When I reach 25 blogs, I will do it!
The Wordpress Multi-site (AKA MU) was easy to setup and well documented. What you end up with are blogs that are housed in sub-domains or sub-directories and accessible through a Super Admin panel. The pain in ass part was the Domain Mapping plugin which directs your top level domain names seamlessly to the sub-directories/domains. The plug-in instructions are missing one small part which the screen prompts don't tell you! Fuckity-fuck, it took me a day and a half to find that out.
I also tried a plug-in which was supposed to clone a site from one sub-domain to another but I had mixed results with it. It meant some restoring of backups which stole some time from me. Unless I can sort that out it will mean a bit more manual work with each new blog. Oh, well.
For those who are wondering about the advantages of the WP Multi-Site functionality, you get all your plugins and the source code in one location so you update and patch your bevy of blogs just once. This is very important because WP is known for frequent security updates. Imagine if you had 100 separate WP blogs. That would mean 100 logins and updates! Also, installing a Plug-in means, in most cases, you can use it on any blog in your network. The main downside I can see is that they all reside on one IP which gives you less SEO prospects. Having said that, there is nothing from stopping you from running multiple WP Multi-site installations from different IPs.
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Originally Posted by Simon
Good morning world 
Art - you should write up a quick tutorial on installing a WP MU setup from scratch. One day you'll be glad you'll have it to refer back to. Plus I know there's at least a few people around here who'd want a peek at it.  |