WordPress "Must-Use" Tutorials» elsewhere http://wpmututorials.com WordPress multisite how to - making sense of the network feature from what was wordpress mu Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:36:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 When not to use multisite http://wpmututorials.com/elsewhere/when-not-to-use-multisite/ http://wpmututorials.com/elsewhere/when-not-to-use-multisite/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:50:46 +0000 andrea http://wpmututorials.com/?p=611 I swear I’ve written a post similar to this, but maybe it was all the advice I’ve passed along in the forums over the past few years.

At any rate: Don’t use multisite , or great advice to when you should not use multisite for a project. Just in case you need to decide.

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If you are one of the new users wonder where the wpmu merge shows up in WordPress, this would be it. You can download it at the link above. Did I mention it was free?

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]]> http://wpmututorials.com/elsewhere/how-to-enable-multiple-sites-the-ebook/feed/ 2 I went to WordCamp Chicago and all you get is this lousy blog post http://wpmututorials.com/elsewhere/i-went-to-wordcamp-chicago-and-all-you-get-is-this-lousy-blog-post/ http://wpmututorials.com/elsewhere/i-went-to-wordcamp-chicago-and-all-you-get-is-this-lousy-blog-post/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:53:49 +0000 andrea http://wpmututorials.com/?p=372 I forgot to post about Ron & I going to WordCamp Chicago this past weekend, darn it. He’s already posted about his session. The session I spoke about was Domain Mapping on WordPress 3.0 and you can find the slides over here. I have no idea if anyone recorded it, but I was assured by a few people afterwards that it was good.

I started off explaining briefly how to enable the network. Then, I walked users through installing the domain mapping plugin, setting it up, and doing all the DNS work. It’s exactly the same as it always was in WordPressMU, but now that we are just about post-merge, I am finding many people think it is much easier. On the technical side, like I just said, it is exactly the same. Exactly. Guess it’s a matter of perception.

This is a great technique and will be handy for a lot of people, so if you are planning a WordCamp and want to see us there and have me give this presentation, hassle your local organizers. ;) It looks like we’ll be going to New York and Montreal this fall. If you want to sponsor a trip, even better.

If you’re here because I hassled you into signing up to the feed, welcome! :D

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This week, the WordPress Bible landed in my mailbox.

This thing is HUGE. Also? It goes very in depth. It is not a simple introduction and you dive right in to the deep end of the pool. The first chapter I read was the one on WordPress MU (naturally). Aaron really did a nice job of going over the basics and a lot of WPMU’s little quirks. There’s a ton of information in here on bulding your own plugin too.

BuddyPress for Dummies – contrary to what you may think, this book is as up to date as was possible. I know Lisa was editing it up to the last, right before it went to print. Open source is a living breathing thing, but overall, if you are new to BuddyPress and really need someone to gently show you the ropes, well you can’t get any better than this.

WordPress MU 2.8 is put out by Packt Publishing. While the version says 2.8, almost all of the information is still very relevant. There’s a lot of information in here about using certain plugins and editing your theme. It is very much more of as how to and not a why kind of book.

And if you are so new to WordPress in general, you’re not even sure how it functions on a single install, I can highly recommend WordPress for Dummies.

Disclaimer: yes, I used Amazon affiliate links. That’s pretty much an internet standard these days, but if you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you know that I only recommend products I truly think are helpful.

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With the default user role plugin, you can specify additional blogs to add new users to and specify a role for the user for each blog when the new user is created. I gave it a test earlier in the week and it works like a charm.

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Scroll down to Sunday, and there’s video & audio of my unconference session, which I think went much better, way meatier than the previous day’s presentation. I really like the unconferencing part – much more give & take between the speaker and the attendees.

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Don’t forget to subscribe to the rss feed when you get there. Got any suggested free themes? Let us know!

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Here’s the slides from our presentations. Our sessions were also filmed, so as soon as they are up on wordpress.tv, I’ll let you know.

Getting off the farm
How to in WPMU: Building a blog directory & Domain Mapping
Writing Plugins for WordPress MU
View more presentations from Ron Rennick.

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