What is the best option for running multiple websites with WordPress?

  • Resolved ajd777

    (@ajd777)


    18 years, 5 months ago

    Hello:

    A little background:
    Before switching one of my sites to WordPress I used a custom CMS system where I could view stats or add content etc to different websites, with different databases and different domains. After switching one website to WordPress I found it was much easier to add new features that I wanted because I no longer had to recode everything just to have a new option or two.

    Most of my sites are add-on domains running on the same host eg…
    example2.com is really example1.com/example2
    example3.com is really example1.com/example3

    I would like to switch all my remaining sites to WordPress, but I think it would be counter productive to have plugins, admin systems and themes spread all over the place — frequently in triplicate. I looked into WordPress MU and Lyceum but they are made specifically for multiple users and I would have to juggle multiple log ins, activate email addresses etc to use it which defeats the purpose. What I need is multiple blogs but a single user. I also tried the plugin multiply, but found it to be lacking.

    My custom CMS spoiled me so what I want is a little pie in the sky, but is there a way to have multiple blogs spread across multiple add-on domains working within the same administrators panel? If not, is there something similar?
    Eg: I go to example1.com and can post to and control what appears on example2.com and example3.com.

    I have spent a lot of time looking myself but I couldn’t find anything so thanks for any help you can give.

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  • I have 3 WP blogs already on my server (in 3 folders).

    I was thinking of making 5 more blogs for the members of my family, and was considering using WP MU for this. I’m still trying to figure out if that’s the right solution for me. I might want to set up all 5 before turning it over to the family-member… would I need 5 emails just to do that with MU, really? I figured the admin can use any of the sub-blogs.

    Thread Starter ajd777

    (@ajd777)

    >>would I need 5 emails just to do that with MU, really? I figured the admin can use any of the sub-blogs.

    You would need 5 emails if you wanted 5 different user accounts. But exploration shows that you can create multiple blogs for one user, however you have to go to that specific site’s admin panel to do anything with it. Seeing as I have to go to the other site anyway it is easier to just use multiple installs so I can custom modify the core for each install.

    What I’m hoping to find is basically an extension of the categories. Super categories which sub-categorize everything below them links, pages, posts etc and use the url to pick which super category to use. Hmm, sounds like a good idea for a plugin or a hacked version of WordPress.

    There is a plugin that converts categories to subdomains, would that work for your purpose?

    Thread Starter ajd777

    (@ajd777)

    No because I still need categories for each site. I already use categories as pages and tags as categories.

    Anyway I’m taking my earlier idea and turning it into a plugin. So unless someone has a better option…

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