Well, here I go.
dsader's plugin sounds like the perfect solution to what I'm trying to do: namely, have one base template for the main blog, which will be tweaked exactly how we want it. Then, make that theme available to the user blogs (which only admins can create) without having to redo all the customization. Also, ideally, the user blogs can edit the header to something suitable for their content. (e.g. we're going to have a cookbook, etc.)
Here's my problem. And keep in mind, I'm a relative noob.
I can't decipher from the instructions on the Userthemes Management screen precisely what I'm meant to do.
"Hack theme-editor.php to restrict allowed files to just the stylesheets (still no fitering any included evildoing code though):"
// $allowed_files = array_merge($themes[$theme]['Stylesheet Files'], $themes[$theme]['Template Files']);
$allowed_files = $themes[$theme]['Stylesheet Files'];
Does this mean I'm meant to add that to theme-editor.php in the root themese folder? or is it to replace some other piece of code?
In the "MU Userthemes Manager" on the main blog admin, I've "hidden original themes menu" and enabled one of our user blogs.
In the "Userthemes" area on the user blog, the Current System Theme is displayed and declared active.
That is followed by two areas: No Userthemes and 2 System themes (I activated a second one, just to compare what would happen)
What do I need to do from here to have the user blog adopt the look of the primary? Will it reflect any changes I make to the primary or is it better to wait until I've completely tweaked out the main theme?
I'm a quick learner (I think), so any assistance that can be pointed out would be great. (I realize my question is about a plugin and not MU itself, however the plugin does not have a forum that I can find).
thank you in advance very very much.