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WordPress Multisite Administration

By : Tyler Longren
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WordPress Multisite Administration

By: Tyler Longren

Overview of this book

WordPress is an incredibly popular blogging platform. Few people realize that the software behind WordPress.com, which is a standalone WordPress with multisite enabled, is available for free, for anyone to make use of. WordPress Multisite is a special “mode” built into WordPress, which allows you to create a network of multiple websites, all running on a single installation of WordPress. WordPress Multisite Administration is an easy-to-understand book filled with information, tips, and best practices to help you create and manage a blog network similar to http://wordpress.com/, by using WordPress Multisite. WordPress Multisite Administration will take you through all the steps necessary to get WordPress Multisite installed and configured on your server. It covers everything from installation and initial configuration to customizations and some helpful troubleshooting tips. You will also learn how to build your own blog directory that features the authors in your WordPress Multisite network. The blog directory is built by making use of WordPress child themes, an incredibly useful thing to know how to do. You'll learn everything you need to know about running and maintaining a WordPress Multisite installation.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
WordPress Multisite Administration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

User roles and permissions


We've already covered most of the Super Admin information but this section will provide examples of user role permissions and various other role-based information.

Super Administrators can view and manage individual site dashboards. So I can log in as the Super Administrator and make posts, create pages, or set up sidebar widgets for Sydney.

If Sydney wanted to let a friend post on her blog, let's call her Bianca, she could do so just as she would on a single-site WordPress installation, by creating an Author user on her individual site (actually, there's a bit more to this that I'll explain later in this chapter). However, Sydney would not be able to create a site specifically for Bianca on the network. That permission is reserved only for Super Administrators.

In many cases it's useful to have multiple Super Administrators. For example, I could add Kayla as a Super Admin so she could add sites to the network without the need for me to do so. This is especially useful...