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I have posted a question on BuddyPress too, but hopefully someone here might have the answer:

’m running a subdirectory-based multisite setup using W3.9.1 and BuddyPress 2.0.1

Going into the dialogue, it shows: Sitename, followed by the URL of the multisite setup ibstherapists.co.uk/ and then the input field, so I enter ‘test’ expecting to access the site as ibstherapists.co.uk/test

However, once the create a site is completed, the actual URL displayed is http:///test/ – no sign of the ibstherapists.co.uk and of course the url is invalid.

I’m new to Buddypress, so it is quite possible I’ve missed something (although I couldn’t find anything!). Could someone please give me some pointers in the right direction?

Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:39:24

Vaughan
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Hi @johanna,

This sounds more like an issue with your htaccess or wp-config.php.

Can you paste your htaccess & wp-config.php here. (remove the db details from the wp-config.php)

Thanks
Johanna
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htaccess

php_flag display_errors off

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]

# uploaded files

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^ – [L]

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

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*.php)$ $2 [L]

RewriteRule . index.php [L]

php_value upload_max_filesize 32m

php_value post_max_size 32M

php_value max_execution_time 300

php_value max_input_time 300

php_value memory_limit 196M
Johanna
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wp-config

/** The name of the database for WordPress */

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘ibsdb’:wink:;

/** MySQL database username */

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘xxxxx’:wink:;

/** MySQL database password */

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxx’:wink:;

/** MySQL hostname */

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’:wink:;

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */

define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’:wink:;

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */

define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”:wink:;

/**#@+

* Authentication Unique Keys and Salts.

*

* Change these to different unique phrases!

* You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ WordPress.org secret-key service}

* You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again.

*

* @since 2.6.0

*/

define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘{|-ASej1X~e@o4eK7FEP-g+&+^SY%k,[CcYCA.KN[,JEY|$SirQD&Y!jtmfBvr9L’:wink:;

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘}1[dlpje)cTgU6ge08c;ov7F4yS8F`t~9G, 9rW2.s8wEL?zl&^Hy[j-20)k1RW+’:wink:;

define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘(-qwh|M7]y`Nf+Nkitm-o2|5!:msz[@HRTl65hHnBA]Sf%GQ}i9C:K<j3!;Ef[cM’:wink:;

define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘JbC;|}&:wink:h-NMX39 bo|z:V@T5c9_=+{tVPe=-qYjcoND~H+,yqlgAG.[a7,O/tSV’:wink:;

define(‘AUTH_SALT’, ‘@mAsEt2>CJAi=w2P5-:3M+Tvq^&&|NQo>nwoc|a|H&j,c|J{$!|,?B;@ah*vnwmL’:wink:;

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘mgLP:W^57d~7]7dtxo!xxPkV>zH!P:2~Oqd/3!0aI:}gNM|**os8l04h2B7UYIwM’:wink:;

define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘ ov`DMMJ?.5J 1XkE=?j6DC6x/)SQHJQ@ (|s}S|XR;Z&&&$}AIu=2S$UecfAvya’:wink:;

define(‘NONCE_SALT’, ‘f5/-Lu+@+6t2UxHjkEkNN(Yf3+CYz6OZU0Wlba+F5Ogjz0*3Gu*baJ>gA24z6S’:wink:;

/**#@-*/

/**

* WordPress Database Table prefix.

*

* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique

* prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

*/

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

/**

* WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English.

*

* Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen

* language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install

* de_DE.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de_DE’ to enable German

* language support.

*/

define(‘WPLANG’, ”:wink:;

/**

* For developers: WordPress debugging mode.

*

* Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development.

* It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG

* in their development environments.

*/

define(‘WP_DEBUG’, false);

define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);

define(‘MULTISITE’, true);

define(‘SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL’, false);

define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘ibstherapists.co.uk’:wink:;

define(‘PATH_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘/’:wink:;

define(‘SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1);

define(‘BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE’, 1);

define(‘DOMAINMAPPING_ALLOWMULTI’, true);

@ini_set(‘display_errors’, 0);

/* ftp settings */

define(‘FTP_USER’, ‘xxxxx’:wink:;

define(‘FTP_PASS’, ‘xxxxxx’:wink:;

define(‘FTP_HOST’, ‘xxxxxx’:wink:;

/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */

if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’:wink: )

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’:wink:;

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */

define(‘SUNRISE’, ‘on’:wink:;

require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’:wink:;
Vaughan
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Hi @johanna,

Can you move the following line in wp-config.php

define('SUNRISE', 'on');

Make sure it is above the line that reads

/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

Is this a new site? or have you had it a few years and updated it over time?

Thanks
Johanna
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The site was first set up at the end of 2013.

I’ve made the change as requested, but it doesn’t appear to make any difference to the problem. Feel free to try and create a site yourself

Vaughan

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Hi,

f you created the site at end of 2013, Do you know what version you first installed? if it was after version 3.5 then your htaccess is incorrect.

If you used version 3.5 or newer when you first installed, can you try the following in your htaccess

php_flag display_errors off

php_value upload_max_filesize 32m

php_value post_max_size 32M

php_value max_execution_time 300

php_value max_input_time 300

php_value memory_limit 196M



RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]



# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]



RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^ - [L]

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

RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*.php)$ $2 [L]

RewriteRule . index.php [L]

Hopefully that should fix it.

Johanna
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I have tried this add still no luck
Vaughan
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Hi,

Ok, let’s start some debugging.

