Title: Localhost Multisite Not Creating Additional Sites
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Localhost Multisite Not Creating Additional Sites

 *  [hob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaechick/)
 * (@jaechick)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/)
 * Hey all,
 * I’ve just enabled Multisite on my localhost. Super user admin dashboard is working,
   as is the initially created site, permalinks however are not working on that 
   site, and additional sites can be created but I can’t access them.
 * I can create additional sites from Sites > Add New menu option but visiting the
   site or dashboard yields a 404.
 * Any thoughts? These are hosted locally on a Mac with MAMP.
 * Here’s my .htaccess file
 *     ```
       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]
       ```
   
 * Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076648)
 * It could be an httpd.conf issue with allowOverride
 * Can you check if that’s set to ALL?
 *  Thread Starter [hob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaechick/)
 * (@jaechick)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076683)
 * I’m in the httpd.conf file but I’m not entirely sure which allowOverride should
   be set to All. There are a number of them, after creating a backup I’ve been 
   playing the settings with no luck.
    Turning this one on, that one on, all of 
   them on, no go.
 *  [xzykho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xzykho/)
 * (@xzykho)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076698)
 * I’m having the same exact issues on a localhost, I can create a new site via 
   admin panel, but I can’t access the sites… and the WordPress instillation before
   the conversion works fine but after the multisite upgrade only the homepage is
   accessible, sample pages etc… is also 404…
 * I hope someone can shed a light on this… Thanks guys!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076730)
 * jaechick – [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network#Apache_Virtual_Hosts_and_Mod_Rewrite](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network#Apache_Virtual_Hosts_and_Mod_Rewrite)
   has an example.
 *  Thread Starter [hob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaechick/)
 * (@jaechick)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076734)
 * This should be in the Virtual Hosts section of my httpd.config file, no?
 * The file didn’t include anything similar to the example so I appended it, still
   with no change.
 * This is what the Virtual hosts section of the file is currently looking like.
 *     ```
       ### Section 3: Virtual Hosts
       #
       # VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
       # machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
       # use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
       # IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
       #
       # Please see the documentation at
       # <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/>
       # for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
       #
       # You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
       # configuration.
   
       #
       # Use name-based virtual hosting.
       #
   
       # NameVirtualHost *80
   
       <VirtualHost *:80>
         DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress
         <Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress>
           AllowOverride All
         </Directory>
       ```
   
 * Again made no change whatsoever.
    Thanks.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076735)
 * Okay, change it to this:
 *     ```
       <VirtualHost *:80>
         DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress
         <Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress>
           AllowOverride All Fileinfo Options
       </Directory>
       ```
   
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076741)
 * > permalinks however are not working on that site, and additional sites can be
   > created but I can’t access them.
 * This is always always always related to the htacess file not being read.
 * Gotta force Apache to read each htaccess file in each vhost – just like Ipstenu
   shows.
 *  [xzykho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xzykho/)
 * (@xzykho)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076749)
 * Whew…
 * OK I’m seeing some light here, but I’ve never gone that deep, can anyone tell
   me what line I should include this code, am I supposed to replace something or
   just add this set?
 * Thanks a bunch!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076754)
 * You have
 *     ```
       <VirtualHost *:80>
         DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress
         <Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress>
           AllowOverride All
         </Directory>
       ```
   
 * Change to
 *     ```
       <VirtualHost *:80>
         DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress
         <Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress>
           AllowOverride All Fileinfo Options
       </Directory>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [hob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaechick/)
 * (@jaechick)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076770)
 * I’ve updated the httpd.config file and now the Apache won’t start. I’ve quit 
   and restarted MAMP, rebooted my MBP, nothing. Apache and MYSQL ports set to 80&
   3306 respectfully.
    Only thing that seemed to be progress was to completely reinstall
   MAMP which allowed both Apache & MySQL servers to restart with ports set to 80&
   3306, however I get an error notice in phpMyAdmin
 * > Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP 
   > and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly.
 * I was only able to get this message to appear one time and I’m not sure where
   the error log is.
 *  [xzykho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xzykho/)
 * (@xzykho)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076794)
 * I don’t know if this would mean anything, but after implementing,
 *     ```
       <VirtualHost *:80>
         DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress
         <Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress>
           AllowOverride All Fileinfo Options
       </Directory>
       ```
   
 * I was able to access the “Main” sites other pages, which wasn’t working for me
   before, but still the “Child” sites are 404, when I changed the permalinks to/%
   postname%/ I lost access to the “Main” sites other pages again so I went back
   to restore it to default settings…
 *  [wolfsteritory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfsteritory/)
 * (@wolfsteritory)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076811)
 * im having the same problem, just instaled mu ..with all the steps, result, same
   problem
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-not-creating-additional-sites/#post-2076812)
 * [http://espositosmusings.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/installing-wordpress-multisite-with-mamp-on-os-x/](http://espositosmusings.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/installing-wordpress-multisite-with-mamp-on-os-x/)

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