WordPress MU

1. stereokill
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi guys,

   I've got WPMU 2.7.1 installed on my primary domain http://stereokill.net. In the admin panel, I was able to create one subdomained blog successfully. However, when I have attempted to create further blogs (to date, I have tried and deleted 5), I consistently get a 404 error in my browser when I try to navigate to the blog's domain (for example http://test.stereokill.net - that blog exists in my admin panel but not on the web). The 404 also appears when I attempt to log into the backend.

   Any tips?

   Cheers,

   M.

2. andrea_r
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Did you actually do the wildcard subdomains steps?

3. stereokill
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Which steps are those?

4. andrea_r
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The ones in the readme.txt that came in the download. :)

   Briefly, you have to enable wildcard subdomains in both Apache and your DNS records.

5. msmrmyr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I face this same problem. None of my subdomain blogs load.

   I don't have access to the server, so I could not change the httpd.conf file. So I changed the wildcard to allow subdomains by adding a record to the DNS to reflect: * 14400 IN A 1.2.3.4

   This allowed the domains to be accessed, however, now I get an Apache 404 error page when accessing the sumdomain blogs.

   Do I need to convince technical support for my server to change the httpd.conf file, or have I got another issue?

   BTW, fresh install of Wordpressmu 2.7.1 running on an Apache virtual domain at http://www.easternsierrafishing.com. The test blog domain is sierrafisher.easternsierrafishing.com.

6. andrea_r
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   "Do I need to convince technical support for my server to change the httpd.conf file"

   Yes. Or find a new host.

7. msmrmyr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks for the helpful reply.

   I changed the httpd.conf file late last night and we still have the problem. Followed all the instructions in the Readme.txt file, in fact.

   Now I have subdomains with Apache welcome pages, so I'm still stumped.

8. andrea_r
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is it pointing at the right document root?

9. msmrmyr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I've been thinking that too, and I'm working through it. BTW, nice book at
   http://wpmututorials.com/installation/installing-wordpressmu-the-e-book/.

   I'm still learning this system. Is the document root changed in the Wordpress MU Admin Edit screen for blogs under the path option? Or do I need to look in the server?

   M.

10. wpmuguru
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    On the server... in your apache (or other web server) config.

11. msmrmyr
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Okay, I have to beg technical support for that, so what file and what change is needed, so I can go beg. <G>

12. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 2 years ago #

    in the httpd.conf file, same one as earlier, which they should know. :)

13. flowzinefred
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Similar problem. DNS query reveal correct record entry. Blogs not posting. PAGE 404

    ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> southeastregion.lennar.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22593
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
;southeastregion.lennar.com. IN A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    southeastregion.lennar.com. 2688 IN A 10.0.93.100`

    httpd.conf entry also showing wildcard in place

    #NameVirtualHost *
    <VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wpmusoutheast/
    ServerName southeastregion.lennar.com
    ServerAlias *.lennar.com
    <Directory /var/www/html/wpmusoutheast/>
    #allow from all
    AllowOverride None
    Options +Indexes
    </Directory>
    LogLevel error
    </VirtualHost>

    Error Log shows:
    10.0.87.79 - - [17/Jun/2009:18:17:17 -0400] "GET /wp-admin/wpmu-blogs.php HTTP/1.1" 200 42108 "http://southeastregion.lennar.com/wp-admin/wpmu-blogs.php?action=editblog&id=15&updated=true" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060308 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11"
    10.0.87.79 - - [17/Jun/2009:18:17:23 -0400] "GET /enabletheme/wp-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 311 "http://southeastregion.lennar.com/wp-admin/wpmu-blogs.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060308 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11"

    PLEASE HELP.

    Thanks
    Flow

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