The Wordpress multi-user platform, WP-MU, is a great tool for building communities and portals. It can power mutliple blogs on one domain. But it's not quote the same as regular Wordpress. In this presentation, I will cover:
* Intro: Why WPMU?
* Common Installation Mistakes: WP vs WPMU
* Choices: directory vs subdomain
* Live installation demo
Audience members will leave this presentation understanding what WP-MU is, what it is good for, and how to install and configure it to power their own multi-blog portal.
6. What is WP-MU?
• Multi-User Version of Wordpress.
• Everything WordPress does.
7. What is WP-MU?
• Multi-User Version of Wordpress
• Everything WordPress does.
• Scales to tens of millions of
pageviews per day.
8. What is WP-MU?
• Multi-User Version of Wordpress.
• Everything WordPress does.
• Scales to tens of millions of
pageviews per day.
• Unlimited users and blogs.
9. What is WP-MU?
• Multi-User Version of Wordpress.
• Everything WordPress does.
• Scales to tens of millions of
pageviews per day.
• Unlimited users and blogs.
• Different permissions on different
blogs.
10. What is WP-MU For?
• Newspapers like NYT, WSJ, & Le
Monde.
• Universities like Harvard.
• Blog networks.
• Niche-specific blog hosts, like
Edublogs.
12. Intalling WP
• Download & Unzip
• Edit wp-config-sample.php
• Save as wp-config.php
• Upload folder contents to Apache
server
• Go to:
http://domain.com/wp-admin/install.php
• Follow the instructions…
13. Installing WP-MU
• Download & Unzip
• Edit wp-config-sample.php
• Save as wp-config.php
• Upload folder contents to Apache
server
• Go to:
http://domain.com/wp-admin/install.php
• Follow the instructions…
14. Installing WP-MU:
What you Need
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• MySQL Database 5.0
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• mod_rewrite on Apache
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• Wildcard DNS Record (optional)
15. Installing WP-MU
• Download & Unzip
• Upload folder contents to Apache
server
• Go to:
http://domain.com
• Follow the instructions…
21. Configuring WP-MU
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• Adding a Blog
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• The Index Page
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• Adding a Theme
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25. Adding a Theme
• Different Themes for each ‘blog’
• Like regular WP, upload themes to
domain.com/wp-content/themes/
• Activate Themes as WP-MU admin
• Enter admin for specific blog
• Select theme
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CT Moore
www.GypsyBandito.com
chris@gypsybandito.com