Thank you Andrew, that helps answer one of the questions I had jotted down in my notes (will it make WPMU easier to use or just easier on you developers by merging the codebase). While I know that my editors will want me to talk about it a little, setting the right tone is essential. If working with network blogs is still for those who are neither faint of heart nor of code, then that's how I'll cover it.
I know that managing network blogs pushes my wp and sysadmin skills to the edges (hence this thread), so I don't delve into that area (except for basic examples). Again, many thanks, Tris On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Andrew Nacin <[email protected]> wrote: > If the book is aimed at novice users, I'd consider avoiding the Network > feature altogether then, at least for now. > > MU is very advanced. 3.0 is only designed to merge the codebases, not make > MU any better to use and manage (look no sooner than 3.1 for that). The > learning curve remains high. That's the reason for the WP_ENABLE_MULTISITE > constant -- if you don't know how to constant to wp-config.php, then you > probably shouldn't be venturing away from a single-blog installation. The > constant was designed to increase the barrier to entry. > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Tris Hussey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Andrew! That's exactly the info I needed. Ah and the > > acknowledgements > > section gets longer... > > > > As an aside, I want to couch this chapter in the right terms. The book is > > aimed at novice users, so I need to be realistic about what people will > > want > > to do. I also don't want to discourage people from learning or trying new > > WP > > challenges. > > > > My gut is telling me that if someone wants to toy with blog networks, and > > don't have much DNS experience, that they should stick to the > subdirectory > > implementation. I'll cover the subdomain stuff, but couched in terms of > > "advanced level" stuff (like SVN). > > > _______________________________________________ > wp-testers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers > -- Tris Hussey Writer | Teacher | Photographer | Internet Rogue cell: 604-319-6765 -- Skype: tris.hussey http://www.trishussey.com/ _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
