[wp-docs] Added user page on .htaccess file generation, feedback?

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Thu Sep 1 04:03:07 UTC 2011


On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:26 PM, David Miles <david at thatchurch.com> wrote:
> Thank you all very much for the feedback!  Far more than I expected, that's
> for sure.
> I have hit one snag when it comes to Multisite ... I haven't got the
> slightest clue where or even if .htaccess file(s) are
> even acknowledged/generated since from the best I can tell, the
> save_mod_rewrite_rules() in wp-admin/includes/misc.php is responsible for
> saving the .htaccess file and exits immediately if it is a multisite.

Multisite is special. Flushing doesn't change your .htaccess rules in
that case, because those rules apply to the entire network, not just
to one site in that network.

There is no way to write special .htaccess rules from WP in a
multisite install that I am aware of.

-Otto


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