Permalinks not working on multisite installation

CreatingSustainability.com
(@creatingsustainabilitycom)

15 years, 9 months ago

Hello,

I am new to wp and just installed the latest version. Everything worked until I upgraded to multisite and then the permalinks for my pages and menus stopped working (except for home). Then installed buddypress but still doesn’t work.

This is my .htaccess:

#RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
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).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

I saw other blogs with similar problems but could not figure out how to resolve.

My page:

http://creatingsustainability.com/wordpress/

When I click on menus it says the page does not exist. Tried creating new site but that new page link (I’m using subdirectory) also does not work.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Thank you,

-Yaiyr 🙂

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Thread Starter CreatingSustainability.com
(@creatingsustainabilitycom)

15 years, 9 months ago

…By the way, do I really need Multisite in order to have BuddyPress? Because I can just take out Multisite and I believe that will solve my problem…??? If so, how can I go back to the non-multisite wp without having to lose all the work I have done so far??

Andrea Rennick
(@andrea_r)

15 years, 9 months ago

You only need multisite with buddypress if you want your users to have blog. BP work on single WP just fine.

Though I must say if upgrading borked the permalinks, Budypress is not gonna work so hot anyway, as it uses the same fancy permalinks.

Go to the permalinks settings page. resave it.

amblingart
(@amblingart)

15 years, 9 months ago

Jumping in here because I am having the SAME problem — permalinks that won’t open. I can see the post on the opening page, but when I click on the permalink, nothing happens and it just loads the main page again.

I tried changing themes and it does the same thing on those as well. And on different themes when I tried building pages, the pages DID exist but never opened when you clicked on the links.

This is quite confusing because I have been running 3 other WordPress sites for quite awhile now and have never had any issues with them. They loaded and ran as smooth as silk.

This new site — http://www.amblingart.com — is a brand new one to act as a separate portfolio for my photography. So I really need this up and running quickly so I can link it to the agency that handles my work.

Can you assist me? Thanks in advance!

Andrea Rennick
(@andrea_r)

15 years, 9 months ago

Permalinks work via the htaccess file. Go to Settings -> Permalink. Pick one and save. See the message about htaccess rules?

If you do all that, and you *know* you have an htaccess file in place with rewrite rules, then talk to your webhost.

amblingart
(@amblingart)

15 years, 9 months ago

Went to the cPanel in webhost and there is no htaccess file anywhere. And yes, I have the Permalink settings ticked to default over in my admin panel on the blog itself.

This is quite confusing to be having these problems when my previous 3 blogs ran as smooth as silk from day one on WordPress.

amblingart
(@amblingart)

15 years, 9 months ago

I read the htaccess post — and do I need to CREATE a file in my cPanel and if so, where do I put it and is all that text from the previous poster’s query what I am meant to put in?

Andrea Rennick
(@andrea_r)

15 years, 9 months ago

Running multisite is for more intermediate users. You’re using server-level software, the same as running wordpress.com.

htaccess is a *hidden* file. Make sure you have the file manager in cpanel set to show hidden files. If one is really not there, use the “create a new file” function to make it. Call it .htaccess exactly. Put in the htaccess rules you are given in the backend of WordPress under the Network menu item.

lata_dev
(@lata_dev)

15 years, 3 months ago

Anyone found a solution to this? I get a 404 with permalinks when using a custom structure.

@mercime
(@mercime)

15 years, 3 months ago

@lata_dev is this happening also with a BuddyPress installation or just because you entered a custom structure in Settings > Permalinks or both?

lata_dev
(@lata_dev)

15 years, 3 months ago

I am not using BuddyPress, just wordpress multisite for a specific blog structure I want (sub-domains). So not sure if it happens with buddypress installation. But the issue started happening when I entered the custom structure in permalinks (/%postname%/).

It works fine with the default structures.

Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
(@ipstenu)

🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

15 years, 3 months ago

lata_dev, what’s in your .htaccess file?

And are you using subFOLDER or subDOMAIN sites?
lata_dev
(@lata_dev)

15 years, 3 months ago
Ipstenu sorry, using subfolder, not subdomain (sorry about the confusion above). Here’s the htaccess file’s content (same as that in the Network Settings)
```
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]
```
Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
(@ipstenu)

🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

15 years, 3 months ago

Well that’s good.

I think this one is the ‘Your host isn’t reading .htaccess correctly.’ since that’s usually what causes this one. They may need to make some AllowOveride tweaks

lata_dev
(@lata_dev)

15 years, 3 months ago

I guess I need to do that since the site is hosted on AWS, not using a hosting company.

Tried the settings you mentioned on this thread – http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/multisite-installed-on-aws-permalinks-not-working?replies=15

Couldn’t get the links working. Any other suggestions please?

Thanks.

Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
(@ipstenu)

🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

15 years, 3 months ago

AWS == Amazon Web Services?

If so, this is the second time I’ve heard of weird things with them… I wonder if it’s related.