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I currently have Windows 7 , 64 bit on which I am running an IIS on localhost:80 and I installed XAMPP on localhost:8080. I have 15 individual wordpress sites but now i need a subdomain multisite wordpress.

I created wp.dev:8080 in the hosts file for multisite, and correctly amended the apache virtual file. All worked until I added the define('WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', true); to the config file. When I clicked on the new Network menu option in wordpress, I got an error:

ERROR: You cannot install a network of sites with your server address. You cannot use port numbers such as :8080.

Now here is the problem. localhost is mapped to 127.0.0.1 on port 80 for IIS. And Apache is taking all of localhost:8080. can I somehow split the localhost:80 traffic by assigning wp.dev to be the only :80 to go to Apache and the remainder to continue going to IIS. How would I define that since in Apache I already have *:8080 defined? Please help, my files are below:

Hosts file on c/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts this is root of iis if i dont specify port (:80) and if i specify port (:8080) go to xampp 127.0.0.1 localhost these below are the :8080 individual wordpress on xampp 127.0.0.1 sb.localhost tw.localhost ups.localhost vet.localhost box.localhost ea.localhost multisite below 127.0.0.1 wp.dev

This is my Apache config file in D:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

NameVirtualHost *:8080

DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs" ServerName localhost

This is a working wordpress normal blog

DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/ki/abce/wordpress" ServerName abce.localhost Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes Order allow,deny Allow from all

This below is how network subdomain blog that would work if not for 8080 problem

DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/alllive/wordpress" ServerAlias *.wp.dev ServerName wp.dev Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes Order allow,deny Allow from all

Thank you in Advance!

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  • I run IIS and Apache and I do the opposite, I ran Apache on localhost:80 and IIS on :8080. You might need to change your windows host file, I think this is a know issue.
    – Wyck
    Aug 12, 2012 at 5:40
  • @Wyck, Thanks. I am trying to do just that now.. huge headache and waste of time... You should post the answer, I will wait and give you points in a day or two if nothing better comes along, cuz i searched for hours, and nothing.
    – NickNo
    Aug 12, 2012 at 7:50
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    I think you'd have a much better chance of an answer on ServerFault - requesting a move :) Aug 12, 2012 at 9:04
  • Just for starters ... Setup of WordPress multisite as localhost needs to be sub-directory install. And you will need to move to port 80 for Apache. This might help you ... wordpress.org/support/topic/… and @AndreaR or Ipstenu on the Multsite Forum are brilliant
    – Damien
    Aug 12, 2012 at 9:23
  • maybe your help is this answer
    – bueltge
    Sep 3, 2012 at 14:28

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Ok, I gave up and moved to port 80, though i think what @Boultge suggest (the link) would have probably done it, but I read it too late.

Here are the files tho that are letting me run XAMPP WordPress MU sub-domain Multisite on localhost as wp.dev with 20 additional WordPress individual sites. I shortened it because i have 8 sites per line and both my wpmu and regular wordpress sites all look the same, i just have to be careful not to pick a name for a new multisite domain that i am already using for the regular wordpress

Here is the c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.1 wp.dev

127.0.0.1 somename.wp.dev someothername.wp.dev wpmu1.wp.dev wpmu2.wp.dev wpmu3.wp.dev

In httpd.conf file located in xampp/apache/conf I have (all else left as is):

Listen 80 # line 47

ServerName localhost:80 # line 184

In httpd-vhosts.conf in xampp/apache/conf/extra:

DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs" ServerName localhost

DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/regular-wordpress-1/wordpress" ServerName

somename.wp.dev

"D:/xampp/htdocs/regular-wordpress-1/wordpress"> Options Indexes

FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes Order allow,deny Allow from all

DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/regular-wordpress-2/wordpress"

ServerName someothername.wp.dev

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

The rest of them above are all the same, each one a completely independent wordpress install.
At the very end of httpd-vhosts.conf comes multisite domains below:

DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/wpmu-home/wordpress"

ServerAlias wpmu1.wp.dev

ServerAlias wpmu2.wp.dev

ServerAlias wpmu3.wp.dev

ServerName wp.dev

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

No other directive is activated besides what's here in the httpd-vhosts. With this sub domain wordpress multisite on xampp works fine though on port 80.

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