WordPress idea / solutions NEED INPUT

  • I am thinking of a process to create one “umbrella” site made up of mini sites for non-profit organizations and want to know if its even possible to do.

    Idea: have one main “umbrella” site at url https://www.example.com this site will pull 3 columns of dynamic information created by non-profits managing their own sites.

    first column of updated events
    2nd column of News
    3rd column misc posts.

    (im assuming using a loop for each column pulling content through the use of tags or category)

    The info would be pulled from other wordpress mini sites. Is it possible to make independent sites work with each other, do they have to share the same database?

    Or

    is it easier to make the non-profit sites PAGES of the main umbrella site so that the wordpress loop can work internally?

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  • Well, the easiest way is going to be to just do a separate install of WordPress for each non-profit. If you want to pull content from the sites together, you can use their RSS feeds.

    But yes, there is a version or WordPress that will let you create multiple site, and to a certain extent you can aggregate content from the sub-sites onto the main site.

    It is called WordPress MU, if you want to manage dozens of websites and aren’t afraid to mess with a more technically challenging version of WordPress, you might find it very handy. But if you only need a handful of sites, WordPress MU might be overkill!

    Thread Starter chuco61

    (@chuco61)

    THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE REPLY!! I was thinking about the RSS feeds. I know it is possible to have multiple wordpress sites on the same database but i also know it can get fairly messy.

    Do you think it would be simpler / more efficient to have each non-profit have their own PAGE under the main site. Each page would basically look the same aside from the content their editing. Each page would be designed to have three independent loops.

    I would control their access through the users permissions to only edit that particular page.

    Or is this getting too complicated on a single site?

    Thanks again!

    I could see them out-growing a single page rather quickly. And yes, it could get quite complicated with custom user roles.

    I guess it really depends on the scope of your project. Just how many non-profits do you want to get online, and just how much of a web presence does each one need?

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