Otherwise, you gets what you get with free, volunteer, support, neh?

To me (as a user), the behaviour looks fine or at least it is acceptable.
I don’t want others to be able to create subdomains.

Right. to me as a WordPress dev, it’s wrong. Seriously. That’s NOT how you set it up and it will cause problems.

So to setup a new subdomain, I have to change server configuration and wait for nameserver updates. Then I can create a new site in WP.
It could be easier, but for my opinion, there’s no need for that.

That’s right, but the issue is how it handles the non-extant ones. Personally I find making wildcards easier. You can redirect them to the main domain with the NOBLOGREDIRECT define, and no one will know ??

And part of why this matters is that you’re having the server parse things in a way that isn’t friendly to WP, so it’s possible your httpd.conf isn’t handling everything properly.

But hey, I could be wrong, so let’s go back to ABSOLUTE basics.

1) ALL sites (the main site and children) use the default theme (Twenty Fourteen)

2) ALL plugins are off.

3) Make sure AllowOverride is set to ‘All’ or ‘Options All’ in your httpd.conf

I was on vacation. If you need NOW help, you need to hire someone.

Sorry, you got me wrong.

I didn’t ask you to solve my problem. I just wanted to know, whether it is a wp-issue or my fault.
Additionally I thought, you might have stopped your support based an my reply to server setup.

That’s right, but the issue is how it handles the non-extant ones. Personally I find making wildcards easier.

Sure! The point is, I don’t own a root server. So I have to use the setup possibilities my provider offers.

I will ask for wildcard domains.

And part of why this matters is that you’re having the server parse things in a way that isn’t friendly to WP, so it’s possible your httpd.conf isn’t handling everything properly.

Ok, that may be true. Any hint, how I could get rid of it?
I don’t have access to httpd.conf

But hey, I could be wrong, so let’s go back to ABSOLUTE basics.

Well, points 1 and 2 I already checked before posting here.
Point 3 – I don’t know, how to check or change.

Sorry, I was wrong. I did not check 1 and 2 before posting here.
I did it after your suggestions.

I finally was able to setup a multisite installation in my local network.
So I found out, that it’s not my fault and its not a wp-issue either.
Its all a question of “AllowOverwrite”-Settings in httpd.conf

I sent a support request to my provider.

Thanks for your attention.