images not showing mystery

Check the image path in source code you can also use firebug for this.

Are you still on WP 3.5.2?

actually im still on version 3.3.2.
dont really want to update and break things.
everything was infact running fine, dont know what would have changed, i run it also on a VPS, must be something related because i restarted and then noticed the break. but mod rewrite is running.

path in source is https://example.com/files/2013/01/image.jpeg

Thanks!

Ugh. You really NEED to update.

3.3.2 isn’t supported by anyone, plugins are dropping support for it, and you’re at risk for security vulnerabilities. The longer you wait to upgrade, the harder it gets. It seems paradoxical, but the more you update, the less likely it is you’ll have problems.

What’s the content of your .htaccess? We can try to help you out but most of our debugging is already aimed for WP 3.6. It’ll probably work for 3.5, but 3.3 is really different.

hehe, yes, i can imagine. ok, i will look into updating. my only point being it *was* working, thus the mystery.

here is my htaccess. Thanks for the help!!

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^files/(.*)$ https://domain.com/wp-content/files/$1 [L,R=301]

# 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).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress
</IfModule>

This is a problem:

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^files/(.*)$ https://domain.com/wp-content/files/$1 [L,R=301]

You don’t need BOTH, and the second one has never been supported… Can you remove it or comment it out to test?

Unfortunately that didn’t do anything ??
i commented out RewriteRule ^files/(.*)$ https://domain.com/wp-content/files/$1 [L,R=301]

So using https://example.com/files/2013/01/image.jpeg as the example…

what happens if you go to https://example.com/wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=/2013/01/image.jpeg

broken image icon

Yeah, it’s your server :/

The httpd.conf needs to be set for your domain to have AllowOptions set to either ‘All’ or ‘Options All’

in my apache2/sites-available/examplesite.conf (the one used as the ‘parent site’ for the multisite) i have

<Directory /home/examplesite/public_html>
Options -Indexes +IncludesNOEXEC +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
allow from all
AllowOverride All
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
AddHandler fcgid-script .php5
FCGIWrapper /home/examplesite/fcgi-bin/php5.fcgi .php
FCGIWrapper /home/examplesite/fcgi-bin/php5.fcgi .php5
</Directory>

I added in Options All and restarted apache but nothing new.
(AllowOptions All threw a syntax error)

AllowOverride All should be AllowOverride Options All

still no go.
it cant be this because i didn’t edit this file and it was working.
can you tell me which modules this depends on? Because i restarted the server and lately things havnt been working right on the server, so i have the feeling it didn’t start some modules.

but in general the mod rewrite is working, so cant really tell… mystery!

thanks for your help ??

it cant be this because i didn’t edit this file and it was working.

I understand WHY you think that, but it’s incorrect assumption.

Anyway, this is one of the times when I would say that since the redirect isn’t working, for whatever reason, it’s time to consider changing WP to stop using ms-files.php

It’s possible to change to the NEW config, which puts the files in /wp-content/uploads/sites/ instead:

https://halfelf.org/2012/dumping-ms-files/
https://trepmal.com/2013/03/24/removing-ms-files-php-dependency/

IMO? Easier to wrangle WP than Apache sometimes.

probably ?? was thinking to actually just move it to a single install, any tips for that?