Can not log into Multisite - Redirect issue

Question

I am using Multisite 3.5 Beta3 in a folder - so not the root. It was a pre-existing wordpress blog. I have it set to use sub.domains.com not folders domain.com/sub

My folder looks like this: www/wordpress/ I have the Redirects presented below which it said to put in the .htaccess file in the file (see screen shot here):

www/wordpress/.htaccess

But I think this is wrong. I think it should be in the .htaccess file at

www/.htaccess

This is where they would go with a single install. Am I correct or are the directions correct?

# BEGIN WordPress
# RewriteRules commented out after starting multi site but present prior to
# and carried over from single site.

#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /
#RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
#</IfModule>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) wordpress/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ wordpress/$1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress

The reason I am asking is because when I added the redirect rules to the .htaccess file it throws in this pretty link: domain.com*/blog/2008/09/02*/post-slug

Under single site my pretty link settings were to have domain.com/post-slug and that is what I want to retain. Well I went to go adjust these in the admin panel and WP kicked me out and made me sign in again. I tried this repeatedly but I get redirected to the login page again. I thought well my password might be bad so I went into phpmyadmin and changed it per the codex but that is no longer the issue. What do I need to do? do the ReWrite Rules need to be inside the <IfModule> tages?

Answer 1

Yes, the .htaccess file should be in the site root - in your case, that would be /www/. You also need to have an index.php file in the site root, containing the following code:

<?php
/**
 * Front to the WordPress application. This file doesn't do anything, but loads
 * wp-blog-header.php which does and tells WordPress to load the theme.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

/**
 * Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it.
 *
 * @var bool
 */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);

/** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');

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The rules tell Apache to look in the wordpress/ folder for any file is a PHP file or is located in the wp-admin, wp-includes, or wp-content folders. The %{REQUEST_FILENAME} rules tell Apache not to apply the rewrite rules if the files physically exist.