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Create a site with Multisite plugin WordPress
The document discusses top multisite plugins for WordPress, highlighting features such as sitewide tags, domain mapping, and user management. It provides links to various plugins and tutorials for enhancing the functionality of a WordPress multisite network. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of super admins in managing settings and user access across multiple sites.
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- 2. What is multisite? ●Multiple sites in one WordPress install ● Also called a Network ● Setup here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network
- 3. Sitewide tags ● Pullsposts to a tags blog or main page ● Can use that one site for “global” content ● Live example: http://homeschooljournal.net
- 4. Permalinks go backto originating blog.
- 5. Sitewide tags optionsscreen
- 6. Broadcast / Multipost ●Push posts from main blog to other sites ● Works opposite to SWT http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multipost-mu/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/threewp- broadcast/
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- 8. Gives a metabox on Write Post page. Shows all sites I have admin access to.
- 9. Domain Mapping ● Eachsite in the network can have their own top-level domain ● You need to create the site first, then map it. ● Plugin here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ wordpress-mu-domain-mapping/ ● Tutorial: http://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0- multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/
- 10. Super Admin needsto set things up first.
- 11. User can maptheir domain & pick a primary. (Can do more than one.)
- 12. Super Admin canalso map domains without visiting that site.
- 13. New Blog Defaults ●Controls settings for new sites as they are created ● Does not do plugin, theme or widget settings http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new- blog-defaults/
- 14. Pulls in allthe settings for a site that are under the Settings menu, plus these bonus extras. It's a really long page of menus.
- 15. WordPress.com Custom CSS ●Each site can customize the css without touching theme files ● Works like the one at wordpress.com http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/
- 16. Great for makingminor chages to the same theme on different sites.
- 17. More Privacy Options ●Adds more privacy settings to each site ● Includes “must be logged in” http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/more-privacy- options/
- 18. Adds a network-wideoption for Supper Admins under Super Admin -> Options menu. User gets way more privacy. Admins & Super Admins can have super-private blogs.
- 19. Theme & Pluginstats ● Super Admin only ● Helpful to clean out unused themes & plugins ● Stats are cool http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-plugin- stats/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-theme- usage-info/
- 20. What themes arebeing used where?
- 21. Which plugins areactually being used?
- 22. User management ● Usersare global across the network http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-users- sidebar-widget/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite- user-management/
- 23. Logged-in users canadd themselves to my site if I place the widget in the sidebar to let them. The Super Admin can also choose to add uses to specifc sites on signup.
- 24. Blog Topics ● Categorizethe sites by topic ● Useful to group sites by your criteria ● Includes pages templates for output (directory?) http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blog-topics/
- 26. Granular Plugin controls Pick& choose http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude- plugins/ Hide plugins network-wide (for super admin only) http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/restrict- multisite-plugins/
- 27. Does not showplugins in the mu-plugins folder. Woot!
- 28. Where to findmore plugins ● http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/network ● http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/wpmu ● http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/multisite
- 29. Where to findme twitter.com/andrea_r http://ronandandrea.com http://wpmututorials.com WordPress “Must Use” Tutorials ;) http://musupport.net (paid support forum)