Title: Problem installing multisite Last modified: May 11, 2021 --- # Problem installing multisite * [dafaher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafaher/) * (@dafaher) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-multisite-2/) * Good evening, community! Sorry to bother you. I tried to install wordpress multisite 4 times (on localhost, with Xampp), but it’s impossible. I followed the official documentation to the letter. WordPress confirms the creation of the network and makes me log in again. Then I created the new site, and I can see it in the sites list but in the top menu of the administration it doesn’t appear. If I try to visit it, I can see a white page with links but the css and everything else seems to be broken. And if I try to go to the dashboard of the new site, it shows me error 403. I don’t know what to do anymore. Any ideas? It’s strange, I did it several times in the past in this same way and I never had a problem. Thank you very much in advance! - This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/). Reason: moved to Networking WordPress since this is a Multisite issue Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/) * (@a2hostingrj) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-multisite-2/#post-14427981) * > If I try to visit it, I can see a white page with links but the css and everything > else * Can you post a screenshot? * Also, I suggest you to try to set the WP_DEBUG constant to true in wp-config. php file to get any errors shown in your browser. * Thread Starter [dafaher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafaher/) * (@dafaher) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-multisite-2/#post-14428193) * Hi @ a2hostingrj, first of all thank you very much for your answer. In my previous message I forgot to mention that I already have W_DEBUG enabled, but no log file is generated, which is strange. I’m using Xampp with PHP 7.4.18 and the latest version of WordPress. * This is the problem website listed in Sites section: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oJ8AaMpPXMB_BEhKv1q-eKAn4UpUSK7n/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oJ8AaMpPXMB_BEhKv1q-eKAn4UpUSK7n/view?usp=sharing) * But it doesn’t appear in the top menu of the dashboard: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LQbg2oFeyXpqnXkmoKq3HQZSdN2MieHD/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LQbg2oFeyXpqnXkmoKq3HQZSdN2MieHD/view?usp=sharing) * And when I click in the visit option to go to the website, it’s broken: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yyfnt0lRvQE_0qqUh4KB9b5iG0fRP2Ty/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yyfnt0lRvQE_0qqUh4KB9b5iG0fRP2Ty/view?usp=sharing) * The Chrome Developer Tool shows 20 entries with error 403 (forbidden), but all folders have the default permissions, so I feel pretty lost. I’m developing a project in local mode and I haven’t done anything yet, that is, there are no plugins or anything that can interfere with this site. * Again, thank you very much for your answer and help. Best regards! - This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by [dafaher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafaher/). * [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/) * (@a2hostingrj) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-multisite-2/#post-14465173) * > The Chrome Developer Tool shows 20 entries with error 403 (forbidden) * What are those entries? If it is a clean multisite, it might be a server configuration issue. * Thread Starter [dafaher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafaher/) * (@dafaher) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-multisite-2/#post-14468835) * Two lines in the code that WordPress gave me to edit the wp-config.php file weren’t working for me, and I’d like to share the solution in case someone else is experiencing the same issue. * The code recommended by WordPress to edit wp-config.php had this 2 lines: * **RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).\*) C:/xampp/htdocs/ MYWEB/$2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.\*\.php)$ C:/xampp/htdocs/MYWEB/ $2 [L] * Thanks to the Apache Friends forum now it works, they removed the path to make it look like this: * **RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).\*) $2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.\*\.php)$ $2 [L] * Everything works perfect now. Thanks again for your feedback [@a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)! - This reply was modified 5 years ago by [dafaher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafaher/). Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Problem installing multisite’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [error 403](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-403/) * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * [subdirectories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subdirectories/) * [xampp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xampp/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [dafaher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dafaher/) * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-multisite-2/#post-14468835) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics