Title: WP 3 multisite Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # WP 3 multisite * [zimmicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zimmicz/) * (@zimmicz) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/) * Hello there, recently i’ve installed the latest RC and tried to set up a multisite on [http://www.zimmi.cz](http://www.zimmi.cz). Everything went OK until i tried to access installed blogs on subdomains (try [http://blog.zimmi.cz](http://blog.zimmi.cz)). It always returns error 403. I’v read a bunch of tutorials so far, none of them mentioning this problem. What might i have done wrong? Do i need to set up some DNS records? Thanks for reply. * PS: I installed WP to the root directory, subdomains are located in subfolders( meaning blog.zimmi.cz is located on zimmi.cz/blog but accessible as subdomain). Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533310) * Your DNS is pointing to the correct IP address (both resolve to the same) so DNS looks right. * I think it’s your Apache2 setup. The “403 not authorized” is what I get when I go to [http://blog.zimmi.cz/](http://blog.zimmi.cz/) and [http://www.zimmi.cz/](http://www.zimmi.cz/) does not show me a WordPress install. [http://www.zimmi.cz/blog/](http://www.zimmi.cz/blog/) also gets me 403 as well. * Once you get rid of the Apache2 issue you should be fine. * Also give Otto’s [http://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/](http://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/) just in case. * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533318) * You need a wildcard record in Apache. * ServerAlias zimmi.cz *.zimmi.cz * is what it should look like. * Thread Starter [zimmicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zimmicz/) * (@zimmicz) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533327) * Hi guys, thanks for your answers. As i am not very familiar with these things, i made a screenshot of what is currently set on my hosting [(see here)](http://www.zimmi.cz/dns.png). Should i add/change something there, or is it alright? * I contacted my hosting provider and i was told that “blog” and “knihy” directories are empty (i know that) and that this is why i get 403 error. But they should be empty, right? Or do i need to copy some files from my root directory WP installation to those subdirectories? Or do i need to add some code to htaccess file? * My htaccess looks like this: * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] # uploaded files RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^ - [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533343) * The extra blogs/sites are *virtual*. They do not need folders on the server to exist, WordPress serves them out of the database directly. * You need a wildcard subdomain record in your DNS and you need the wildcard in Apache. You host can tell you if they support wildcard subdomains or not. * No folders need to be there. No extra records for the subdomain blogs need to be there. * Thread Starter [zimmicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zimmicz/) * (@zimmicz) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533349) * Guys thank you all. It is finally working 🙂 * Thread Starter [zimmicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zimmicz/) * (@zimmicz) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533354) * Hmm another question (hope it is the last one). I want to have some kind of portfolio at [http://www.zimmi.cz](http://www.zimmi.cz) – i made a simple index.html and uploaded it to the root directory of my domain. Since then blog.zimmi.cz displays the same content as [http://www.zimmi.cz](http://www.zimmi.cz) (that portfolio), dunno why. Is there any way to use that ordinary html file as a homepage, or do i have to get along with WP? * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533407) * Yeah, can’t do that. 😀 All blogs go thru the root of the site. * If you want something different there, put it in a wordpress theme. Set that theme on the main blog. Presto! * Thread Starter [zimmicz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zimmicz/) * (@zimmicz) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533482) * Yep, i got it, deleted the whole default theme and replaced it with my own homepage: o) Now it works like charm (except for favicons. Where the heck should one place them to make them display on subdomains?!) * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-3-multisite/#post-1533483) * For favicons on subdomains, it’s easiest to place them in the theme folder. * There’s a favicon plugin in the repo where you can set them individually for each blog too. It doesn’t say it’s for multisite/wpmu but it does work. 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