May 17, 2012

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WPMU + Buddypress + BBPress = hat trick of awesome

Whoa, I can’t believe I overlooked this news. (Actually, yes I can – Ron was sick, my “baby” turned eight years old, and now I’m sick). BuddyPress officially released a public beta. You can hear everyone’s buddy Andy discuss the project on WordPress Weekly. And then BBPress reached a milestone. WPMU 2.7 still hasn’t been [...]

WordPress Video Solution Framework for WPMU

Automattic has just released a wpmu plugin for a video framework for your own WPMU install. From the plugin page: The package contains video solutions framework, including transcoder and administration interface utilities, written in PHP. The code was developed by Automattic Inc, and powers wordpress.com video solutions. We hereby make it open source project so [...]

Managing Autosave/Post Revisions

WPMU now has a built in autosave feature that automatically saves when the author is editing a post. The main disadvantage to the feature is the frequency at which it kicks in. While some may type up their posts elsewhere, I actually type my posts into the WPMU editor. By default, the autosave kicks in [...]

Installing WordPressMu – The E-Book

NOTICE: This functionality is now built in to WordPress 3.0, so you no longer have to install a separate program. If you do, you can still upgrade to wordPress 3.0 quite safely. If you are looking how to do this in 3.0 and above, download the free ebook over here: Install multisite in WordPress Hey [...]

Anatomy of a home page: WordPress.com

Many people have big dreams when planning their WPMU-based site, and want to be the next WordPress.com. I see a lot of requests for how to make a home page like theirs, but I don’t think you should copy anyone’s site outright. You can, however, be inspired by them. A lot of successful wordpressmu-based sites [...]

Six WordPressMu Geeks to follow on Twitter

I’m a big twitter user, so when I saw Darren Rowse, of Problogger fame and now the editor of TweeTip, ask for people’s Top Ten lists of people to follow in your niche… well. I had to blog it. First off, if you’re interested in WPMU at all, then you really have to follow Donncha. [...]

News from around the WPMU block

First up, you may have heard about the WordPress MU Awards. There’s TONS of awesome wpmu-based sites listed there to vote on. I’m really glad they used ticky boxes because I can’t choose just one. (I didn’t nominate my own site because it needs a major overhaul first. Next year? ) Second – there was [...]

A “Sidebar” with Richard Paul

Guest post written by Richard Paul Hi fellow MUsers! Okay, you are amazing at design or have picked out the perfect theme. You know how to install a plug-in and add widgets, mash-ups, and other gizmos. Some of these you have hard coded into your theme, others you uploaded and enable from the back-end admin [...]

Twitaway: The Art & Science of CSS — FREE Download

This is exactly for WordPressMU, but as an admin you will probably have to dig in to CSS at some point. And what better time to brush up on your skills than now? Sitepoint is offering a FREE download of their ebook The Art & Science of CSS. All you have to do is follow [...]