WordPress MU

Hi,
I am running WPMU 2.7 at http://blognuno.com/ .
So far, there have been three blogs created on there. The first two worked fine, however the third one(and more created after that) did not work. The subdomain is created fine but when you go on the newly created blog it says 'The blog you have requested is not installed properly. Please contact the system administrator.' I have tried creating blogs both as a new user and a registered user but with no luck. You can see the proof for yourself at http://blog.blognuno.com/, or even try signing up at http://www.blognuno.com/ .

This is one of the more maddening errors to get. What trips this into occurring is enough information,
like a config file, to convince WPMU there is a working install present, but not enough information in
the database.
First check the database. Are all the tables there? If so, do they have the correct information? You may
have to reinstall.
In some cases, you may get this message even before you have installed WPMU. This is because
Wordpress is installed elsewhere on your server. There's some code in there from regular Wordpress
that will travel up a directory, and if it finds a config file, tries to use it. You can disable your other
config file for the few minutes the install will take, or you can edit WPMU to ignore it.
Go to wpblogheader.
php in the root folder, and look for line 9:
if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wpconfig.
php') && !file_exists( dirname(
dirname(__FILE__) ) . '/wpconfig.
php')) {
Change it to:
if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wpconfig.
php') /*&& !file_exists( dirname(
dirname(__FILE__) ) . '/wpconfig.
php')*/) {

This is one of the more maddening errors to get. What trips this into occurring is enough information,
like a config file, to convince WPMU there is a working install present, but not enough information in
the database.
First check the database. Are all the tables there? If so, do they have the correct information? You may
have to reinstall.
In some cases, you may get this message even before you have installed WPMU. This is because
Wordpress is installed elsewhere on your server. There's some code in there from regular Wordpress
that will travel up a directory, and if it finds a config file, tries to use it. You can disable your other
config file for the few minutes the install will take, or you can edit WPMU to ignore it.
Go to wpblogheader.
php in the root folder, and look for line 9:
if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wpconfig.
php') && !file_exists( dirname(
dirname(__FILE__) ) . '/wpconfig.
php')) {
Change it to:
if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wpconfig.
php') /*&& !file_exists( dirname(
dirname(__FILE__) ) . '/wpconfig.
php')*/) {

Thanks for the info.
When you say: Are all the tables there?
What excatly are all the tables meant to be?
Also, I attempted the code you put last but the wp-blog-header.php file did not include such a line.
Here is the contents of mine:
------------------
<?php
/**
* Loads the WordPress environment and template.
*
* @package WordPress
*/

if ( !isset($wp_did_header) ) {
if ( !file_exists( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php') && !file_exists( dirname( dirname(__FILE__) ) . '/wp-config.php')) {
if (strpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'wp-admin') !== false) $path = '';
else $path = 'wp-admin/';
include( "index-install.php" ); // install WPMU!
die();
}

$wp_did_header = true;

require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-load.php' );

wp();

require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/template-loader.php' );

}

?>
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I hope I won't have to re-install, if I do will i have to lose all of the data?

Many thanks again,
Henry

Can you explain more about what you mean by "the subdomain is created fine?" Where are you creating the subdomains?

Do you have wildcard subdomains enabled on your server - that is a requirement to a subdomain install of MU.

Yes, I have wildcard subdomains enabled. All the domains have been created automatically by wordpress fine.

I am in the process of doing a re-install, therefor the links I provided earlier will not be working.

Sorry I had to go. Did the re install work?
here is a way to re start the home page to default with out re installing.
Warning you will lose work if you perform this.
delete the .htaccess file
delete wpconfig.php if one was created
drop the tables in the database.
goto home page and start over.
Ok when you say subdomains where created fine do you mean that the link was created fine or the file in your data base

to check your wildcard is working enter a subdomain that doesn't exist in your browser. Wildcard should redirect to your home page. If you get the same error page you probably go a install problem.
ps are you running any other wordpress files or have a back up wpmu file?

Hi again,
The reinstall I am doing right now.
When I say the subdomain was created fine I mean it was there and working and with all three blogs it pointed at them fine.
The wildcard is working yes.
And yes I was running a copy of normal wordpress in the parent directory, which I have now moved to another subdirectory, so that may have been the problem.
Many thanks again everyone.

