Title: Rewrite base Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Rewrite base * [natcolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natcolley/) * (@natcolley) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/) * I am trying to turn on the network on my testing server prior to doing it for my production server. At the network install, I was advised to add specific code to wp-config and .htaccess. Having done that, I would be all set as soon as I logged in again. I cut and paste them in, and promptly got a 500 internal error when I tried to log in again. I looked at the localhost error log, and saw this: * > [Fri Apr 29 21:19:39 2011] [alert] [client 127.0.0.1] C:/Apache2/htdocs/Semantic > Law/.htaccess: RewriteBase takes one argument, the base URL of the per-directory > context, referer: [http://localhost/Semantic%20Law/wp-admin/network.php](http://localhost/Semantic%20Law/wp-admin/network.php) * Note, I took the .htaccess code as it was given to me. But looking at this I thought maybe it was trying to tell me that the base should be SemanticLaw.net/ wp-admin, but that seems to have made no difference with or without the trailing slash. So I don’t know what’s wrong or how to fix it. * Here is the code I was given for .htaccess at the network install: * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /Semantic Law/ 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] ``` * I also ran a search for the language of the error code but came up empty, which I thought was curious since I can’t be the first or only one with this issue. As always, your helpful insights greatly appreciated. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [natcolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natcolley/) * (@natcolley) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/#post-2057801) * Partial solution and new problem. * By putting quotes (‘escaping’?) around my Base name I solved the 500 error and was taken to the log in, however, I can’t log in. The screen does not shake back and forth the way it does when your credentials are wrong – which they aren’t because they are saved – but the screen does not change and take me to the dashboard. What could this be? * Thread Starter [natcolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natcolley/) * (@natcolley) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/#post-2057814) * Ok, I found this finally by changing my search terms: * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-login-into-admin-mode-from-pc?replies=6](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-login-into-admin-mode-from-pc?replies=6) [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-screen-continually-repeats?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-screen-continually-repeats?replies=3) [http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble](http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble) * Other than turning off my firewall I have not tried all these options yet, so I will go back to that and return if I am still frustrated. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/#post-2057883) * > [http://localhost/Semantic%20Law/](http://localhost/Semantic%20Law/) * Make yourself a fake domain on your local box. Use that. * semantic-law.loc would be a good one. 😉 * Thread Starter [natcolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natcolley/) * (@natcolley) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/#post-2057930) * Andrea, You seem to be something of the local expert on multisite. I thought I knew what I was doing but I keep seeing more possibilities which make me want to re-organize my site plan, but if I keep doing that I’ll never get started. Here’s a couple of simple question for you while I wait for my testing site to behave: 1) In multisite, are the categories of one blog shared across all others? Is that an admin setting? Same for tags: are they shared by default across the network? Somehow I came into this assuming categories were not but tags were. I may have gotten that from wordpress.com. * 2)Is there a meaningful difference between [custom fields](http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields) and [custom taxonomies](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/)? * 3)Maybe it would help if you knew what I was after? I want people to be able to search tags, fields, and or taxonomies across the entire network, but each blogs categories are their own. That should be possible. Is it? * Thx * Thread Starter [natcolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natcolley/) * (@natcolley) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/#post-2057939) * p.s. – of course a user should be able to limit his or her exposure to the posts of a single subdomain, whether by tag, category, or search. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/#post-2057942) * 1) No. Cats and Tags are NOT shared. * 2) Uh … Yes, but it’s not my forte. * 3) You would probably want to use Sitewide Tags plugin for that effect. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Rewrite base’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 6 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-base/#post-2057942) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics