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Some questions! (Re: User roles, mobile posting, archives...) (3 posts)

  1. Raymeo
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    1.) Can I set my wpmu to make it so users are subscribed to all blogs by default upon registration?

    2.) Similarly, if I ever choose to add a new blog to my wpmu, can I make it so all current users are automatically subscribed to it?

    3.) I seem to recall a way to post to a blog from a mobile phone in regular wordpress (though my memory may be wrong!). I can't find the settings for that in wpmu though. Has that feature been lost in wpmu, and if so, is there a plugin that can handle it?

    4.) What do the "public" and "archived" check boxes mean in "Blog Info (wp_blogs)" when editing a blog in the Site Admin panel? (And what is "Blog Upload Space Quota"?)

    5.) Finally... "Blog Options (wp_2_options)"? What IS all of that? Is there a page somewhere that goes down that list of fields and spells out what they are for? Some of them I THINK I understand, but they appear to be contradicting the settings that I select elsewhere -- such as "Users Can Register" having a value of 0, which I assume holds a value of false, even though I have selected in Site Options for registration to be allowed under the condition that "only user accounts can be created". Not to mention that there are three different fields of that same name "Users Can Register". The rest of the pages in wpmu were pretty easy to figure out, but I still feel so helpless in the face of this Blog Options page... :/

  2. andrea_r
    Moderator
    Posted 15 years ago #

    1. by default, when a user is signed on to the system, they are logged in as a sort of user to all blogs. They aren't listed as a subscriber, but if you have the "must be logged in to comment" option checked on a particular blog, they will be able to.

    A subscriber level doesn't do much more than that, really. If you insist they be marked as an official subscriber, then there's a plugin for that.

    A use case would help here.

    2. see #1. If all users are added to all blogs, the same thing adds new users.

    3. You may be thinking of post by email. Yes, MU has it. Needs a bit of extra setup tho.

    4. if a blog is marked as Archived, there's a big white screen disabling the blog and stating it;s been archived. It basically makes the frontend unusable. Blog upload space quote means how much upload space is allocated to that blog, if different from the sitewide setting.

    5. most of it is puling info from the database directly. You will rarely visit this screen. It's only there if you need to make a quick edit to a specific blog from the backend.

  3. Raymeo
    Member
    Posted 15 years ago #

    Awesome, thank you for your answers! Seems things are even easier than they appeared! And you were right, I was actually thinking about posting by e-mail. That pointed me in the right direction and I ended up getting that up and running. Thanks again!:)

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