Sundry questions regarding installing multi-site

  • multiuserblogger

    (@multiuserblogger)


    11 years, 7 months ago

    I represent a company with over half a million members each with separate login capability. We want to add blogging capability as part of our offerings. We own and manage our own servers.

    Am I correct in assuming that a WordPress multisite network install is what we need?

    We don’t want the general public to be able to create their own blogs; instead, we want to be able to restrict blog creations to our own members. Can this be done with WordPress?

    Are there limitations to the number of multi-sites that can be created with PHP and MYSQL? We anticipate well over a million blog users with our growth projections.

    Can we provide our own gingerbread template encasing WordPress themes for our members? The object of this is to be able to provide our site navigation as well as side bar advertising. Better yet, can we use mod-rewrite to dynamically serve up member generated WordPress blog pages, which would automatically sense mobile devices and change the template accordingly?

    We have always kept both PHP and MYSQL off of our servers for security reasons. Have these and WordPress matured to the point of being secure?

    Our website (e.g. http://www.mydomainname.com) has been in existence since 1996. Can we install WordPress at the root level of our domain (public_html) so that our website continues to function as it always has? If not, do we need a separate domain just for WordPress (e.g. http://www.mydomainname.info)?

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    11 years, 7 months ago

    WP can do this.

    You must use PHP and MySQL. I would consider them secure enough for the government, so we’re okay 😉

    You can restrict your membership as you see fit. Without know how you have members added know, I can’t tell you for sure what the solution is for that.

    WordPress.com uses Multisite, so you should be okay (you may need to look into HyperDB or SharDB if you get too big)

    Themes (templates) are controlled by the Network Admins, so you can make them what you want.

    You can use mod-rewrite just as you normally would.

    You can install WP in domain.com/ if you want, works great 🙂

    Plugins that you may want:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/limit-blogs-per-user/

    Thread Starter multiuserblogger

    (@multiuserblogger)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    This looks positive. Our members have an account number and password to login to our site. When they login, we’d like to offer them a blog page. If they choose to have a blog page by clicking a button, can that button set up the WordPress account for them (API?) with their same login? We would like to use the sub-domain accounts for our members (e.g. AcctNum.mydomainname.com) Does this scheme work OK?
    Thanks for your help.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    11 years, 7 months ago

    In theory, yes. The account number would be their login.

    You’ll have to write the code to merge your user DB with WPs, however.

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