Posted 5 months ago #
The codex reads "Since this feature requires extra server setup and more technical ability, please check with your webhost and ask if they support the use of this feature."
It really doesn't tell me what is required.
I found another page that lead me to believe it needed "Apache mod_rewrite", but is that the only thing I need to be lookin' out for?
Posted 5 months ago #
Posted 5 months ago #
Thanks. The host I'm considering has wordpress functionally already. It was the lingo in the codex about multisite setup that had me concerned. It talks about extra server set up but didn't tell me what I need to look for or ask they run specifically. Perhaps that hasn't been updated to reflect the new version that has the multisite built in.
Posted 5 months ago #
The excerpt you are referring to is probably from this article: Create A Network
I think "Since this feature requires extra server setup and more technical ability, please check with your webhost and ask if they support the use of this feature. It is not recommended to try this on shared hosting.", is in reference to making sure that your host - as well as your basic knowledge - supports setting up a network of sites using sub-domains or sub-directories. At least that's how I've always interpreted that information.
You are 100% correct, Mr. James :) Cookies for you.
The reason you need extra server setup is that often we'll tell you to make changes to vhosts, or httpd.conf files, and those CANNOT be done without root access to your server. Which shared hosting has not.
Posted 5 months ago #
I'm sorry if this is a dense question but is networking and multisite different animals>
Posted 5 months ago #
This morning I set up multisite on shared hosting without needing root access to the server. Perhaps some people with different requirements would need root access, but I didn't need it for my requirements. So I suggest that knowing sp12's requirements would be helpful here.
My understanding is that the term "network" is misleadingly used by WordPress to mean the same thing as multisite. In a network, things are generally interconnected, but in a multisite WordPress installation the sites have no particular interconnections with each other.
Posted 5 months ago #
Ok. I'm looking into "converting" this site (web-holidays.com) for a friend. I would like the sub-directories to have different looks like the site is set up now.
So, if I get you Rod, multisite would probably work for that, but if I wanted to have users register for the entire site not just one sub-directory I would need to network.
OR am I missing something and this can be achieved another way.
My understanding is that the term "network" is misleadingly used by WordPress to mean the same thing as multisite.
Close. It's not misleadingly :)
WordPress Multisite allows you to create a network of sites out of one WordPress installation.
Multisite's the name, Network is the 'thing.' You're the 'Network Admin', and the pages are wp-admin/network
See, we have a weird split decision about 'site' vs 'blog', and what does 'multisite' mean and ... blah blah blah. It's not MEANT to confuse people, but it does. WordPressMU (the precursor to Multisite) called everything blogs. Multisite we call them 'sites' (hence MultiSITE).
And you can have MULTIPLE networks in ONE Multisite install. Just to throw more eggs in your basket.
Yaaaay :/
In all cases: The sites aren't shared. They can be with plugins, but by their nature, they are multiple, separate, sites all using the same network. See wordpress.com :)
sp12, the tl;dr for you is this: Install WordPress. Activate Multisite. Configure your network.
If you want all users to have access to all sites, we have plugins for that:
Automatically add new users to each site in your WordPress network
* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-user-management
Posted 5 months ago #
I would like the sub-directories to have different looks...
If I wanted to do that I would make a child theme to provide those different looks, maybe using different page templates. Maybe also a simple plugin to provide extra CSS selectors based on the subdirectory, or to set the page template automatically. Switching themes would be another possibility. It would all remain one site with one set of users.
Posted 5 months ago #
Thanks again. I think multisite might be too much for the site needs. Thankfully I can play and test for a few months.
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