wordpress mu
 

Ever dream of running hundreds of thousands of blogs with a single install of WordPress?


Is this good to use instead of running many installs of wordpress?

Simple answer yes. Just keep in mind that the updates for Mu lag behind the individual blog install code.

depends what you are trying to do. If you want to hit up a bunch of different niches, i have found that the domain name plays a good part.

I agree Supz, I've been told by people over the years that subdomains carry as much weight as unique domains...but I've never really 100% bought that. I'm not sure of course, but it just doesn't make sense to me.

I am thinking of using wordpress mu, for a community site using buddypress. I tried it on a little pet-project I started with a buddypress, and was very easy to use, just as regular wordpress is.

I'm also curious what curse gaming uses for a CMS...it's probably custom, but maybe not...I dunno, any ideas? www.aionsource.com is one of there sites. It'd be perfect for the project I'd like to start next, and I've hit them up - but have never received a reply :(

subdomains are seen as a whole new site.
if you want to create an authority site of some kind, use wpmu with subdirs (yourdomain.com/key-here) and have some kind of directory (linklist) on your homepage. bam - there you go.

I have a couple. One on subdomain and the other is .com/blah

The network on the subdomain option isn't pulling much SE traffic. Just my .02

so this only does subdomains.. well that fucking sucks..

I was hoping to have one login to control all the blogs I make.. instead of having to remember 1000 different urls and shit.

I think there is a solution for this, but can't remember what it is...I'd look for it, but I'm about to pass out lol - if someone hasn't mentioned it by the time I wake up, I'll go look for it hehe - I'm not 100% sure but I do remember reading about it somewhere I think

you can use domains with wpmu, think theirs a hack for it

There's a plugin to use a normal wp for multiple sites and one login, not sure if you can have separate themes though

My host told me that MU was a security risk. Honestly, I didn't fully understand it, but I decided to use multiple wp installs instead. They do the installs so for me it's just as quick :)

That's a bump

I have about 50 mini blogs (10-25 posts each) on subdomains, using wpmu.. they are getting PR and some traffic but if I compared lets say a milf blog on a subdomain and another on its own .com - standalone is better. I did not interlink these mini-blogs, but I did swap some links to my other blogs on smut/sensualwriter and other hosts. My plan was to build several of these networks (different IPs) and then interlink them per niche, but got sidetracked :( so for now, "the blogs are maturing" lol, hopefully I'll continue the project down the road.
I guess it all depends on number of blogs you want to make, number of posts you plan to make on each, and how to promote.. if you want to build&forget, go with wpMU, if you want to spend time on quality updates and management, and can justify 20-50-200x$10 per year in domains, go with separate .com installs instead of subdomains..

still hoping to find something.. so heres a bump

is it possible to forward a domain to load a folder on another domain?

examples below:
dicks.com >> manyblogs.com/dicks/
pussy.com >> dannyrichards.com/pussy/