network not showing up in tools

  • Resolved Babs

    (@turquoisefish)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    I’m at a loss; I’ve tried everything I can think of & still no “network” under tools. I was able to successfully create the A host in the DNS with the *. I followed the WordPress installation. Edited the wp-config.php file, even tried multiple things there. I removed WordPress & installed WordPress MU (don’t do this LOL), and resorted to downloading the 3.0 and manually installing. Previously, I had just upgraded to 3.0 but not from WordPress MU, just WordPress (finding there were 2 kinds took some time to figure out as well).

    I’m tired, so maybe not recalling what else I’ve done, but whatever logical step that should be done, I tried it. I’m using the default BuddyPress theme, and I have now upgraded the default theme. Still, nothing. Hmmm, I haven’t tried it without the BuddyPress theme though. I could not get BuddyPress to work right using another BuddyPress theme.

    Oh, I remember; I also have my blog in a subdirectory folder (meaning the WordPress files are not separate from the main index file and such but they are not in root). I read that may be a problem, so I backed up my root files, moved them and installed my WordPress there. Nothing (meaning my site worked as it did prior to moving to the root; still no network under tools).

    I disabled plugins and whatever else. Everything is the same. No network. ?? I’m hosting with godaddy (don’t judge lol).

    I’m looking to do subdirectories, multiple blogs.

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  • So, it appears that once you set up Multisite (didn’t actually have to with mine ‘cuz I was WPMu going in) the Network menu no longer appears.

    Still appears for me.

    And like you discovered, if you upgraded from MU, you do not have to do this. Havign the Network menu show after it’s working is kinda…. irrelevant. ?? You never need it again, especially if you were running mu.

    Good to finally know what the deal is. Thanks for the confirm. Might be a good idea to have someone edit the instructions. With all of these people and instructions talking about the “Network” menu entry, and mine not showing, I thought my install was borked. I can’t remember how many hours I spent searching for the answer.

    Might be a good idea to have someone edit the instructions.

    Which ones and what lines?

    Because it does state in the codex entry on upgrading MU to 3.0, that you don’t have to set up the network. (at least I think I put that in there)

    I can’t get the network option to show up in the tools menu either. I upgraded a couple weeks ago from 2.9.2, and now I’d like to do the multisite option.

    I’ve tried

    define(‘MULTISITE’, true);

    define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);

    define(‘WP_ENABLE_MULTISITE’, true);

    in my wp-config file. All of them, and all of them individually, just above the That’s it line. On separate lines like above.

    I’ve tried editing my wp-config lazy like, with all my plugins still enabled, but I’ve also disabled all of them, and it didn’t make a difference.

    I have bluehost, and some people say you can’t do multisite on it, but others say they have and it works. I was able to add the wildcard subdomain.

    I can’t access the httpd.conf file to add the serveralias line. Some people have said you can use your .htaccess file to override, but I haven’t seen any explanations on how.

    Also, I’m not sure if the network option should be showing up before I get all that done anyway.

    Thanks.

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