tonybussey

I would clean up Multisite, reinstall WP, port the main site over, and start on something clean.

Hi Mika,
I’m really worried about doing this.
Just to check what you’re suggesting and let you know what this involves for me;
1. Remove existing WP installation from my server
2. Reinstalled WP (I use a 1 click install provided by my hosting company)
3. Activate multisite (tricky business for me)
4. Setup my main site theme again and then import content via a exported xml file

Is this correct or is there a better way to clean up multisite and port over my main site?

Sorry if this is a lot to ask. I will do all of the above if that’s what’s needed or I’m happy to start a new thread and get your advice there. Thank you!

I was afraid you’d say that, *sigh indeed*. Oh well it’s not the end of the world.

Thank you for your help!

No sites folder – just folders by year; 2013,2014 etc

In a effort to find the images on the server I’ve discovered they are located in blogs.dir

(to be exact)
web/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2014/03

Thank you for the replies to date by the way.

Images for the primary site are in wp-content/uploads/2014

I have web/wp-content/uploads
In uploads there’s folders by year; 2013,2014 etc

I’ve just tried manually adding a ‘sites’ folder and altered the settings in WP too… didn’t work. Maybe I haven’t installed multisite correctly? Maybe/maybe not?

Is that the case? And if so, did this ever work?

It was mid 2013 when I activated it, but you pose a good question; I’m not sure it ever worked properly. I had this same issue on with the primary site when I but fixed that with help from my hosting company.

I’ve checked with my host and permissions seem fine, they also gave me the correct information to use in ‘Sk Wproot Folder’ field: /var/www/web/ and ‘Upload Path’ field: wp-content/unloads

Then never got round to creating secondary sites until now.
There is also two other .htaccess files on my server.

AddHandler php54-script .php .php5

AddHandler php55-script .php .php5

https://tonybussey.com

https://tonybussey.com/ankle-injuries/

maybe these will help too ??

It’s okay. We know you don’t know ?? You’re asking for help after all, right?

Sorry, I’m new to this but hope to learn quickly and hopefully used these CODE tags correctly. I appreciate the help. Here’s my .htaccess code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
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]

? I’m working on the secondary site,, the primary site works perfectly
? Adding the images via the ‘add image’ button in the gallery post
? Yes they are in the media library but it doesn’t show the actual image; just blank/with a question mark
? All the images for my primary site are in the uploads folder (added in exactly the same way, both sites are using the same theme).

I promise I’m not getting any error messages.

I can take a look at the .htaccess file but what would I be looking for?

In a effort to find the images on the server I’ve discovered they are located in blogs.dir

(to be exact)
web/wp-content/blogs.dir/11/files/2014/03

Thank you for the replies to date by the way.

No, there’s no error message; and there isn’t a sites folder on my server.

I have web/wp-content/uploads
In uploads there’s folders by year; 2013,2014 etc

I’ve just tried manually adding a ‘sites’ folder and altered the settings in WP too… didn’t work. Maybe I haven’t installed multisite correctly? Maybe/maybe not?

No specific error; my images just down show up.

All I get is a ? On the site preview and in edit mode.