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Install Site Not Working

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  • Started 2 years ago by xiatica
  • Latest reply from clow
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  1. xiatica
    Member

    Hi.

    I'm trying to use WP Hive to install wordpress instances on a subdomain http://subdomain.mydomain.com

    I've configured CPanel to point subdomain1.mydomain.com to mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-content/wp-hive/subdomain.mydomain.com

    And I went to the WP Admin process, creating a new site, which is listed in the list of sites. However the only site sitting in my mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-content/wp-hive/ directory is the original mydomain.com even when I changed the permissions on mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-content/wp-hive/ to 777 i still got nothing after creating the new hive site from the hive admin.

    clicking the install link or button just takes me to mydomain.com

    even after manually adding mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-content/wp-hive/subdomain.mydomain.com/ directory, the install link/button still takes me to mydomain.com

    i'm using wordpress 2.8.4
    i have given the new hive site a unique table prefix.

    what am i doing wrong?

    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. ikailo
    Developer

    You need to point the domain to the root WordPress directory, which is usually the one that contains index.php and wp-config.php.

    The directories in /wp-content/wp-hive/ are for specific files such as favicon.ico and robots.txt.

    Also, if you are clicking on 'install site' and it is taking you to a different site, then it is likely that you've configured it to be a redirect, instead of pointing it to the correct directory.

    In Cpanel, you are usually looking for Add-On domain, and you should be pointing it to a directory on the server, and not to another domain name.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  3. starapple
    Member

    Help! I must be doing something wrong trying a subdirectory instance; or maybe I don't know what to expect. Does Hive create the subdirectory and install an instance of Wordpress or do I have to put WP files in the subdirectory?

    I've installed WP in the root directory of my local XP Pro/Apache box and activated WP Hive. I try to create a subdirectory site and Hive complains:

    WP Hive Warning:
    A subdirectory site is installed using WP Hive, but you are not using pretty permalinks.
    Fix the problem now by configuring this site to use pretty permalinks.

    No directory is created because when I click "Install" I get a 404 error. I create the subdirectory and click "Install" and I go to the empty directory.

    I change the permalink structure from the ?p=123 style to /archives/123 and try again. Nothing; except that all the links to articles etc are broken. This seems an XP problem.

    I'm willing to help in writing the installation and usage instructions...

    Posted 2 years ago #

  4. starapple
    Member

    Here I am again.

    Just installed Hive again and created a sub-directory site. After I clicked the install button I filled in the blog title and this was the next screen:

    Already Installed

    You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.

    Help!

    Posted 2 years ago #

  5. ikailo
    Developer

    starapple:

    Sounds like there is something a little strange with your instance of WP / WP Hive. I haven't come across this issue before.

    Do you have cookies & javascript enabled?
    Are you setting the prefix for each site to unique value?

    Posted 2 years ago #

  6. starapple
    Member

    Yes ikailo. I have site.com as the Domain name, toronto as the Sub Directory and to_ as the Prefix.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  7. ikailo
    Developer

    Do you have WordPress installed as a root, and not in a directory?

    To check: When you access it without WP Hive installed, you need to do it like this: domain.com and not domain.com/blog.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  8. Reventon
    Member

    Nothing happens after plugin activation.

    wphive not working with WP 2.8.6

    Posted 2 years ago #

  9. clow
    Member

    I'm seeing starapple's "already installed" problem as well. Everything was working fine with http://domain.com - I was able to set up several subdirectory blogs no problem. I tried to move the setup to a dev environment on http://subdomain.domain.com, hoping to install a couple blogs like

    http://subdomain.domain.com/blog2
    http://subdomain.domain.com/blog3

    and when I try to install the new subdirectory blogs I get the same "You appear to have already installed WordPress." error.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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