I have been trying and failing to use the WP Multisite Stack to create a blog system that meets three criteria:
multisite system
path-based (as opposed to subdomain-based) system. That is, the site URLs are to be like this:
multisiteexample.com/site1
multisiteexample.com/site2
multisiteexample.com/site3
pretty permalinks using only postname (e.g. multisiteexample.com/site1/hello-world)
The documentation page for this stack states, "IMPORTANT: WordPress Multisite requires that you use different domains for each site."
QUESTION
: Does this mean that this stack supports only subdomain-based systems and not path-based ones? If yes, I need a different solution. If no, then proper configuration is what I need.
SYSTEM INFO:
Bitnami WP Multisite 4.6.1-4 on Windows Server 2008
Here's what I've tried:
After installation, open wp-config.php and change SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL from true to false.
Log into WP as admin.
Go to My Sites > Network Admin > Settings > Network Setup.
Save a copy of .htaccess.
On the Network Setup page, copy the .htaccess code and paste it into .htaccess, replacing the original contents.
The resulting .htaccess reads:
Next
Log out of WP, restart the browser, and log back in.
Go to My Sites > Network Admin > Sites.
Click Add New, enter the URL, title, admin email, and click Add Site.
Click Visit Dashboard
The result, in Firefox, is this message:
I've looked at many web forum pages about this error, and different solutions have seemed to work for different people, but none has so far worked for me. That's why I'm asking Bitnami's forum.
I've found no documentation on Bitnami's site about how to create a path-based network. Is that because the stack doesn't support that, or am I missing something?