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MU vs Wp generic (7 posts)

  1. noise
    Member
    Posted 17 years ago #

    Hi!
    I'm thinking of doing a blog that would have probably 10 different authors (kind of a mini magazine) contributing articles.

    Is there any advantage in using WpMU instead of the standard WP install?

    thanks!

  2. lunabyte
    Member
    Posted 17 years ago #

    Not really, as that WP is designed for exactly that.

    MU would be if you wanted to have a separate blog for each author, which is different from the main blog.

    If you want each author to have their own little area, just make cats, and then sub-cat from there.

    Also, MU requires a pretty good knowledge of PHP, MYSQL, Apache, and of course a good root in how the standard version works. Without these, you'll sink pretty fast and get frustrated. (Not that I know what your knowledge level is, just mentioning it.)

    MU is more server software than site software.

  3. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 17 years ago #

    MU is also more blog-farm software than "I want a few blogs like MoveableType does" software.

  4. noise
    Member
    Posted 17 years ago #

    ah cool, thanks

  5. littlefrance
    Member
    Posted 17 years ago #

    North East Farmer at northeastfarmer.com would use an approximation of a print magazine layout, starting with a front (Home) page that would display a number of lead stories that would link to the stories (posts) on individual blog pages -- each devoted to just one particular story (post)... the stories could also be accessed through appropriate categories ("departments"} and by going to an author's (columnist"s) individual blog page. Each page would include a table of contents in a sidebar, along with a links drop down menu. I have been thinking of a page for each listing in the table of contents. The "author's" blog pages would include a recent posts sidebar, and an "author is" side blurb.

    Other features, like newsletters, polls, an so forth, might be added. Since this is a farm site, a livestock and equipment "auction" might later be developed.

    There is a finite number of farmers left in the NE, so this would be a niche "publication" with a relatively small audience, but one that is closely targeted.

    I would give myself at least a month or so to get it working -- I am not a tech guy and am struggling and learning a new world that shares many similarities to the world of print media (me: editor, publisher -- retired), so that might be a pile of cowpie in sky. In the meantime, in a week I hope to start rousing some interest in the existing simple blog that I've been putting together by getting some recognized ag writers and specialists to post and comment, and emailing some farm lists...

    Does that suggest a good file structure? A WP support post suggested that MU chould be loaded right over WP… sounded risky to me.

    Dan Hurley

  6. littlefrance
    Member
    Posted 17 years ago #

    I just received the following from tech suoport at a small orange:

    "Wordpress MU is intended for running multiple blogs separately on subdomains of your domain (so, blog1.northeastfarmer.com, blog2.northeastfarmer.com, etc). In order to run this, it has to be from a separate copy from what you already have installed. I don't believe you can upgrade your existing copy. We'll need you to set up a subdomain to use as the base installation of Wordpress MU and then we'll install a wildcard domain on there so it can operate."

    That seem right?

    Dan Hurley

  7. drmike
    Member
    Posted 17 years ago #

    You lost me here. What's the specific question?

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