Multi-Site plugin
The simple multi-site plugin allows a nonprogrammer to easily create additional sites in a WordPress MU install. The purpose of this plugin is to enable you to create additional WPMU sites consisting of a main blog and site options with the capability of having child blogs. It works on both subdomain and subfolder installs. The included instructions are in a PDF/e-book format with many screenshots.
These work with WordpressMU versions 2.7 all the way up to trunk. We’re currently running our own trunk version and the multi-site is working. After 3.0 comes out, there will be naming changes, but the functionality remains.
What it does:
- adds a new blog as a new Site, which means that blog also has the ability to have blog signups as well.
- creates a new blog to be the main blog in the new site.
- adds the site admin to the new site
Domain mapping:
- Includes an e-book with detailed instructions.
- Works in either a subdomain or subdirectory WPMU install (must be installed in the web root).
- Has a site admin only central administration panel that is available on non-domain mapped blogs.
- Completely transforms the blog settings to those of the mapped domain.
- Domain mapping can be rolled back and the blog settings are restored to their original state.
- Does not give the option to domain map the main blog in any WPMU site in the install.
- Shows the mapped domain on the site admin blogs list.
- Depending on your configuration, at best, this plugin will eliminate 1 database query for each page view for domain mapped blogs and, at worst, will add 2 queries to each page view for domain mapped blogs.
- 1 database query is added per page view for non domain mapped blogs.
- Does not support remote login. Mapped domains must be logged into separately.
- works with multiple sites.
As an example, this very blog you’re reading WordpressMU Tutorials, is a domain mapped blog on a subdirectory install of WPMU.
Sample screen shot:
Table of contents of the multi-site e-book:
Table of contents for the domain mapping e-book:
Cost of the 2 e-books is $15 US and the plugins are included in the download zip. You get both the Simple Multi-Site plugin and the Advanced Domain Mapping plugin. (If you have any issues with the buttons try right-click and open in a new tab/window or drop us a note via our contact form.) Both the e-books & plugins are also available for download from the paid area of musupport.
p.s – yes, you read that right! You get BOTH plugins!
