WordPress 3.0 Multisite Settings
January 19th, 2010 by Michael • WordPress News • 30 Comments
Exclusively 2 Screenshots of the new WordPress 3.0 Multisite Settings. You can find them under Options->Network:
After you set the settings, you receive in a second step the content for wp-config.php and .htaccess. Additionally you have to create the subfolder blogs.dir in wp-content , where you put the media-files for each blog.
Since WordPress 3.0 is still in development, there might be many changes until the final release.
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That looks pretty sweet! Can't wait for 3.0
So each blog on a given WordPress Multisite install is being called a "site," even though they are actually all on the same site?
Yay, multi sites. Too good to be true!
@Andrew Yes. Same as WordPress Mu before. You have the option between subdomains like myblog.mydomain.com or subfolders like mydomain.com/myblog/ for each blog.
So Wordpress Mu is merged again with wordpress?
How to create multiple wordpress blogs with same installation and different databases:
Step 1 - Create a subdomain that points with wordpress installation. In this example I will use the "newblog" subdomain (newblog.mysite.com).
Step 2 - Create a new database. In this this tutorial, let's call it "newblog";
Step 3 - Edit the "wp-config.php" file and replace
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
with:
if($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "mysite.com" or $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "www.mysite.com"){
define('DB_NAME', 'mysitedatabase');}
elseif ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "newblog.mysite.com"){
define('DB_NAME', 'newblog');
}
It verifies if the website domains is the default "www.mysite.com", case is, the wordpress use the "mysitedatabase" database. If the domain is our "newblog.mysite.com" the wordpress uses the "newblog" database. This $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] is a PHP predefined variable to get website domain.
Step 4 - Access the "newblog.wordpress.com" and continues normally with the wordpress installation.
Now, you can run your new worpdress blog!
My english is so poor!
Xavi, it's the other way around. Wordpress is being merged in to Wordpress MU.
What if you want to run different domain names for the sites in your MU?
Darn... I just started the process of moving my sites into a WP-Mu setup. Maybe I should wait a little.
Good development though!
It looks good
So Buddy Press is going to work with WP now? That is a huge game changer IMO. Puts WP right up there with Drupal and Joomla in terms of feature set and WP still blows both out of the water with functionality.
@Artem: We will see
Maybe with Donncha's Domain mapping plugin, maybe with a later development in WordPress.
Finally!
this is awesome! thanks
This new release will help me when the clients decide to have mor blogs in the same domain. Good Job.
I can't wait for the new WP 3.0
I just installed WordPress Mu, and found this discussion. Good news that Wordpress 3 will allow for Multiple Blogs.
Questions:
Upgrading path from WordPress MU to this new version. I'm sure there will be an upgrade method, as many major sites use WP MU, but if it is a whole new install of version 3, I think I might hold off before putting too much effort of adding content articles and marketing my new site.
Any thoughts on this and ideas of planned release or beta of 3.0?
RandyMac
I really love the idea of BuddyPress working with WP. Although I would love to try out BuddyPress in real time, I don't actually have my own server (and very unlikely to) so the potential for it to work with plain ol' WordPress (albeit 3.0) is brilliant!
@Mosey, you can try out BuddyPress at http://testbp.org/ first. I'm trying it out now too.
@ifoundbacon: Sorry, but you are incorrect. This is entirely WordPress with a lot of MU's code being merged in as a basis for this feature.
Check the commit logs if you don't believe me.
Artem Russakovskii,
Currently in WordPress MU multiple domains on a single WordPress installation is accomplished by using a plugin such as YAMM (Yet Another Multi-site Manager). This will allow you to maintain a single database but have multiple domains such a xxx.com, yyy.net, zzz.org, zzz.com with a single WordPress MU installation. Since this is possible in WordPress-MU it would follow that it would probably work for WordPress 3.0. It would be nice if they could build this functionality into WordPress 3.0 rather than require a plugins to make this work. It would also be nice if they could allow such multiple domains to use names such as xxx.com, yyy.net, zzz.org, or zzz.com for SEO optimization.
Currently you need to modify a couple of lines in the wpmu-settings.php file in the blog root directory to accomplish this. Unfortunately, each time you upgrade you need to re-modify the wpmu-settings.php file to restore the fix.
What is the difference between multisites and what mu does already?
I keep coming across people talking about multisites even on mu installs, but have never been able to grasp the difference. Is not mu basically multisites already?
@shawn: the terminology is confusing and will be more confusing soon, after the merge as some meanings will be switched
Bus basicall current MU offers multi blogs (off one site). With mult site, you can offer multiblogs off different domains, but based on only one MU install (with shared plugins etc). the advantage is that you have to maintain only one install, plugin set etc. disadvantage is that if it breaks, all breaks
What I do not understand is that in 3.0 as per above, you do not need to adapt the httpd.conf file? How does the server handle virtual subdomains, wildcards?
Cheers, Harry
harry - if you want subdomains, you'll still have to add those wildcards. WP still can't edit the server for you, yes this will be explained.
As for terminology:
MU has blogs and sites.
WP 3.0 will have sites and networks.
@andrea_r
but WP 3.0 sites is really equivalent to WPMu Blogs, right?
I just made a video screencast of this in action and the steps to configure the multisite function.
http://wordpresstheming.com/2010/03/wordpress-3-0-enable-network/
Will it be possible for visitors to use the WordPress search function to search across multiple blogs with WP 3.0?
@ken: Good question, but no idea.