WordPress MU

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to install wordpress mu on localhost in a usb key with xampp on Windows platform:
I started with a fresh MU placed in a sub-directory (like example.org/blog1/) so as said in other posts I settled in etc/hosts a line:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain

then I uncommented that LoadModule for mod_rewrite.so;
once I opened on the browser to link http://localhost.localdomain/myWPMU/ I got "Problem in wp-config.php - $base is set to BASE when it should be the path like '/' or '/blogs/' Please fix it!". OK at this point, in the place of BASE I put /myWPMU/.

At page reloading, this time I get: "Warning! VHOST must be 'yes' or 'no' in wp-config.php" and since I didn't set any virtualhost since I'm using subdirectories so I set 'no'.

At reload again, this time I get a message from the browser that says something like "Firefox can't contact server current_site_domaincurrent_site_path"...at this point I set in wp-config.sys:

define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE','localhost.localdomain'); <--- due for adding in etc/hosts that domain
define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/myWPMU/'); <--- due to the fact I'm using subdirectories and not subdomains

now I get:
"Fatal Error

If your blog does not display, please contact the owner of this site.
.
.
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If you suspect a problem please report it to the support forums but you must include the information...."

I read somewhere calling http://localhost.localdomain/myWPMU/index.php in a fresh install should show the installation page to the database...
Or shall I have to call the install.php as like in the normal wordpress???? Or did I missed something?....

thanks all!!
Ciao,
Luigino

You don't edit the wp-config.php file. Delete it, then visit http://localhost.localdomain/myWPMU/index.php
You should get an install screen.

Thanks a lot andrea_r!!!!

Then what's this wp_config.php for?... for real linux webservers installations with .htaccess thing?...

Ciao,
Luigino

WPMU creates the wp-config.php file on installation. You still need it, you just let the install make it for you.

Hi, thanks from my part too, andrea_r, thanks to your answers I now know how to start.

Cheers, Mélodie

Hey guys, I had the same problem! However, when I run the index.php after deleting wp-config.php and press the button to "Create a Configuration File", nothing happens. Any ideas? I can't get installation to work :(

It's still finding another wp-config.

Do this:

http://wpmututorials.com/installation2/installing-in-a-subfolder/

I also found the same problem before. But after looking for some information from the internet, I finally managed to install it on localhost. Here's the steps I make Try to read it with Google Translate. Maybe can help.