jcaynes

Ipstenu,

I know you aren’t getting paid to review my questions and respond to them. I’m sure your time is very valuable. I am simply trying to clarify answers so that they don’t seem like vague responses to me.

I understand the .htaccess file is different for a multisite.I am not clear how the httpd and override issues are handled differently from a multisite and single site and why the single sites without an .htaccess file works, but the one site with the same settings and a multisite .htaccess file does not. It seems odd. I’m trying to understand the logic.

As for the .htaccess file, I copied it from one of your multisite posts that identified what a complete .htaccess file is for a multisite. So, all but multisite working is quite perplexing.

If you’d like to take a break from my posts, I’m fine to wait for someone else to answer.

Thanks.

Hi Ipstenu,

There are three places for this in the httpd.conf file, so it’s a bit confusing. I’m listing each as they appear and commented text for context of the use.

Why would this affect only a multisite?

First:
ServerName localhost:80

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot “D:/xampp/htdocs”

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
#
# First, we configure the “default” to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
#
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>

Second:
<Directory “D:/xampp/htdocs”>
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are “None”, “All”,
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that “MultiViews” must be named *explicitly* — “Options All”
# doesn’t give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be “All”, “None”, or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All

Third:
# “D:/xampp/cgi-bin” should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory “D:/xampp/cgi-bin”>
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Thanks for your assistance!

Hi Ipstenu, I think I should have clarified that I have four working sites under development with XAMPP. ParceledGardens is the only multi site. The other three sites are fine, the multi site is not. When I referenced the other three blogs, it was regarding the three other wordpress sites and not subdirectories of ParceledGardens.

My host file and httpd.conf file is set, as the other three XAMPP sites are working properly:

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 http://www.analyticallyspeaking.com
127.0.0.1 http://www.parceledgardens.com
127.0.0.1 http://www.jancaynes.com
127.0.0.1 http://www.organically.us
127.0.0.1 http://www.theartisanjewelry.com

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot “D:\xampp\htdocs”
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot D:\_analytic
ServerName http://www.analyticallyspeaking.com

<Directory “D:\_analytic”>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot D:\_artisan
ServerName http://www.theartisanjewelry.com

<Directory “D:\_artisan”>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot D:\_jcaynes
ServerName http://www.jancaynes.com

<Directory “D:\_jcaynes”>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot D:\_organic
ServerName http://www.organically.us

<Directory “D:\_organic”>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot D:\_pgardens
ServerName http://www.parceledgardens.com

<Directory “D:\_pgardens”>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

All the other information is as provided earlier. I’m pretty sure the .htaccess is borked somehow, but can’t put my finger on it.