WP Multiblog / multisite-0.2b
I’ve been quite busy, but sadly not as I would like hacking WP. Anyway,
Here’s my second iteration of the multisite idea. I haven’t done yet the admin page and the way it stands now is another proof of concept: Style switching for all the blogs!
To make a long story short, my hack allows you to install a Wordpress blog that responds to http://blog.example.com/ and from the same code directory/folder respond with a totally different content to http://rant.example.com/ . Here’s the first iteration of this hack. with a brief explanation as to how does it work.
Now, that only gave us cookie-cutter blogs, all looking the same as little toys coming out of a factory, so this iteration allows you to specify different styles for each site. Come and get it here: multisite-1.2-mingus-0.2b.zip
All the configuraton is done inside the config file in the sites/ directory, I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, please let me know what you think
I do not know if you are aware - there is b2evolution - an evolution of the same b2/cafelog branch that WordPress is based on.
It has a native support for Multiblog feature, with fine-grained user access control to individual blogs / operations. It could be interesting for you to take a look at.
A working demo can be found on multiblog demo page
(login to backoffice - demouser/demopass)
You can read some more at this blog post.
Comment by CaptSolo
— 14/9/2004 @ 2:46 am
I’ve been using/hacking away at Multisite 0.2b. It’s what I’ve been looking for as a feature in Wordpress. I’ve been trying to hack away at other parts of the wp source, particularly the admin section. One of the biggest problems I see so far, is that in a multi-user setup, when someone tries to edit a template or other files listed on the templates page, it will only allow edits in the main wp installation.
I have my site setup so that each user has his/her own subdomian, but the actual path resides at http://ditch.name/username. I’ve been trying to change the templates page to edit the files in the user’s home directory instead. So far, I’ve added the definition of HOMEPATH in the site’s wp-config.php and will try to relocate site specific files there.
Just thought I’d share my random ideas. They don’t do anyone any good when they’re trapped in my head. Thanks for the hack.
Comment by dcode
— 16/9/2004 @ 4:39 am
Change #867,213,456
I’ve decided to put those pages in the site directory. This way, only static content and the index page resides in the home directory.
Caio!
Comment by dcode
— 16/9/2004 @ 5:01 am
I’ve put together some of the code I’ve been playing with. I replaced my site infrastructure with it. Check it out at my blog: Multisite 0.3
Comment by dcode
— 25/9/2004 @ 5:05 am
[...] It looked like a couple other people had done a bit of work on a multisite setup which is where I started. But the first looked like it hadn’t been maintained in years, and I was going for a different setup from what the second offered. There’s also Wordpress MU, but I wanted multiple blogs, with their own database, which isn’t really what Wordpress MU offers. [...]
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