WordPress MU

Hi guys,

I've been trying to install mu for a week now and am stuck. I've read through the README.txt and am following all steps but still seem to hit the same wall. SPecifically, I'm using sub-directories (not sub-domains) on my server. The install "seems" to complete correctly, but when I try to access blogs which are located outside of wp-admin, I get a 404 error. If I've missed a post that covers this, I apologize. Here's my .htaccess:

[root@mseli social-net]# cat /var/www/html/social-net/.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /social-net/

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>

And here's the error I see in my apache log:

[Sat Feb 21 06:47:48 2009] [error] [client 67.171.70.78] File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico, referer: http://mseli.mse.cs.cmu.edu/social-net/
[Sat Feb 21 06:47:51 2009] [error] [client 67.171.70.78] File does not exist: /var/www/html/social-net/blog, referer: http://mseli.mse.cs.cmu.edu/social-net/

Got mod_rewrite on your server?

And you are running subdirectory in a subdirectory so the urls look like :

domain/subdir/blogname

I assume you're doing this because you're shoe-horning WPMU onto an existing website?

Sorry for the delayed reply - was at school. Yes, mod_rewrite is enabled. Specifically:

[root@mseli conf]# cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | grep -i rewrite
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

For the second question, yes I'm adding this to an existing site. I also have a mediawiki installed that I hope to phase out using wordpress-mu. This is the part where I get a bit confused though. The "main" blog seems to be located at the root of the package (i.e. mseli.mse.cs.cmu.edu/blogs/ ) Is this correct or do I does the mu package assume that all blogs are under a subdirectory?

Thanks for the quick responses. Much appreciated!

Main blog front page will be at domain/

Rest of main blog will be at domain/blog/post-name

Other blogs will be at domain/blogname/ and domain/blogname/post-name

I run my site in subdirectory mode.

If it helps, here is an outline of my installation procedure:

1. Downloaded the latest .tgz of wordpress-mu

2. Untarred this into /var/www/html/blogs/

3. chown apache:apache -R /var/www/html/blogs

4. Created mysql database and associated user (full permissions)

5. Ran the installer via a web browser. (I choose the sub-dir option)

6. Logged in as admin.

All is well. It's when I try to access the default post that I get the 404 error. I can create users, but their blogs yield 404 as well. Basically, any page which isn't in wp-admin or the main domain/blogs/ page, fails. The apache log doesn't point to anything conspicuous...

Sounds like you need to look at your httpd.conf file and fix the FileInfo Options line as mentioned in the install instructions.

This is what I currently have in my httpd config:

#
# 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 FileInfo Options
</Directory>

Am I placing the overrides in the wrong place?

GeoffreyKOBrien

Thank you!! I think I finally have it fixed. That said, I'm still a bit confused. I ran a full search through the httpd.conf and found:

321-#
322:# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
323-# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
324-# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
325-#
326: AllowOverride None

According to the readme:

2. In the <Directory> directive of your virtual host, look for this
line
"AllowOverride None"
and change it to
"AllowOverride FileInfo Options"

I understood this to mean the <Directory /> entry. But it seems that it is the second one in my config file which makes the difference. Can you please explain? I can post the entire httpd.conf if it would help..

Thanks again for the help!

Hey Steve: Thanks for the overview of where the main blog and sub-blogs are installed. My problem is that in the main blog, all auto-generated links point to my.domain/xyz (for example, my.domain/wp-admin), which does not work. Is there a way to make the main blog stay in my.domain/blog, but have the links work?

Thx - P

i am having same problem