WordPressMU: Posts links lead to 404 error

https://www.nelsonshack.com is the site in question, btw.

What’s your .htaccess?

Thanks for the response, Ipstenu. Here it is:

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]

What happens if you turn off pretty permalinks?

(That’s the correct htaccess for a subdomain install – Are you using that or subfolders?)

It’s Apache and mod_rewrite issues.

Individual post links don’t even work on your main site either. Did you put in the .htaccess file? Does the server have mod_rewrite enabled?

I have this in my httpd.conf:

LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache22/mod_rewrite.so

I put the .htaccess file in my /usr/local/www/apache22/data (documentroot)

I’m using subdomains for this install.

But by default apache sets up each vhost to have mod_rewrite disallowed. ?? Gotta turn it on.

Per this page,, I now have this in my nelsonshack.com v-host conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "/usr/local/www/apache22/data"
    Servername www.nelsonshack.com
    ServerAlias nelsonshack.com *.nelsonshack.com
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteOptions Inherit
</VirtualHost>

Is that the correct way to enable mod_rewrite for each v-host?

Well, I’ll be, ipstenu, you were right. Turned off permalinks and now it works. Thanks, buddy. Props.

If it works sans permalinks then, as Andrea said, your .htaccess file isn’t being read ??

The problem is that without that working, MultiSite becomes a pile of steaming poo.

Yeah, try logging in to the admin areas of the sub sites. :-/ bet they won’t work.

Is that the correct way to enable mod_rewrite for each v-host?

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
#   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#

AllowOverride FileInfo Options

further reading

https://is.gd/jczEO5 and htaccess https://is.gd/MGChRL

Well, actually I can get to https://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/wp-admin and log in and make changes, see posts, etc. Should I still go down the mod_rewrite route?

Thanks, again.

Huh.

https://nelsonshack.com/ and https://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/ have the exact same posts. Is that intentional?

Ah…sorry. Yeah, Nelsonshack.com pulls in a few blogs through RSS. So ignore https://www.nelsonshack.com. Forgot to explain that.

Okay ?? Just wondering if that was indicative of the problem or not ??

Yes, I would still go down the mod_rewrite route. Also check into your allowoverride settings.