Title: Problems using Multisite
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problems using Multisite

 *  Resolved [ukebert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ukebert/)
 * (@ukebert)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-using-multisite/)
 * Hi all,
 * So, I am on the steep learning curve of learning how to use WordPress properly.
   I’ve had the advantage that I’ve had a WordPress.com blog for a while now and
   I had the bright idea of upgrading to WordPress.org and having a multisite with
   all of my projects on it. So far I’ve successfully imported my old blog, but 
   I’ve hit a snag with Multisite.
 * I followed the instructions here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network](http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network)
   and I got to the end of Step Three with no problems. Now though when I go onto
   my Dashboard I don’t have the Network menu anywhere in sight yet when I go to
   Network Setup it says “Warning: An existing WordPress network was detected.”
 * I am probably doing something stupid, but I can’t work out what it is. Any ideas?
   My only thought is that maybe I mucked up entering in the Network Details, but
   I would’ve thought that if I did then there would be some sort of error message.
 * Thank you!
 * Owen

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-using-multisite/#post-4757941)
 * Depending on how you mucked it up…
 * So you put the ONE line in, refresh, put the rest of the lines in, log back in?
 * (Just to make sure I’m not missing anything, I installed a clean 3.8.1 and built
   a network following those directions without any errors.)
 *  Thread Starter [ukebert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ukebert/)
 * (@ukebert)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-using-multisite/#post-4758001)
 * Turned out to be a dead simple fix. Instead of replacing all of the code in .
   htaccess I left the bit at the top and bottom. Now it appears to work fine!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-using-multisite/#post-4758002)
 * Yeah, I’ve emboldened the word REPLACE in 3.9 for that 🙂 Should cut down on 
   that error.

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## Tags

 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [network](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/network/)
 * [new](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/new/)
 * [settings](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/settings/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-using-multisite/#post-4758002)
 * Status: resolved

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