WordPress MU

1. clarco100
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Hello everybody..
   Fisrt I want to say that I am not expert at all, actually this is the first time I try something like this..

   Well this is my situation :
   Trying to install wordpressmu, I have had all kind of mistakes (error redirecting, 500,htaccess missing...etc). I also have read a lot of tutorials and videos and I have tried all of them. So this is how I did it..
   1. (On cpanel) I created a database with user and password
   2. On the webroot I "upload" the zip file (that I download from wordpress mu) in a new file named wpmu. Then as I read at the "andrea_r" ebook http://wpmututorials.com/basics/installing-wordpressmu-the-e-book/
   I renamed the files wpmu and public_html, in order to make the file in the root.

   NOTE: In this ebook, she suggests the follow steps:
   i) Change permissions(777) to wp_content and public_html files
   2i) Delete the htaccess file...I did it but then I have error because of that, so I create a new file "htaccess" and delete the "htaccess.dist"...here I also change permission to 644 and edit HOST instead of BASE.

   So after all of this I still have error 500. If I try all over again, sometimes it allowed me to write the database, user , password..etc...but I can't go further.

   I am sure I am doing something wrong, but now, I am very confused because I have found a lot of different procedures (also in spanish) and any of these are helping me...
   So..what can I do???
   I will appreciate any help
   and I am sorry for all the information I posted, I just wanted to be clear in my procedures.
   Thanks in advance

2. SteveAtty
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   To put WPMU in the root home of your webserver you need to unzip/upload the files to that top level.

   There shouldn't be a .htaccess file there until its been created by the installation process.

3. andrea_r
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   "2i) Delete the htaccess file...I did it but then I have error because of that, so I create a new file "htaccess" and delete the "htaccess.dist"...here I also change permission to 644 and edit HOST instead of BASE."

   Can't do that. :)

   If you leave the host-generated .htaccess, does the MU install screen still give a warning? On some hosts it WILL let you overwrite it, on some not.

   If you remove it, and the site gives you an error, then you'll have to talk to you webhost about why. MU really needs to create its own htaccess, you can't create one for it.

   @steve one step I sugested was to upload the zip at the same level as public_html, unzip it and switch folder names. Easier for some people to understand. :)

4. SteveAtty
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   @Andrea - ahh, I understand, it does sort of make sense.

5. clarco100
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Hello guys. Sorry for the misunderstanding Steve. I apologize because my English is not so good, and maybe I wasn't so clear. But as Andrea already explained it, was pretty easy and also worked perfect.

   ..Andrea, I noted exactly that after erase .htaccess the MU dosent install it by itself. But I already contact my webhost.

   I also have my doubts with the "mod_rewrite"...
   how can I check the right configuration for this.

   Thank you again.

6. clarco100
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Me again..
   Just to tell you that the problem is solved. Definitely something was wrong with my wehost. Because I tried again and its working now..
   Thanks a lot for your responses.

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