Get off the Farm

WordPress MU

more than a blog farm

Who am I?

@andrea_r

http://wpmututorials.com

What do I do?

Volunteer support

Build client sites

Troubleshoot

Write tutorials

What is WPMU?

Basic assumptions

What it does best

How it works

Examples of out of the box implementations

WordPress.com

http://Homeschooljournal.net

http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ Blogs@Baruch

The closed system

- invitation only

- admin-only blog creation

- development sites

Wanderlust and Lipstick

http://wanderlustandlipstick.com

Closed signups

Integrated design

Visitors unaware of platform

Housing Storm

http://housingstorm.com

Authors pay to blog

Similar design

Nested subdomains

QueerCents Directory

Blogs are profiles

Integrated, consistent look

Blogs grouped by topic

Can search by blog topic

Content Management

Used to deliver content, not blog posts

Still WPMU

Blogs used as site sections

Why not single WP and categories?

Risk Info

http://riskinfo.com.au

Insurance-related information

FanTech

Corporate site

Currently still in dev

Multilingual

Corporate/Reisdential sections

Search by specs

Built on Thematic child themes on blogs

Separate sites

Multiple blogs, multiple sites

One install

Plugins

DNS magic

Server tweaking

Take chances, make mistakes, get messy

- Ms Frizzle