Title: WordPress idea / solutions NEED INPUT
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# WordPress idea / solutions NEED INPUT

 *  [chuco61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chuco61/)
 * (@chuco61)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-idea-solutions-need-input/)
 * I am thinking of a process to create one “umbrella” site made up of mini sites
   for non-profit organizations and want to know if its even possible to do.
 * Idea: have one main “umbrella” site at url [http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com)
   this site will pull 3 columns of dynamic information created by non-profits managing
   their own sites.
 * first column of updated events
    2nd column of News 3rd column misc posts.
 * (im assuming using a loop for each column pulling content through the use of 
   tags or category)
 * The info would be pulled from other wordpress mini sites. Is it possible to make
   independent sites work with each other, do they have to share the same database?
 * Or
 * is it easier to make the non-profit sites PAGES of the main umbrella site so 
   that the wordpress loop can work internally?

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 *  [Josh Leuze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jleuze/)
 * (@jleuze)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-idea-solutions-need-input/#post-1074301)
 * Well, the easiest way is going to be to just do a separate install of WordPress
   for each non-profit. If you want to pull content from the sites together, you
   can use their RSS feeds.
 * But yes, there is a version or WordPress that will let you create multiple site,
   and to a certain extent you can aggregate content from the sub-sites onto the
   main site.
 * It is called [WordPress MU](http://mu.wordpress.org/), if you want to manage 
   dozens of websites and aren’t afraid to mess with a more technically challenging
   version of WordPress, you might find it very handy. But if you only need a handful
   of sites, WordPress MU might be overkill!
 *  Thread Starter [chuco61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chuco61/)
 * (@chuco61)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-idea-solutions-need-input/#post-1074334)
 * THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE REPLY!! I was thinking about the RSS feeds. I know it 
   is possible to have multiple wordpress sites on the same database but i also 
   know it can get fairly messy.
 * Do you think it would be simpler / more efficient to have each non-profit have
   their own PAGE under the main site. Each page would basically look the same aside
   from the content their editing. Each page would be designed to have three independent
   loops.
 * I would control their access through the users permissions to only edit that 
   particular page.
 * Or is this getting too complicated on a single site?
 * Thanks again!
 *  [Josh Leuze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jleuze/)
 * (@jleuze)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-idea-solutions-need-input/#post-1074423)
 * I could see them out-growing a single page rather quickly. And yes, it could 
   get quite complicated with custom user roles.
 * I guess it really depends on the scope of your project. Just how many non-profits
   do you want to get online, and just how much of a web presence does each one 
   need?

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