Comments on: An Experiment with WordPress Mu http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/ The Bivings Report (TBR) is a source of news, insight, research and analysis on the web-based communications industry. TBR content is posted, created and managed by internet strategists, media/communications analysts, web developers, designers and programmers, all of whom are employees of The Bivings Group. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:41:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Web Designer Pakistan http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-256176 Web Designer Pakistan Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:42:50 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-256176 Hello Guys.. Can any body tell me how can i build MU-WP to make minisites network? Hello Guys.. Can any body tell me how can i build MU-WP to make minisites network?

]]> By: Joni Mueller http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-252933 Joni Mueller Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:33:32 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-252933 I agree; I noticed with annoyance that very same thing and a few other little annoyances that seemed easy enough to cure. But Drupal is very difficult to navigate from an admin standpoint. I'm looking into another CMS that allows "group blogging," CMS Made Simple. So far, it has done a great job replacing a previously Drupal-driven web site. The reason for the change to CMS MS for that site, however, was not the blogging feature, but to get away from the clumsy (IMHO) way that Drupal handles being able to serve different content to different levels of users. For our purpose, CMS-MS did this much more elegantly easily. You just swap out a template. I agree; I noticed with annoyance that very same thing and a few other little annoyances that seemed easy enough to cure. But Drupal is very difficult to navigate from an admin standpoint. I’m looking into another CMS that allows “group blogging,” CMS Made Simple. So far, it has done a great job replacing a previously Drupal-driven web site. The reason for the change to CMS MS for that site, however, was not the blogging feature, but to get away from the clumsy (IMHO) way that Drupal handles being able to serve different content to different levels of users. For our purpose, CMS-MS did this much more elegantly easily. You just swap out a template.

]]> By: VwpMU http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-252317 VwpMU Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:27:25 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-252317 Well Andrea_R, that's life, get over it. :-) " ... demands of those trying to whip up a quick site and earn tons of money with no work." Some of the senior WPMU helpers need to really understand this is normal for ALL - opensource and commercial applications - please don't assume none of the users are willing to do some work within their capability, just need a little help. You response is unfortunately typical. As Dean has already mentioned, the WP MU forums are not very friendly, and I'm certain that many potential users (including commercial businesses), are put off by viewing the forum replies like this. IMHO you guys need to remember that everything you post is OPEN to public view and scrutiny, hence an advert for yourself as well as WPMU - ironically, just like all blogs - and so far, we see too many people commenting how unfriendly the forums are when needing help. Well Andrea_R, that’s life, get over it. :-)
” … demands of those trying to whip up a quick site and earn tons of money with no work.”

Some of the senior WPMU helpers need to really understand this is normal for ALL – opensource and commercial applications – please don’t assume none of the users are willing to do some work within their capability, just need a little help.

You response is unfortunately typical. As Dean has already mentioned, the WP MU forums are not very friendly, and I’m certain that many potential users (including commercial businesses), are put off by viewing the forum replies like this.

IMHO you guys need to remember that everything you post is OPEN to public view and scrutiny, hence an advert for yourself as well as WPMU – ironically, just like all blogs – and so far, we see too many people commenting how unfriendly the forums are when needing help.

]]> By: Andrea_R http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-252310 Andrea_R Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:20:10 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-252310 In the newer version of the code, there's a snippet in the home.php file of the default main blog theme that pulls the latest posts, but you can find a plugin here: http://wpmudev.org/project/Most-recent-posts Tons of plugins at http://wpmudev.org/. Most are pretty straightforward, but as with all plugins, documentation is left to the individual plugin authors. The lack of docs bugs me too, but I can't see the devs doing it and most volunteers (myself included) are pretty burnt out on the steady demands of those trying to whip up a quick site and earn tons of money with no work. (and I don't mean either of you guys) In the newer version of the code, there’s a snippet in the home.php file of the default main blog theme that pulls the latest posts, but you can find a plugin here:
http://wpmudev.org/project/Mos.....cent-posts
Tons of plugins at http://wpmudev.org/. Most are pretty straightforward, but as with all plugins, documentation is left to the individual plugin authors.
The lack of docs bugs me too, but I can’t see the devs doing it and most volunteers (myself included) are pretty burnt out on the steady demands of those trying to whip up a quick site and earn tons of money with no work. (and I don’t mean either of you guys)

