plundquist

Thanks a ton for your post. I was working on a project for a client and time was sensitive so I gave up and installed wordpress on a linux box. I am intrigued however and frustated at myself for giving up so I think I will try to recreate my error and use your suggestions to fix it now that the project is done.

Thanks again.

no not really. only that i wanted to figure how to make it work in the environment i wanted it to work in. moving this project to a linux server was my last save all if i couldn’t get it to work on windows.

i have a problem that is somewhat similar. i have godaddy windows shared hosting. to keep things easier for me i created a folder in my the root domain of my account to clients/[company] now the relative path to any wordpress installation for that client is /clients/[company]/

this wouldn’t be a problem but the web.config file sucks for url-rewrite.

for example all new sites/blogs are:
example.com/clients/[company]/sitename

this screws up the styles and the theme. all i get on new blogs/sites is content with no themes or styles.

i guess i have to use linux…

i will remember to open a new topic. would you like me to do that now or is it alright the way i have my question currently.

question about response:
im not using .htaccess im using the web.config file? i copied that from the wpmu install. same section that instructed me to edit the wp-config.php file.
does .htaccess work on godaddy windows sharged hosting?
i thought this was only for linux.

thanks again for helping.

First of all I would like to thank all those out there who answer our questions. I have read so much in the past few days I can’t believe it.

Here is my scenerio.

I have godaddy windows shared hosting running iis7. I know I should probably be using linux and I’m not opposed to it down the road.

I have had various problems getting wpmu working on a staging area of my main company’s domain.

I created a subdomain and then install wpmu in that directory. I am using subdirectories as the setting.

So far I have 2 major problems that I am guessing has to do with urlrewrite.
1. when i create a new site from the network admin the new site styles and overall theme is missing. its like it can’t find the files associated with the theme. the content is there but that is it.

2. any backend pages for example wp-admin is page can’t be found.

root blog works fine no problem. I know that my web.config file (copied and pasted from the wpmu install) works because when i take it out i can’t navigate to some pages that i can navigate to when i have it present.

my goal is to create a staging wpmu located in a subdomain however using subdirectory within wpmu navigational structure (if that makes sense).

for example:

https://www.example.com
blog.example.com //wpmu located here using subdirectory for structure

so far i can’t get it to work.

JUST A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO Andrea_r. Obviously have never met andrea but without sounding too weird i have read so many responses, tutorials, and etc. I feel that almost we have. Thanks for all of your help and time writing.

sorry for the long explanation.