I am finally getting around to addressing the snafus with the multi-site install I created a year or two ago. This is a directory based multisite, not subdomain based.
The issue is that the software assumes that WP is still using blogs.dir for mutisites, and expects all the files to be there. So the install cannot place or access its files. I then create new folders for the plugin and edit the settings under “integration”, but I have no idea what files were supposed to be placed there by the automated install.
I am thinking that perhaps I have to create the whole directory tree under blogs.dir, even though WP does not use it at all, and then do an uninstall then reinstall Is that going to work?
So, I need to uninstall Simple Press plugin from the subsites where it is not working, then reinstall, after creating the directory tree. Some issues:
1. I am assuming that if the plugin is going to be used only on about ten of the 30 or so subsites, that I should not network activate, but install on each subsite.
2. There is one (actually the most active) site, where everything works. So I don’t want to completely network uninstall the software and start from scratch, or I will lose two years of posts from that one.
3. For the other sites, there is a range of issues. Some open the forum, but then give a 404 whenever you click on any button, even though “storage locations” shows green across the board.. Some work, but the icons for the editor don’t display. For many, the list of members does not display properly. etc. A bit of a dog’s breakfast.
The key question is: “If I uninstall from a subsite, then reinstall with all expected folders already created in blogs.dir, will it actually work??”
