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I have recently purchased MSM but am having trouble getting it to work. I have followed the docs to a tee but have had no luck.

I have completed the following:

  1. Installed and activated the add-on
  2. Created a new site (did not copy anything from site 1)
  3. Updated URL to root directory in Admin > General Config
  4. Created a new template group and made default for site2
  5. Added site 2 to hosting
  6. Ensured "open_basedir" has been turned off
  7. Copied admin.php & index.php from site 1
  8. Updated system path in admin.php & index.php to absolute URL of site 1 (other variables also updated to reflect site 2 cp url & url).
  9. Uploaded admin.php & index.php to site 2
  10. Reload the site but get the following message:

Your system folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: index.php

I have tried relative links for system paths but get the same result.

Does the name of site 2's admin.php & system name need to be the same as site 1 (I have changed it as a security precaution) ?

Any help of feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks, Dan

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The crucial part of MSM is the "$system_path" variable in index/admin.php which is the (file) system path of site 1's system folder rather than a URL.

8) Updated system path in admin.php & index.php to absolute URL of site 1 (other variables also updated to reflect site 2 cp url & url).

From what you wrote I'm not sure if you've got that part right - on shared hosting it can be tricky figuring out what that path is?

If you are still getting the error I'd suggest trying a plain old php file system include to check that you have the permissions etc correct.

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  • Hi Jon, thanks for your response. I have tried both relative & absolute with no lock. After speaking in depth with my host (Eleven2.com) they said the relative url should be: ../../username/public_html however this did not work. Do you have an example of the "plain old php file system include to check that you have the permissions etc correct"?
    – Dan
    Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 8:08
  • @dan <?php include "/path/to/site1/system/index.php"; ?> call it test.php, save it in site 2 & run it. You should get an "Your system folder path does not appear...." error. If not - there's your problem.
    – Jon Rhoades
    Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 8:46
  • @dan also to see what the path should be, on site 1 <?php print $_SERVER['script_filename']; ?> should tell you the absolute path.
    – Jon Rhoades
    Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 8:52
  • Hi @jon, thanks for your feedback. I tried <?php print $_SERVER['script_filename']; ?> on site1 (test.php) but nothing printed. I have spoken further with my host & they said: "It seems that domain2 account cannot access the other account's path since they are separate cpanel accounts. I would suggest you to try creating domain2 as addon domain under the domain1 for creating multisite". So, I deleted the separate account I originally set up and added site2 as an add-on domain. I can access the MSM EE content through site1.com.au/site2.com.au but if I try site2.com.au I get a 404. Any thoughts?
    – Dan
    Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 2:21
  • Did you resolve this?
    – paulcripps
    Commented Nov 24, 2015 at 22:50

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