Three Cheers!
I have the answer!
Here's the story:
1. Uploaded wordpress
2. Installed Wordpress
3. Set up themes and styles etc.
4. Created a new blog
5. The same old error message :@
6. Stripped site down to basics and put theme back to wordpress mu default
7. Tried blog again
8. Same old error message
9. Created a new blog with the wordpress mu theme selected
10. Success!!!

So, it looks like there was something wrong with the theme I had selected (Chris Pirillo's Wicketpixie). I had previously done some editing to include my adbrite codes so I will download the theme fresh and try again. I will update this when I have done that. Hope I have helped anyone with the same issue.

experiencing the same problem, cannot create blogs, neither through admin nor through wp-signup.php.

tried reinstalling, connecting fresh install to existing dbs, nothing seems to work:

what do you mean by this:
9. Created a new blog with the wordpress mu theme selected

jackson, do the blogs show up on the admin list but aren't accessible?

If so, you missed the wildcard steps.

yes, andrea, the newly created blogs show up on the admin list, but no user is bound to them and when trying to enter either backend or frontend, it says:

'The blog you have requested is not installed properly. Please contact the system administrator.'

first i though there might be a plugin which is not compatible with 2.7, but then tried a fresh install with existing dbs and same problem again...now reverted back to 2.6.5 which works fine

Okay guys, I know this is bringing an old post back from the dead, but my issue is similar, didn't want to open a new post for it.

My wordpressmu install will create new users and blogs (show up in admin, send out activation links/emails/etc), but it's not creating directories for the new blogs. all i ever get after creating a new blog and attempting to visit it, is a 404 error, telling me the directory doesn't exist. this is verified when checking the directory WPMU is installed in.

Can anyone help me out here? I assume it's got something to do with permissions, but I'm fairly new to Linux (ran a server under Ubuntu for about 6 months now), and I'm still not the greatest with permissions and so forth.

I use the newest version of WordpressMU, no themes, no special plugins, nothing special about it. It was fresh installed last night (along with a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10), so other than the administrative blog, it's a completely clean install.

Thanks in advance!

WPMU blog directories are virtual

Is mod_rewrite enabled on your server? (on ubuntu you do sudo a2endmod and then enter rewrite when it asks you for the module name).

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I have mod_rewrite enabled. (checked, double checked, triple checked last night).

I've just gone through my entire configuration, tested and retested - and I still don't get it.

Virtual Domain and Wildcard is enabled and tested working 3 times over. The accounts get created, emails are sent (as i said above) - everything seems to be working just fine - except the new blogs *always* return 404 not found...

anyone? this is driving me nuts! :P

subdomain blogs or subfolder ones?
on a Windows server?
can you send a link?

Linux Ubuntu 9.10
Subdomain blogs (speaking of which, how can I change this to test?)
link is http://wpmu.bp-tech.net - but it's down currently as I'm doing some things to the server today. It'll be back up tonight or tomorrow.

Got it.

I had to remove WPMU and reinstall it to make it work - it works and it creates the blogs, no problems.

NOW, however, when I go to the new user, tburns.bp-tech.net, and log in, I get an error that says:

You do not have permission to view this blog. Please contact the system administrator.

Any ideas? I've checked permissions in Admin, all look set okay?

Who are you logging in as?

when i log in as the new user (sorry)

I have the admin user, and then I created a new blog at tburns.bp-tech.net. When I log in as the new user (tburns) i get the above permissions error when I try to go to my admin page to update my blog.

Is the user assigned to that blog? IF you (as admin) are creating a new blog, and inputting your own email address, the YOU own the blog.

negative, i had the new user signed up as if it was someone i didnt even know signing up

What plugins are you running that may affect signups or blog defaults?

The only plug in in I have installed is Callum Macdonald's WP SMTP Mail plugin.

and that included whatever you have in mu-plugins?

No other plugins are present. I now have BuddyPress installed, but thats separate to the matter. (sorry for the delay - just started planning a wedding - haha.)