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1. cmcp
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am setting up a system that will allow me to host multiple domains from the one wordpress install.

   I am able to style each blog / site using a css override, so they all use the same theme, but have their own CSS to make it look different.

   I now have a requirement for custom HTML in the header and or footer of some sites.

   Am I best to

   A) set up each site with it's own theme (which i think would be inefficient for scaling - i plan to use this for hundreds of client websites)

   B) deploy some kind of localisation plugin that would allow me to use a local header / footer per site.

   ?
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   I'm certain this problem will have arised before, but I can't find anything with the search or plugins.

2. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Totally untested, off the cuff of my head thought.

   B can be done with a theme that does a bit of a PHP loop for which site you're in and spits in a different header file... Make header-1.php through header-100.php, for example, and customize those. Then in header.php, have it include header-SITENUMBER.php :)

   Mind, it all depends on how MUCH you need to customize the html.

3. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I would use a theme framework that lets you do this from the backend.

4. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Oh sure, if you wanna take the EASY way ;)

5. cmcp
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Andrea do you mean create a theme framework from scratch or are you aware of an existing system that is in the right direction of localising?

6. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Localization means language packs. :)

   If you mean "make some parts site specific" read on....

   I meant YES there are exisiting frameworks to help. (Genesis comes to mind, yes it's paid. It has a Simple hooks plugin that allows you to replace - from the backend - and area in the theme with a hook, that will be site specific.)

7. cmcp
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ah right ok, I'm with you on the jargon now.

   I am after site specific header and site specific footer.

   I shall look into genesis and simple hooks. Do you know if these work with multisite?

   :)

8. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, cuz I test it on sites in the network. :)

   wpmututorials.com is a mapped domain in a network, using a child theme of genesis & the simple hooks plugin to make changes from the admin area.

   ronandandrea.com uses a *different* child theme of Genesis.

   These are both sites in the same network. Same db. Same install.

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