Sub Domain Issues

Have you setup your wilcard subdomain at Bluehost? Here is their helpdesk article on how to do that:

https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/527

I have done so a few hours ago and tried again from scratch on a different subdomain f1.thefalconwing.com.

It has made some difference, Now i just get the bluehost standard landing page instead of the site?

And now when i try and access the /wp-admin i get an internal server error?

Just to make sure i have it right this is what my .htaccess looks like

# Use PHP5 Single php.ini as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5s .php

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

# END WordPress

and this is what i have put into the config.php

/* Multisite */
define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true);

define('MULTISITE', true);
define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true);
$base = '/';
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'www.thefalconwing.com');
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/');
define('SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);
define('BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE', 1);

define( 'SUNRISE', 'on' );

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

Appreciate the help.

Unless it’s specific to BlueHost’s configuration, you may want to try removing the AddHandler line from your .htaccess file. In most cases, unless they force PHP 4 by default, it’s not needed.

Try using:

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

# END WordPress

Your .htaccess looks fine otherwise, though I have seen that line be the cause of errors in the past with various configurations where it’s simply not needed.

It seems to be working now. My issue was when installed the wildcard onto the DNS i did not delete the “wilcard” folder so it can installed on that instead of the root folder.

Thanks for your help.