Feature Request: Multinetwork Compatibility

  • Title says it.

    WP Core supports multinetworks, but provides no interface to set them up. There are a few plugins available to help with this task, but anyone who has messed with multinetwoks can tell you how quickly a large multinetwork of multisites becomes cluttered and “unmanageable” .

    Your plugin is a blessing for taming the admin drop-down for a Multisite install and for each Blog within a Multisite, but it offers no changes to aide with the daunting task of managing a Multinetwork of Multisites, each with their own Blogs.

    There’s probably only a handful of people in the world that would put this functionality to use and truly appreciate it, but it would be an amazing enhancement to an already fantastic plugin!

    • This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by JP3.
    • This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by JP3. Reason: typos, typos, and more typos
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  • Plugin Author flynsarmy

    (@flynsarmy)

    It just sounds like you want another level of navigation above what we currently have (The A-Z) – one row per network?

    Plugin Author flynsarmy

    (@flynsarmy)

    Like so:

    • Network A
    • A
    • B
    • …
    • Network B
    • A
    • B
    • …
    Thread Starter JP3

    (@jp3)

    I thought about how user-friendly it could be if the drop-down changed depending on whether currently administering a blog, a site, or a network, but then it starts to get hairy and could make it overly complicated and defeat the purpose in the first place.

    You currently have it setup like:

    Current Site -> (menu)
    Current Network -> (menu)
    All Sites admin can administer A-Z List (no menu, just listed)

    The simplest way would be to do something like this:

    Current Site -> (menu)
    Current Network -> (menu)
    My Networks -> All Networks admin can administer A-Z list (menu with list)
    All Sites admin can administer A-Z List (no menu, just listed)

    I like this way for a test-network I’ve been using that has almost 100 networks (and growing). A drop-down/slide-out menu with A-Z list like how Sites are listed would be ideal to fit that many networks nicely and neatly.

    100+ networks is an oddity and I think most folks running multinetworks have 3-10 networks or so which would make something like you posted provide a better layout and give a better admin experience for the average intended plugin user. It seems like you get it. Thanks in advance if you do anything with this!

    Plugin Author flynsarmy

    (@flynsarmy)

    I could probably add support for something like that to my plugin however I don’t have a multi network setup and there doesn’t seem to be much of a demand for it. My suggestion would be to work my plugin on github and add the functionality. It shouldn’t be too difficult.

    Thread Starter JP3

    (@jp3)

    It’s not at the top of my priority list, but I will come back to this topic when time permits and see what I can do with adding multi-tier, multi-network support. Thanks again!

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