One install, 14 blogs, assigned to different users – possible??

(I was only asking about the one theme b/c the call to blog #1 for the menu would have to be applied to every theme appropriately and that is soooo much easier with only one theme)

It will be the same theme, but I will need to change it later because I will first need to choose a theme, and then tweak it. And I won’t be doing that until I know this will all work.

So I have setup multiuser/network sites. Now what?

Make a couple sub-sites (as either placeholders or tests)

Then make a menu in your main site (the one you’re going to use as a ‘master’ site that no one else accesses as an admin).

Put this in your theme wherever you want the nav menu:

<?php switch_to_blog(1); ?>
<?php wp_nav_menu($args); ?>
<?php restore_current_blog(); ?>

Check https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu for what $args should be for your setup.

Look at all your sites and exclaim ‘My god! It’s ALIIIIIVE!’

Ack, code, now I’m going to be lost… What is an $args?

“Put this in your theme wherever you want the nav menu”

I’m going to need a little more hand-holding please. How do I put this in my theme?

$args is a placeholder for ‘Whatever arguments you want to include’

Read https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu, it has specific examples.

As for how to edit your theme… https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Theme_Development

You’ll probably want to start with the header.

OK, I can look at all that later. Right now I do not need to know all the ins and outs, i just want to have a working test so I can verify that I need to learn all this stuff. So perhaps you could be so kind to just tell me what I need to do.

I can tell you what to do, but I don’t (for free) write code for people. And I’m booked till 2011 right now.

Here’s what you do:
1) Decide what you want in your menu and make the menu.
2) Decide HOW you want your menu to generally look. If you have no clue, just grab an example from https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu
3) Decide WHERE in your theme you want to put the menu. If it’s just a raw test, then put it in your header.php somewhere near the bottom.

You’ll get the idea once you start looking at it.

Or if all that’s too much, I know a few good freelancers for hire.

Well I’ll be happy to pay you or someone once I see this working.

By the way, do you know of any sample sites that are already functioning the way I want mine too?

Well I’ll be happy to pay you or someone once I see this working.

On that you’re probably SOL. I don’t work on spec and personally, I don’t condone it.

By the way, do you know of any sample sites that are already functioning the way I want mine too?

Sure. https://jorjafox.net/twitter and https://jorjafox.net/community

One menu ??

Well, two menus, but you get the idea.

“On that you’re probably SOL. I don’t work on spec and personally, I don’t condone it.”

I totally don’t get what you’re saying here sorry.

When you said “I’ll be happy to pay you or someone once I see this working.” it implied ‘I’ll pay someone AFTER they write the code for me.’ which is working on spec.

That is ‘You work, and if I like it, I’ll pay.’ That’s a freelancer’s nightmare. If that isn’t what you meant, then my apologies! You can post for paid support here: https://jobs.wordpress.net/

Anyway. It can (and does) work. You just have to sort out the details/specifics as they apply to you.

As Ipstenu noted in a previous post in this thread, she did link to another thread asking the same thing, providing a walkthrough AND with a post to a working site with it implemented.

https://philaphans.com/

Any CMS with customizations for what you want does require learning new things. ??

“When you said “I’ll be happy to pay you or someone once I see this working.” it implied ‘I’ll pay someone AFTER they write the code for me.’ which is working on spec.”

Oh no sorry, that’s not what I meant at all. I meant, that once I see that I can create a working tests site, THEN I’ll pay someone to help me do everything that needs to be done, because there’s going to be much to do I am sure.