pshanmugam
Member
Posted 5 months ago #
Hey Guys,
I run multiple wordpress blogs for our internal sites. When I came across Wordpress MU, I was excited that I did not have to manage multiple users and multiple blogs in different databases. My understanding is that with MU you can create one user and associate the user to multiple blogs or selectively apply to individual blogs; a simple one to many concept.
However, after installation I don't see this to be true. It looks like I have to add users to every blog. I was looking for a setup screen that shows a user and checkboxes for blogs to be associated to. Am I missing something here? or was this not the intention of Wordpress MU?
Please advice.
Pete
"I was looking for a setup screen that shows a user and checkboxes for blogs to be associated to. "
There isn't. No, that was not the intention behind MU.
Users are added to the system, then if you want them associated to a particular blog (as a non-admin) you have to go to that blog and add them.
kgraeme
Member
Posted 5 months ago #
As andrea_r said, it doesn't work that way out of the box. The basic use-case it was built around is the wordpress.com model where users sign themselves up and then create their own blogs. However, there are administrative controls to disable allowing users to sign up and creating their own blogs and it can then all be done administratively, but you still have to go into each blog to add the users.
But your checkbox screen idea is intriguing and if you are comfortable with PHP coding, I definitely recommend you investigate what's involved in writing a plugin to add this feature. The great thing about WPMU is the plugin architecture that let's people add features like this without modifying the core code.
pshanmugam
Member
Posted 5 months ago #
Understood. Thank you guys!
+ 1 for this plugin idea. This would make things much more efficient for the MU admin.
AndrewGerssen
Member
Posted 3 months ago #
Indeed good idea, maybe I will start working on such a plug-in. I will keep you guys posted if I have something ready.
mercime
Member
Posted 3 months ago #
maybe I will start working on such a plug-in.
AndrewGerssen, I will sign up to test the plugin :-)
pipstar
Member
Posted 2 months ago #
Hey, I'd love to hear more about the development of this plugin. I'm working on an edu site and each student is associated with more than one course specific blog... This would be so helpful!
jehanproc
Member
Posted 4 weeks ago #
any news on that "user management" plugin ?
I really need that too !.
regards .
