What’s the actual error you’re getting?
Running through the codex to create the network, I create my sites and see them in my sites but dashboard just shows 404 error.
I have a wildcard domain setup
I have tried without and with creating a subdomain with my host as subdomain.rootdomain (which creates a public_html/subdomain). In the host
I have tried redirecting this to just rootdomain.
I have also tried deleting the host created folder and just get a server error instead of the 404 error.
I allowed wordpress to create its own database this time with no inut from me.
So, I am getting nowhere, is it my host? (they dont help, just refer me to the wordpress support which I have followed to the letter.)
In poring over the forum on this I have now deleted all my subdomains, leaving just the wildcard. Removed the folders that had been created off public_html. Uninstalled wordpress deleted all the leftover folders and files. Reinstalled wordpress and edited wp-config and .htaccess. Recreated my sites in WordPress. I can see the created sites in network admin but not in the pull down. I can ‘edit’ the sites and, for example the domain is normallivingwithibs.patbell.co.uk with a path of / But can I get the dashboard? Can I heck – just a 404 error
I create my sites and see them in my sites but dashboard just shows 404 error.
What does the 404 look like? 🙂 Does it look like your main site or something else?
Not my site no – Its got my hosts logo justhost
404 Error File Not Found
The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
btw I have now followed all your instructions, I think. There are no subfolders. The only subdomain I have defined is the wildcard.
Don’t know if this helps but whilst normallivingwithibs.patbell.co.uk/wp-admin generates a 404 error.
normallivingwithibs.patbell.co.uk goes to patbell.co.uk and
patbell.co.uk/wp-admin goes to wordpress admin fine.
Could it be the wildcard subdomain isn’t working properly?
I have moved on now, thanks to your help with the subdomains. It has been educational. Thanks. btw your ebook Multisite101 have I graduated beyond to 110 yet?
It was the subdomains. Better late than never… but I now have actually purchased Multisite 101, also 110 hopefully to ease off on you for the future.