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redhatslut · 04-29-2008, 05:59 PM

part1: http://www.netpond.com/blogging-foru...orial-1-a.html

After you get your WPMU installation running properly, you have to know how it operates. Lets cover the basics.

Please know that everything that i will write here is only one of many possible ways, and this is just my conception of a siple sBlog farm.

yourdomain.com - here will be the center of your blog farm. It may have various aims. My idea is to get all RSS feeds from every small blog here and divide them into categories. Also it will be the place where you can get RSS for your sBlogs. People will get RSS with your refferals.

*.yourdomain.com - one of your sBlogs. Lets have a few hundred of them for the beginning. more the merrier

folders in WPMU:

If you have such a hosting as Dreamhost, you will need custom php.ini file. In the next tutorial i will explain how to configure and install it. It will likely to be placed in a folder /cgi-bin in root of your domain

wp-includes/wpmu-functions.php
you may need some tweaking here. As a part it decides what happens when a new blog is created.

wp-admin/includes/schema.php
same as above

wp-content/themes
place where themes are

now 2 directories which you have to create manually

wp-content/plugins
You will place here plugins (they may be from original Wordpress or versions tweaked for WPMU). Those are classic plugins. Each will work separately for each sBlog. Each has to be activated manually for each sBlog, unless you do some tweaking which i will describe later.
downloads: wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
also partially:
WPMUDEV.ORG

for example: SEO plugin, google analytics plugin, plugin for feeding RSS, PDA/PHONE optimizer etc.

wp-content/mu-plugins
Place for WPMU plugins. Some of them are plugins for mass controlling all your sBlogs. Some of them are not exactly plugins, but scripts that are processed everytime on everyblog. Don't push here everything, as it will slowdown your farm.
downloads: WPMUDEV.ORG

for example: Mass plugins manager, mass theme manager, mass sitemap, mass stats, everything concerning multiuser

That's it for now. Later i will write specifically about plugins which you need for the start, and about php.ini.

Please post any comments, etc.

04-29-2008, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
redhatslut WPMU Field Specialist Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 139 Points: 190	Simple HowTo: Understanding WPMU for a sBlog farm - Tutorial #2 part1: http://www.netpond.com/blogging-foru...orial-1-a.html After you get your WPMU installation running properly, you have to know how it operates. Lets cover the basics. Please know that everything that i will write here is only one of many possible ways, and this is just my conception of a siple sBlog farm. yourdomain.com - here will be the center of your blog farm. It may have various aims. My idea is to get all RSS feeds from every small blog here and divide them into categories. Also it will be the place where you can get RSS for your sBlogs. People will get RSS with your refferals. *.yourdomain.com - one of your sBlogs. Lets have a few hundred of them for the beginning. more the merrier folders in WPMU: If you have such a hosting as Dreamhost, you will need custom php.ini file. In the next tutorial i will explain how to configure and install it. It will likely to be placed in a folder /cgi-bin in root of your domain wp-includes/wpmu-functions.php you may need some tweaking here. As a part it decides what happens when a new blog is created. wp-admin/includes/schema.php same as above wp-content/themes place where themes are now 2 directories which you have to create manually wp-content/plugins You will place here plugins (they may be from original Wordpress or versions tweaked for WPMU). Those are classic plugins. Each will work separately for each sBlog. Each has to be activated manually for each sBlog, unless you do some tweaking which i will describe later. downloads: wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ also partially: WPMUDEV.ORG for example: SEO plugin, google analytics plugin, plugin for feeding RSS, PDA/PHONE optimizer etc. wp-content/mu-plugins Place for WPMU plugins. Some of them are plugins for mass controlling all your sBlogs. Some of them are not exactly plugins, but scripts that are processed everytime on everyblog. Don't push here everything, as it will slowdown your farm. downloads: WPMUDEV.ORG for example: Mass plugins manager, mass theme manager, mass sitemap, mass stats, everything concerning multiuser That's it for now. Later i will write specifically about plugins which you need for the start, and about php.ini. Please post any comments, etc.