Description
The WhippleHill Integration plugin for WordPress allows a school to manage a WordPress blog network right from their Podium platform. Taking advantage of WhippleHill’s Ecosystem this plugin helps bring the industry leading blogging platform WordPress right into the classroom.
Key features:
- “SSO” – Single Sign On allows for user’s to log in using their Podium credentials.
- Provision new blogs from Podium.
- Easy user management from within Podium. Quickly add or remove WordPress Admins, Editors, Authors, Contributors and Subscribers all from one central location.
- Advanced privacy controls for WordPress.
- List blogs on your Podium portals.
- Manage the available themes on your network.
- Added Security – User’s have an Application Access Key created for them on their profile page. This key is for services and programs like MarsEdit, Windows Live Writer, Posterous and More.
Extra Requirements
- Multisite enabled
- The Mcrypt PHP library
We can’t test every possible environment but if you can run WordPress and have the above installed the plugin should run without any trouble.
Plugin Conflicts
- Additional Privacy from WPMU DEV
- Absolute Privacy
Who we are:
WhippleHill Communications provides targeted communications solutions for independent schools seeking next-generation Web services. Our core Podium platform combines powerful content management and student data management software in a modular system design to allow schools to add functionality at their own pace.
Screenshots
WhippleHill Blog Privacy Settings 
WhippleHill Integration Settings 
Create Blog Step One - Podium 
Create Blog Step Two - Podium 
Blog Creation Final Step - Podium 
Edit Blog Settings - Podium
Installation
You can use the built in installer or you can install the plugin manually. This plugin does require that you are running WhippleHill’s Podium platform and have the WordPress integration activated.
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You can either use the automatic plugin installer or your FTP program to upload it to your wp-content/plugins directory. Make sure you upload the entire
whipplehill-integrationfolder. Don’t just upload all the php files and put them in/wp-content/plugins/. -
Create two
Super Adminaccounts in WordPress. One will be for you to manage your install with once the integration is active and the other will be for Podium to use to control WordPress. -
Activate the plugin through the
Pluginsmenu in WordPress. Make sure you don’t get any warnings from the plugin. If you do please correct them before proceeding. -
Don’t activate the
SSOunderWhippleHill Integration Settingsuntil you have complete all the steps below. -
Contact WhippleHill to get your
API keyand have the integration in Podium activated. You will need to provide WhippleHill with aSuper Adminaccount and have RPC enabled on your main site. This is what Podium uses to authenticate with your WordPress install. -
Enter your
API keyin theWhippleHill Integration Settingson theOptionspage in WordPress. -
Now you can activate the
SSO.
Self-Hosted Settings
If you would like your WordPress Managers from WhippleHill to be full Super Admin’s you will need to add this setting to your wp-config.php.
define(‘WH_WPM_AS_SUPER_ADMIN’, true);
FAQ
Will WhippleHill help me setup this plugin?
Of course we will. Feel free to contact either your WhippleHill Account Manager or Project Lead about receiving assistance when setting up the plugin.
Can I use this with more then one WordPress installation?
Currently we only support a connection between one WordPress installation and Podium.
Why do I need to create two extra ‘Super Admin’ accounts?
This is due to how the integration works. When you install the plugin a new Role is created in WordPress called WhippleHill WordPress Manager. This Role is a clone of the Super Admin Role but has reduced capabilities. One of the removed capabilities is Plugin installation and upgrading, so you will need a true Super Admin account that is not managed by Podium to do upgrades and installs with.
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Contributors & Developers
“WhippleHill Integration” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
3.4.1
Fixed bug with deleted blogs, fixed bug with privacy settings
3.4
New RPC call to improve WH connections to WordPress
3.3.7
Fixed a bug with privacy settings in WordPress 3.5
2.0
Added support for WordPress 3.1+ (This version of the plugin WILL NOT WORK for WordPress 3.0, please continue to use version 1.2.)
1.2
Added support for Sub-domain installs.
Added checks for conflicting Plugins.
Fixed install issue for new installs, Podium url was not being saved.
1.1.9
Fixed issue with some users having access to more areas then their role normally allowed for
1.1.8
Fixed Issue SSO url
1.1.7
Added Screenshots
1.1.6
Updated addUpdateUsers to account for users not yet linked.
1.1.4
Fix to rpc.class.php so path is returned correctly
1.1.3
Options upgrade error fixed
1.1.2
Update to plugin header file
1.1.1
Removed Log function calls
1.1
Fixed WhippleHill Super Admin error on first login from podium Allowed true Super Admin’s to create another Super Admin
1.0.9
Fixed typo in wh-int.class.php
1.0.8
Added option updating when new version is installed.
1.0
The first release.