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I have just tried to install Multiple Site Manager (MSM) both on my local MAMP server and on the database.

I have copied the files required, and turned on the MSM setting in General Configuration.

However, whenever I go to “Edit Sites”, I get the following error:-

The website encountered an error while retrieving

<a href="http://localhost:8888/soundhalo-blog/admin.php?S=390e647927cdde75544e6e3c9e258cf84f8cce2b&D=cp&C=sites&M=manage_sites">http://localhost:8888/soundhalo-blog/admin.php?S=390e647927cdde75544e6e3c9e258cf84f8cce2b&D=cp&C=sites&M=manage_sites</a>

It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.

Can anyone help me out as to why this is showing up? I get the same error on the server as well.

Having this same error - did you ever get this worked out?

Which version of EE are you using? And which version of MSM are you trying to install in that?

I’ve had the same problem a day ago. I was using EE 2.5.2 and installed MSM 2.1.5 => Same Problem.

Then I installed MSM 2.1.2 and it worked!!!

So it seemed some version incompatibility issue. To be sure I upgraded EE 2.5.2 to 2.6.1 and installed MSM 2.1.5 and it also worked!!

You may also try that.

I’m currently using EE 2.6.1 Build: 20130506 and MSM 2.1.3 Build: 20120529.

Here’s the situation: I recently upgraded from EE 2.5.2 to 2.6.1
I have 1 default site (http://www.vet.uga.edu) and 2 other subsidiary sites (http://www.vet.uga.edu/site1 & www.vet.uga.edu/site2).

I copied the admin.php and index.php file from the EE 2.6.1 to each site and updated their respective configurations.
I also added the corresponding .htaccess files to remove the “.php”

I also did the following with MSM 2.1.3 zip after the EE upgrade:
Uploaded system/expressionengine/libraries/Sites.php to my system/expressionengine/libraries directory.
Uploaded system/expressionengine/controllers/cp/sites.php to my system/expressionengine/controllers/cp directory.
Uploaded system/expressionengine/language/english/sites_lang.php

Now when I try to add a new site or edit sites or access the control panels of the subsidiary sites from thet default site, I get to a broken link!

But I am able to directly access the CP of the subsidiary sites this way:
http://www.vet.uga.edu/site1/admin.php
or
http://www.vet.uga.edu/site2/admin.php

But I am NOT able to create a new site or edit configuration of existing sites using the control panel.

1. Do you think the links are messed up due to the update? Is there a fix?
2. Are my MSM and EE versions compatible? Do I need to upgrade MSM?
3. Is there a manual way to add a site? (I looked to add a site manually through the database but the config settings are encrypted)

Hi UgaVetWeb,

You followed the right steps.

As I mentioned in my last post there seems to be issue with EE 2.6.1 with MSM 2.1.3. So your question #2 seems relevant.

Please upgrade your MSM to 2.1.5 and see what happens.