]]> By: Dean Mattson http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-252032 Dean Mattson Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:19:42 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-252032 "While our main developer did find eventually find a plugin that publishes the most recent post from each blog on the front page . . ." Which plugin is that? I'd like to be able to do that. Which brings up another problem I have with WPMU: The often spotty documentation, especially poor in detailing exactly what available WPMU plugins do. It doesn't help that the user forums aren't exactly the friendliest places to ask for help. We're using it to publish our students' writing at our elementary school. I agree with the general point in your post. It's much harder to set blogs up and manage them than it needs to be. Still, it's a relatively young platform and I think it has a lot of potential. “While our main developer did find eventually find a plugin that publishes the most recent post from each blog on the front page . . .”

Which plugin is that? I’d like to be able to do that.

Which brings up another problem I have with WPMU: The often spotty documentation, especially poor in detailing exactly what available WPMU plugins do. It doesn’t help that the user forums aren’t exactly the friendliest places to ask for help.

We’re using it to publish our students’ writing at our elementary school. I agree with the general point in your post. It’s much harder to set blogs up and manage them than it needs to be. Still, it’s a relatively young platform and I think it has a lot of potential.

]]> By: Andrea_R http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-251892 Andrea_R Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:20:30 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-251892 "Once you enter the backend of a blog, there is no way to return to the backend of the main administration panel or to the panels of other blogs without first returning to the live site or typing in the wp-admin URL. " I'm confused - when logged in as a Site Admin, I can see the site admin menu options from *any* blog's backend. And as of recently, a dashboard switcher has been implemented if you own more than one blog. Aggregating all the content to the main page isn't hard for a developer, really. I dunno why you seemd ot have troubles. I do agree adding contributors is a bit cumbersome, but again -right tool for the job. MU is blog farm software. Any other use will need work. “Once you enter the backend of a blog, there is no way to return to the backend of the main administration panel or to the panels of other blogs without first returning to the live site or typing in the wp-admin URL. ”

I’m confused – when logged in as a Site Admin, I can see the site admin menu options from *any* blog’s backend.

And as of recently, a dashboard switcher has been implemented if you own more than one blog.

Aggregating all the content to the main page isn’t hard for a developer, really. I dunno why you seemd ot have troubles.

I do agree adding contributors is a bit cumbersome, but again -right tool for the job. MU is blog farm software. Any other use will need work.

]]> By: Wordpress vs Drupal » The Bivings Report http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-250963 Wordpress vs Drupal » The Bivings Report Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:16:06 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-250963 [...] You can also use Wordpress Mu, which a community-version of Wordpress that we don’t think is quite ready for prime time.  However, these kinds of sites are pretty much the reason Drupal exists.  All the [...] [...] You can also use Wordpress Mu, which a community-version of Wordpress that we don’t think is quite ready for prime time.  However, these kinds of sites are pretty much the reason Drupal exists.  All the [...]

]]> By: PJ at Ferodynamics http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-228099 PJ at Ferodynamics Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:54:53 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-228099 I looked at Mu (I was curious) and decided it was easier to operate each blog independently. Your observations confirm my initial analysis. Maybe someday Mu will be something. Also from what I remember, Mu won't necessarily support the same plugins. Any because there's fewer users you have less support. I looked at Mu (I was curious) and decided it was easier to operate each blog independently. Your observations confirm my initial analysis. Maybe someday Mu will be something. Also from what I remember, Mu won’t necessarily support the same plugins. Any because there’s fewer users you have less support.

]]> By: Gazzer http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/comment-page-1/#comment-227847 Gazzer Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:16:17 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/an-experiment-with-wordpress-mu/#comment-227847 I work at a Japanese Design College called KIDI Parsons and our students who don't speak English as a first language create a site called NewInk using Wordpress. It works brilliantly http://newink.bloxi.jp/ I work at a Japanese Design College called KIDI Parsons and our students who don’t speak English as a first language create a site called NewInk using Wordpress. It works brilliantly

http://newink.bloxi.jp/

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