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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

Importing content to the network site


Now that the WordPress Importer plugin is ready to go, just click on the blue WordPress link as seen in the previous screenshot. After clicking on that blue WordPress link you'll be taken to the Import WordPress page. You can see it in the following screenshot:

Import WordPress screen

Now here's the good stuff. You'll notice the Choose File form button in the previous screenshot. Click on that button, it will open up and let you select a file from your computer. Navigate to wherever your .xml (.wxr) file is and double-click that file.

After you've selected your file, the Upload file and import button is activated, just as you can see in the following screenshot:

Upload button activated

Now all you have to do is click on the Upload file and import button and all the content from your standalone WordPress blog will be imported to your multisite network blog. Like magic!

There are a couple of things you need to take into consideration though; mostly themes and...