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1. daviddifranco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi, I'm in the process of building a blog network. Installation is complete and things are looking good so far. However, there is one major problem. After creating a new site, that particular user/site sees a brand new WordPress installation. This goes for the default WP theme, sidebar, widgets, etc.

   Is there a plugin that allows me to apply the site's primary theme, widgets and sidebar to all new and existing sites? I would like users' new posts to automatically be included in the primary site's directory, that way I can feature some of them on the front page.

   Is this possible? Thank you very much for your help! I appreciate it.

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

   Existing no. New yes.

   http://wpebooks.com/replicator/

   It's $36

3. daviddifranco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Would you say this is the way to go? I would want new users to have access to only a certain amount of options, leaving the attributes created by me left untouched (ad placements, certain widgets, etc.). Also would a new user's posts be automatically listed on the primary site? I would need to feature different users' posts on the front page, but once clicking on the article, the visitor is then taken to the user's actual sub-site.

   Does this make sense?

4. daviddifranco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Look at LockerGnome.com for a great example. It's the same theme across the board, yet each user has his/her own content. They even have the ability to change the theme if they so choose, while remaining in the same network of blogs.

   Now I'm confusing myself.

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

   I would want new users to have access to only a certain amount of options, leaving the attributes created by me left untouched (ad placements, certain widgets, etc.).

   You understand that by giving someone a site, they are ADMIN of their site and can do 90% of what they could on a self-hosted site, right?

   Also would a new user's posts be automatically listed on the primary site? I would need to feature different users' posts on the front page, but once clicking on the article, the visitor is then taken to the user's actual sub-site.

   Not built in. Grab the sitewide tags plugin and RA Featured posts :)

6. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You need a *number* of plugins to do what you want. LockerGnome has a ton of plugins and a butt-load of customizations.

7. daviddifranco
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you for your help, everyone. However, I've decided to take my site in a slightly different direction. I appreciate your responses!

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