Stylesheet and JS linking error in WP multisite nested path

Question

I have implementing the nested paths for WP multisite from the following tutorial: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/14052/wordpress-hacks-nested-paths-for-wpmu-blogs/

And almost 90% of the tasks are implemented but I need help with RewriteRule in .htaccess file.

Following is my current .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /james/
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).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

I cant get the stylesheet, JS and images paths rewritten in the .htaccess, I have tried mutiple rules, i tried replacing:

RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]

with:

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

But this only helps get the images working for the default 2010 Theme for slider.

I am working on: WordPress version 3.4.2

Answer 1

WPMU was merged into WordPress back in ... 2010? I notice the tutorial you are looking at is from 2009. I guess some people still confusingly refer to WPMU when instead it is WordPress Multisite.

While most of the concepts are probably still valid ... what are you trying to achieve? Just to have separate domains with different themes is standard functionality without much effort.

If you want to setup WordPress Multisite with a number of domains, then you could try WordPress MU Domain Mapping.

It's this plugin that Andrea_R is referring to in her comment on the tutorial you're trying to follow.

BTW - Andrea_R is one of the main moderators on the WordPress Multisite Forum She even has a free guide on her website about how to setup a WordPress Network.