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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

Installing the WordPress Importer plugin


Now we need to install the plugin to be able to import our data, which means we have to go back to our main dashboard. So, go back to your main dashboard (http://multisite.longren.org/wp-admin/), and mouse over the Tools item in the left-hand menu, and then click on the Import item. You'll be at the Import page again. Click on the WordPress link at the end of the Import page, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

Click to install WordPress Importer

After clicking on the WordPress item, a modal window will appear with a big red Install Now button in the top-right corner of the modal window. You can see an illustration of the modal window in the following screenshot. Just click on the Install Now button to install the plugin. It should just install automatically.

Click to REALLY install WordPress Importer

Now, this method may not work for everyone, like me. If you click the red Install Now button and you see a screen like what you see in the following...