WordPress MU

If i set the MU blog to public should it not appear automatically in the main blog? I have tired the list-all-posts and the Ada WPMU Recent Posts plugin but none seem to work.

I do see the MU users appearing in the main blog admin, but the post do not show up either (shouldn't they? do i need a plugging for this?) Shouldn't I see the posts in awaiting moderation or manage tabs?

Thanks for your help in advance

If you mean the recent posts on the front page, that would be the same problem I'm having.

Are you both using the default theme?

no, i am using the default theme. to be honest i was using Andreas09 and upon your prompt I switched to the default and the issue persists.

Just to clarify:

are you posting to the main admin blog and not having posts show up?

or

are you trying to get posts from across the system to show up on the main blog?

trying ot get posts from accross the system on the main blog. Thanks for your prompt responses!

The plugins you listed in the first post shoudl work. Are you sure you included the call to them in the theme soemwhere?

Also, no - you cannot see posts from across the system (ie; all users) in the Admin area. You would have to go to each blog for that. This is plugin-dependant, not a standard feature in MU.

On my own site, (http://homeschooljournal.net/) I did this:
http://www.atypicalhomeschool.net/wordpress-plugins/ah-recent-posts-mu.txt

Not sure that i understand when you say that i need to call for the plugin. the plugins are either active or not, regardless of the theme, right?

so is there a plugin to view all system posts in the main admin?
the code you are sharing is the actual plugin you are talking about?

When you call the plugin, that means you have to physically add a line of php to the theme you are using. Just dropping in any plugin mentioned above isn't going to make the posts magically show up on the page.

"so is there a plugin to view all system posts in the main admin?"

No there isn't. The code I linked to above is yet another list-recent-posts for mu. You place that in the mu-plugins folder, and in the theme you want, in the location you want the list to appear, you add the line:

<?php ah_recent_posts_mu(20); ?>

Thank you andrea. I'll try it. Are you a developer?

On this project? No. Just a heavy user & forum volunteer.

ok, i've been trying to do what you suggested with no success yet.

In the andreas09 theme right-sidebar.php i've tried to add the snippet
<?php ah_recent_posts_mu(20); ?>

but it didn't work.

where would you add this snippet in the following code

<!-- Right Sidebar Template -->
<div id="rightside">
<ul>
<?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('Right Sidebar') ) : else : ?>
<li><h2><?php _e('Recent Posts','andreas09'); ?></h2>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=10'); ?>
</ul>
</li>
<?php get_links_list(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</ul>
</div>

After that last endif or after the last ul.

>> "so is there a plugin to view all system posts in the >> main admin?"

> No there isn't.

How about displaying the latest posts from all blogs on the public homepage?

http://wpmudevorg.wordpress.com/project/most-recent-posts