As the merge comes closer, the forums are winding down. Most of the time, I’m only answering threads that I can do immediately without digging up additional info. That means I also repeat myself quite a bit. In the interest of making sure all those answers are in one place, here’s my cheat...

Backup. Everyone tells you to, but maybe you don’t know how. After all, your host does backups, right? True – your host does backups, but can or will restore only in the event of a complete disaster, and it restores the entire web account. You should very much take your own backups and store...

It’s been a while since we had a new admin area, and my old post with site admin panel screenshots is now horribly outdated. So! If you want to look before you leap into the wonderful world of WPMU, here’s some Site Admin screenshots. Most of the admin area looks exactly the same as regular...

The purpose of the DNS (Domain Name Server) system is to give client computers a means of translating host names (ex. wpmututorials.com) into IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. In a typical day of working my browser(s) submits hundred of queries to my DNS servers to get the IP address of the web sites...

In today’s post, I go over the types of hosting available and break them down so you can make the right choice for you and your setup. Before we get into the nitty-gritty, the biggest point I want to make is make sure you get a Linux-based hosting package. WPMU runs under Apache and it also uses...

If you have been running WorPress MU for a while, you may not have seen some of the recent additions to values defined in wp-config.php. For single site WPMU installs, as of 2.6.1, you can save a couple of database and/or internal cache lookups by adding 3 defines to your wp-config.php: define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE',...

One of the hardest, and ultimately neato-cool features of MU is the way it creates user’s blogs. On installation, you are given the choice of subdomains (username.domain.tld) or subdirectories (domain.tld/username/). Either way, the site admin does not have to create subdomain or subdirectories...

Hey peeps, have I ever got something exciting for you today. I wrote an ebook! I started writing about how to install wordpressmu and realized it was so long and involved it was better to offer it as a downloadable ebook rather than just a blog post. This way, you can print it out a lot easier too. It’s...

The absolute first thing you want to do when your site is installed and running is change it off the default theme. There are actually two copies of kubrick bundled in MU. One is under the default folder, the other is under a theme folder called “home”. The only difference is this one makes...

By default, the signup page users get directed to is made to integrate into the default theme. As the site admin of the best new blog host on the block, you’re probably going to pick another theme so you can stand out in the crowd. With soem themes, the signup page looks horrible. While others...