Can you remove the following line from wp-config.php

define('DOMAINMAPPING_ALLOWMULTI', true);

Then disable any domain mapping plugins, such as domain mapping & multi-domains.

Now try and see if it works without those.

Failing that, can you deactivate (don’t delete) just deactivate all plugins except buddypress. Then test again.

If it starts to work, simply reactivate each plugin 1 at a time until the issue returns. This is so we can figure out if it’s a plugin conflict.

Follow this flowchart on this page. https://premium.wpmudev.org/manuals/getting-support/

Thanks
Johanna
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I made the config change and disabled WPMUDev Domain mapping plugin and it works!

Where do we go from here?
Vaughan
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Hi @johanna,

Can you try enabling domain mapping plugin again.

But make sure the following line is removed from wp-config.php

define('DOMAINMAPPING_ALLOWMULTI', true);

Let’s see if domain mapping works without that line.

Thanks
Johanna
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Right, Reactivating the domain mapping plugin causes it to fail again… so appears that is the culprit?

I’ve double-checked
Vaughan
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Hi @johanna,

Can you send your site FTP details using the following contact form (select i have a different question from the dropdown.)

https://premium.wpmudev.org/contact/

Mark for attn: Vaughan

Include a ref URL to this thread.

Please include site login details (super-admin if on multisite)

Also include FTP login details so I can take a look at the core files.

Thanks
Vaughan
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Hi @johanna,

Can you doublecheck the FTP credentials you sent, as I am unable to login with them.

Thanks
Johanna
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just re-sent the details
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Hi there @johanna,

Hope you’re well today, I’ve tried to check this out, but can’t locate the details, did you send the details using your email address attached to your account?

If you could let me know what email you sent them with that would be great! :slight_smile:

Thanks!

Kind Regards

Jack.
Johanna
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Hi Jack

My email is info@baobab-solutions.com, but the details were sent through your system https://premium.wpmudev.org/contact/ as requested by Vaughan

Thanks

Johanna
Vaughan
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Hi @johanna,

Sorry for the delay, i’ve had internet issues with my ISP with disputed bills as they cut me off.

I’ve taken a look, it looked like you hadn’t replaced the sunrise.php when domain mapping was upgraded. I have updated the sunrise.php on your server.

If you could enable domain mapping again and give it a whirl, hopefully it should work now.

Hope this helps
Johanna
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Hi Vaughan

Don’t you just love technology!!

I’ve just tested it again, and this was the message displayed:

http:///testnewsunrise/ is your new site.

Thanks,

Johanna
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Hi Johanna,

Is this “http:///testnewsunrise/ is your new site.” message was displayed?

Didn’t it work for you?

Have you enabled domain mapping as suggested by @vaughan in his previous reply?

Please try to make your reply descriptive and provide as much information as you can so that we can get to the bottom of this faster.

Regards,

Vinod Dalvi
Johanna
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I apologise if you had difficulty understanding my reply, but I think if you follow the thread it is self-explanatory.

The only reason that creating a site worked previously, was because Domain mapping was switched off (in an attempt to diagnose the problem), so no, it never actually worked for me, as I require Domain mapping to be switched on

Regards

Johanna
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Hi there @johanna,

Hope you're well today! :slight_smile:

I've just done some testing here and it seems to be working now, I enabled Domain Mapping and then added a new site via the network admin with a new email.

I received the email correctly (screenshot attached). And my test site all works correctly.

Please advise, if this still isn't working for you. :slight_smile:

Thanks!

Kind Regards

Jack.
Johanna
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Hi Jack,

I know it works fine via network admin. It is when the site is created from the font-end by a BuddyPress member that the problem arises

Johanna
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Hi there @johanna,

Thanks for the additional information, I’ve just checked and all your settings are right (.htaccess, domain mapping etc).

And I indeed can see what you mean when registering through BuddyPress on your install, the site URL comes through as http://sitetitle for example.

I can’t replicate this same issue on my install though, I’ve notified one of our developers here for their valuable input.

Thanks!

Kind regards

Jack.
Johanna
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Thanks Jack
Johanna
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Something that may be relevant: In an earlier release of Domain Mapping, it was possible to map the domain for the main site, and we have actually done that

Johanna
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Hi there @johanna,

Hope you’re well today! :slight_smile:

Thanks for the additional information, I’ve just done some testing by installing a older version of Domain Mapping when it was possible to map the domain for the main site.

And that does seem to be the cause here, having the main site mapped causes BuddyPress and on my test install even without BuddyPress at wp-signup.php to assign the incorrect URL.

You end up with http:///yoursubsite where it should be http://domain.com/yoursubsite, as it doesn’t pick up the main site domain, this was a sub directory tests, I haven’t tested with sub domains.

I’ve just updated the developer on that.

Thanks!

Kind Regards

Jack.
Johanna
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Thanks Jack!
Johanna
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Could someone please tell me where we are up to with this one? Our site is due to go live soon

Kind Regards

Johanna
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Hi @johanna,

Sorry for the delay here, this issue is being looked at, the facility for mapping the main domain was actually removed for a specific reasons, which is why we actually prevent that from happening in the later versions.

I’ve asked the developer for some more info on this, hopefully he should respond shortly.

Thanks for your patience.
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Hi @johanna,

Hope you are doing great today.

While doing some house cleaning I found this oold thread missed in the queue.

I believe that this issue was already addressed in the latest releases.

Could you please confirm?

Thanks in advance,

Jose

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