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Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?If it helps, the plugin rarely “needs” updating and was built by the guy who originally made WPMU, and it also coded by the guy who did the actual merging of mu into 3.0.
That makes me feel a whole lot better, thanks 🙂
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Aggregating Recent Posts to Parent Site in Multisite InstallThanks raskull 🙂
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?Woo Hoo DONE! Absolutely NOTHING to do with c-name or a-records etc. That was what was confusing me. Did not make a single change to the DNS server side. My only concern is that I am beholden to a third-party plug in called WordPress MU Domain Mapping. This means I am hostage to their upgrade schedules as and when we get to 3.1, 3.2 etc. I wish it was a core product or function. Bet hey, it works for now! Thanks everyone. On to the next task. Now I have to figure out how to pull featured and latest posts into the main network page as a portal to the network of blogs. I might see you soon on that. lol Thanks again people and especially Andrea.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?I am still unable to solve my problem. My domains will not map to the virtual sites created by the 3.0 network feature. If someone could please help me I would truly appreciate it. If email is a better way here is mine. redleafnetwork (at) gmail (dot) com. If you require an Acc. Exec. login to my hosting account that’s ok too.
Thank you.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Aggregating Recent Posts to Parent Site in Multisite Install@rbickett
Try this theme. It might work for you in conjunction with raskull’s RSS concept. I, too, am looking for a ‘portal’ to my network of blogs.
http://bavotasan.com/downloads/feed-me-seymour-free-wordpress-theme/
http://themes.bavotasan.com/our-themes/basic-themes/feed-me-seymour/Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?@andrea
The Main Domain, or Primary as it is called in my Panel on my Hosting Account, is http://redleafnetwork.comProduct: Hosting – Shared – Unlimited – Linux – 1 year (recurring)
Domain: redleafnetwork.com
Server IP: 97.74.215.236Thank you.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?Hi Andrea – The site is hosted at GoDaddy.com
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?Hi Andrea –
I still cannot figure it all out. Instead of asking for assistance in bits and pieces I will try and map out what I am doing in the hope that you will point me in the right direction. You may even be able to tell me if I need to use the Multi-Site feature at all. You have been very helpful and patient thus far and I thank you. OK here goes.
I have 10 domains and 9 blogs. All the domains have the same IP address. The main install is at network.com.
I have installed the Multi-Site feature successfully albeit using sub-directories as opposed to sub-domains since Godaddy informed me that I do not have wildcard capability.
So, (stating the obvious) it goes like this:
network.com (WP Installed here at the root)
network.com/blog-one (sub-directory/site) needs to be accessed through network-one.com (domain)
network.com/blog-two (sub-directory/site) needs to be accessed through network-two.com (domain)
and so on…In the DNS Management area the records look like this for ALL the 10 domains including the Main Install at network.com:
A (Host)
Host: @
Points To: xx.xx.xxx.xxx (ALL domains have the same IP)CNAMES (Aliases)
Host: www
Points To: @What do I need to change these to?
Overview:
My objective in moving from Blogger to WordPress is to have a more cohesive and simpler way to blog 10-15 articles a day and to be able to make changes to the theme and general maintenance across the network in just one instance. And even more importantly, to be able to use the main network.com domain/install to “portalize” the rest of the network’s blogs. I have only seen one plugin that may make this possible (category-mapping). As far as actually creating posts – whether I have 9 tabs open to their respective dashboards or a switcher plugin matters not since I use Live Writer anyway. There are no users but me. It is not an MU concept.My questions are:
1. Is a network really necessary for my purposes? Will it make my daily tasks simpler or should I just install 10 instances of WordPress and rely on the new 3.0 menu system to tie the blogs together?2. And if there are benefits to using the Multi-Site feature – how do I change the DNS Records to make it all work.
Either way, if you could give me heads-up on what I need to do on the Server Side it would be helpful.
Thank you from Toronto.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?Thanks for all your help everyone. I finally got it all working (the htaccess file was not complete) BUT I am unable to map my top-level domains to the sub-directories I have created. I have tried cname from godaddy dns management to no avail and I have correctly installed the domain mapping plugin in the right folders through ftp. I still cannot get the domains to resolve to the sub-directories. All my domains point to same server and that is the IP address I have inserted into the mapping plugin. I think I’m close. I would like some help please.
Thanks much.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: New Sites In Network are ThemelessThank you for your advice Nico and Andrea. I will install a fresh copy and start all over again. With such a huge feature it would have been nice if there was some automation rather than all this coding stuff. I know enough html, css and php to be dangerous. lol I’ll probably be back. Wish me luck. Thanks again.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: Is there any point to the network feature?Thank you all for your answers. It seems with a little tweaking I may be able to do what I want to. I have 10 blogs. I am the only admin. No other users. I wanted the multi-site feature so that I can have only one install. However, as much as I try I am unable to get the Network feature to work. I installed it and I do get the Super Admin up and running but each sub-directory (site) loads without the css file. Also there is no access to wp-admin on these sites. What am I doing wrong?
Furthermore, it seems that WP doesn’t drop an index file into the sub-directories therefore making them inaccessible through top-level domains that point to those folders. If someone can help me I would truly appreciate it.
Thank you.
Forum: Networking WordPress
In reply to: New Sites In Network are ThemelessI saw that you have been able to correct your problem. I have the same problem. How did you do it? The back-ends/dashboards of my sites (sub-directories) don’t show up either.
Thank you.