Subdirectory Multisite problem

Okay, that’s ‘good’. Or rather that means Multisite isn’t working at all, so that’s why the 404.

Go into your server via FTP and make sure that the folder for /network/ is in there.

Should be

/wordpress/
/wordpress/wp-admin/
/wordpress/wp-admin/network/

Oh… do I just create that?

No!

I’m asking if they’re there ?? It’s a yes or no answer ??

okay, I went in, and it is there.

Not Found
The requested URL /wp-admin/network was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) Server at domain.com Port 80

Okay that error says it’s not… SOmething’s not right if the .htaccess isn’t working. The changes you made before, putting RewriteRule ./wordpress/index.php in, should never be needed.

But you can’t get to the network, so let’s undo this change and see if you can get in?

hmmm… I’m gonna take a look at .htaccess then.

My .htaccess looks like:

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

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

# 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]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Also, my network folder contains the following:
about.php plugin-editor.php site-new.php themes.php
admin.php plugin-install.php site-settings.php update-core.php
credits.php plugins.php sites.php update.php
edit.php profile.php site-themes.php upgrade.php
freedoms.php settings.php site-users.php user-edit.php
index.php setup.php theme-editor.php user-new.php
menu.php site-info.php theme-install.php users.php

I feel like the error is due to something so small, because I can even edit the site and add users, but I can’t access the site dashboard, or visit the sites (404 error). Same problem with adding pages to the wordpress main site (domain.com/wordpress), I can edit and add pages, but I can’t see them. It’s as if everything is working, but something is off?

That’s definitely the right .htaccess for Multisite Subfolders.

You could try manually re-uploading the WP files from a fresh download… Something really is off, but I can’t think of what.

Actually, I probably should. Because it’s something, but I can’t see what it could be. Luckily, it’s only a test site, so I can trash it whenever, so better now than further delay.

Thanks so much for your help!

Oh a manual re-upload won’t hurt anythig, but if it’s a test site, start over. Something went bibbeldy :/

I’ve had installs just NOT work and I’m sure it’s cause I did something dumb, but I can never sort it out.