[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31664: Multisite network setup for .htaccess

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#31664: Multisite network setup for .htaccess
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 Reporter:  wph4                |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Networks and Sites  |    Version:  4.1.1
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  multisite           |
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 Hi there,

 Sorry if this is not the correct place to post it. But I donot know where
 then.....

 I have 2 multisite installations that were not working.
 Dashboard for the Primary site was working. Trying to go to the dashboard
 for the other sites gave an error code or a loop message. And the other
 sites where not shown under "My sites" (hover function). I was able to
 have a look at the child site but it had no theme it was just a "sitemap"
 list.

 What did I wrong? I thougt....

 Here what I did:

 ================ 1st installation  (localhost using XAMPP)
 - install wp 4.1.1
 - change config.php to multisite
 - Copy andPaste "Network setup" from Dashboard. Here is the "problem", the
 .htaccess here shows:

 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*)
 D:/Programs/xampp/htdocs/H4Net/$2 [L]
 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$
 D:/Programs/xampp/htdocs/H4Net/$2 [L]

 After a long researching, I have found an advice from a long time ago and
 applied. The advise where to change these 2 lines to:

 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) /H4Net/$2
 [L]
 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ /H4Net/$2 [L]

 After this change it works.

 ================ 2nd installation  web based hosting
 - install wp 4.1.1
 - change config.php to multisite
 - Copy andPaste "Network setup" from Dashboard. Here is "again"  the
 "problem", the .htaccess here shows:

 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*)
 sites/MYURL/$2 [L]
 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ sites/MYURL/$2 [L]

 The solution I found is to change it to:

 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
 RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]

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 My request is:

 Althought I have seen it was already asked some time ago, Network setup
 still doesnot come up with the correct .htaccess information.
 When installing I do follow instructions given. This was the issue.....

 I am not a technical person, far from that. I am good in copy and paste
 :-)
 I have seen / read a lot of people are the same as I am, or have the same
 issue as I had.
 So if you could please change it in the next update it would help a lot!

 BTW Thanks a lot for making wordpress available!!!!!

 Cheers,
 Helena
 PS: sure I can give screenshots of more info if needed.

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