Title: multisite activating theme = 500 error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# multisite activating theme = 500 error

 *  [TheAggressive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theaggressive/)
 * (@theaggressive)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-activating-theme-500-error/)
 * I’m trying to build a new theme from scratch. I have empty files ready for coding
   and a empty style sheet in a new theme folder.
 * The problem happens when i create a new sub domain. I go to add new site, fill
   in the info and when finished i click create site. Comes up with a 500 error 
   internal server. But i check in sites and it’s there. When i go to activate the
   blank theme so i can start developing and coding it throws a 500 internal server
   error on the sub domain and dashboard area of the sub domain. when i rename the
   theme the site goes back to the twenty ten theme and everything is normal. I 
   can’t figure out what’s going on. The new theme doesn’t have any code in the 
   functions that would be conflicting anywhere. I really need help with this!!
 * I deleted all content in .htaccess and made no difference. Ashlee Deactivated
   all plugins.
 * I’m on media temple (dv) server if that helps at all.
 * Please help!

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 *  [Curtiss Grymala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cgrymala/)
 * (@cgrymala)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-activating-theme-500-error/#post-3631068)
 * You’ll need to check your server’s error logs in order to find out what the error
   actually is. From there, we can help to start diagnosing what’s going on.
 *  Thread Starter [TheAggressive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theaggressive/)
 * (@theaggressive)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-activating-theme-500-error/#post-3631072)
 * I turned wp_debug and this is what shows when i go to activate the theme.
 * Warning: require_once(/var/www/vhosts/theaggressive.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/
   Aggressive-Respond-1/_/inc/options-framework.php): failed to open stream: No 
   such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/theaggressive.com/httpdocs/wp-content/
   themes/Aggressive-Respond-1/functions.php on line 11 Fatal error: require_once():
   Failed opening required ‘/var/www/vhosts/theaggressive.com/httpdocs/wp-content/
   themes/Aggressive-Respond-1/_/inc/options-framework.php’ (include_path=’.:’) 
   in /var/www/vhosts/theaggressive.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Aggressive-Respond-
   1/functions.php on line 11
 * i don’t know what it’s looking for in /_/inc/options-framework.php because there
   is no file called /_/
 * Any ideas??
 *  [Curtiss Grymala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cgrymala/)
 * (@cgrymala)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-activating-theme-500-error/#post-3631074)
 * What theme are you using on the root site (I assume it’s called something like“
   Aggressive Respond”), and where did you get it? It looks like that theme depends
   on a framework, and that that framework is not included in the theme’s folder.

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 * [multi-site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multi-site/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Curtiss Grymala](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cgrymala/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-activating-theme-500-error/#post-3631074)
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