http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/forum/beginners-wordpress-mu-discussion WPMU DEV Premium Forums -- Forum: Beginners WordPress Discussion - Recent Topics en-US Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:56:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/search.php http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/multi-author-interface-and-control#post-54405 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:01:44 +0000 wadams92101 54405@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I have a multi-author blog regarding <a href="http://urbdezine.com">urban planning and design</a> on which I some day hope to have hundreds of authors distributed among several dozen networked sites. I would like to <em>limit the file size and dimensions of their post photo</em> uploads and embedded/linked photos. I'd also like to automatically limit their front page posts to <em>excerpts</em> while still displaying any photos on the front page. I have tried both WP built-in functions and various plugins. All my efforts have been met with occasional broken code and photo problems. There seems to be no way to limit the dimensions of embedded photo links. Are there any solutions or plugins for this that don't result in broken code? I'd like it to be nearly as easy as Facebook for my Authors to upload media and post articles, while displaying a clean excerpt with at least a thumbnail of any media they put in their posts. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-to-export-2-sites-to-live-in-wpmu-284-to-later-be-imported-into-a-fresh-install-of-wpms-301#post-53906 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:51:58 +0000 cbriere 53906@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I currently have WPMU 2.8.4 and would like to do a fresh install of WPMS 3.0.1</p> <p>We have 2 sites that have a lot of hours of work on them and would like to import them after the fresh install. Just need to know exactly what I have to do to export the sites, then to import into the fresh install.</p> <p>This question was started in another thread that initially started with another topic and I think it must be a topic to be discussed in a separate thread for the benefit of others:</p> <p><a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/upgrade-to-edu-clean-213-and-the-header-logo-image-is-missing"></p> <p>As masonjames kindly explained at said thread:</p> <blockquote><p>WordPress has this feature built in under Tools&gt;Export.<br /> <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/</a></p> <p>Just export each site's database and a copy of your themes and blogs.dir to your computer. The export feature does not export any photos and since you'll be removing the old site, you won't be able to import them, so backing up the blogs.dir (and any other directory where you've stored photos or uploads) is important.</p> <p>Do a fresh install of WordPress. Re-create the each site's name and add your themes back into place. Import the XML file you created earlier into each site. Add back the photos and you're done. Brand new install with all your old data.</p> <p>Alternatively there are plugins available to do this, which are not normally recommended for network installs, but will work if you're only using a couple sites. Do a search for backup buddy and you should find one. It's not free, but should do the trick as well.</p></blockquote> <p>-------<br /> I just checked the link at: <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/</a><br /> and is quite confuse and lacks of detailed instructions.</p> <p>@masonjames: First, thank you so much for trying to help.<br /> When you said:<br /> <blockquote>Just export each site's database</blockquote> did you meant go to Cpanel and what ticks/options should I check in phpmyadmin to perform the sql backup?<br /> Really don't know how to "export each site's database". Or when you said "export each site's database" you mean I just have to click on Tools&gt;Export and save the XML and that's it? I just did the export and save the XML, save the blogs.dir and themes folders. Also I made a full backup in case something happens.</p> <p>An Step By Step tutorial will be great. Or is this issue such a simple thing to do that with the Export instructions supplied at: <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/" rel="nofollow">http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/</a> everything should be ok?</p> <p>Please note that English is not my first language so I hope I expressed myself clear.</p> <p>Thanks again.</a> </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/some-avatar-problem-generic#post-52556 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:32:43 +0000 Ovidiu 52556@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>hey guys,</p> <p>today I was checking the comment settings in a user blog and they look like this: <a href="http://screencast.com/t/MTgwN2YwZWIt" rel="nofollow">http://screencast.com/t/MTgwN2YwZWIt</a> why would every avatar option show my own avatar? </p> <p>I checked with firebug and this is the code for all of those images:</p> <p><code>&lt;img height="32" width="32" class="avatar avatar-32" src="http://zice.ro/avatar/user-1-32.png&amp;forcedefault=1" alt=""&gt;</code></p> <p>any ideas? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/is-there-any-way-to-reduce-the-minimum-size-of-a-user-name-to-3#post-22885 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:43:40 +0000 HorrorUK 22885@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I'd like to allow user names that are 3 characters or more, is there a way to change the current default of 4?</p> <p>I've been looking but can't see the option anywhere </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-to-show-links-on-a-links-page#post-53969 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:25:15 +0000 exberry 53969@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I see the default Links to WordPress in the Admin panel.</p> <p>1. How do I show these links on a Links page for users to click on?</p> <p>2. How do I insert any of the Links into my blog? A Post let's me insert a new link but I see no option to select a link from the Links list.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Ed </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/custom-page#post-53934 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:54:17 +0000 AquaPebble 53934@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>One of my pages has quite a lot links and formatting on. I don't want anyone else (another super admin) to be able to accidental change this.</p> <p>From the start I thought it would be better to have this as a page template and add styling to my child css for this.</p> <p>My question is how exactly do I do this?</p> <p>I know I should take my standard page template for my theme and add the content into that (or at least I think that is how to do it) and probably call it pagename.php</p> <p>What I am unsure of is how to link that php file to a menu item on a custom wp3 menu.</p> <p>I know that I can create a page and select a custom template for example without a footer or side bar, but I think this probably works differently.</p> <p>I have Googled this and just come up with custom page template method.</p> <p>Please help. Thanks. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-to-add-an-admin-to-an-individual-blog#post-53542 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:09 +0000 milesct 53542@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hello all,</p> <p>I'm sure I am missing something here but I can't see where to add an admin into one of the blogs under my domain.</p> <p>Under 'SuperAdmin' I can create a user but this becomes a user on the root domain. What I want to be able to do is create an admin on one of the blogs so that I can see what my clients will see.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Miles </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/upgrading-from-wpmu-to-wp-3#post-51801 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:05:22 +0000 Kirk Ward 51801@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I've been away for a few months and am way behind on lots of things. One of the things I want to do is upgrade my WP MU 2.9.2 to WP 3+ so I can retain as much functionality as possible. Searching through the forum for threads about how to upgrade, I got all sorts of hits that gave me snapshots of one thing or another.</p> <p>Can anyone provide me with a list of threads to read, and possibly a good sequence to read them in, that will guide me through the script and plugin upgrade process in a way that will avoid any damage to my dear old websites and blogs?</p> <p>Thanks, hugs and kisses,<br /> Kirk </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/upgraded-from-wpmu-284-to-wpmu-301-and-the-network-link-under-tools-menu-is-missing#post-53817 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:55:51 +0000 cbriere 53817@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hi,<br /> I'm still a rookie in WPMU!<br /> I upgraded from WPMU 2.8.4 to WPMU 3.0.1 and the Network link/item under Tools menu is missing.<br /> I upgraded using the automatic upgrade.</p> <p>Is that normal?<br /> If not, how do I correct the issue.<br /> Thanks,<br /> Charles </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/redirect-visitors#post-53139 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:26:42 +0000 AquaPebble 53139@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I have done searches on Google and in the WP repository and can't find a plugin to help with this.</p> <p>I want to find out how to redirect visitors to a specific page. What I want to achieve is to send visitors to a page giving them details about our community and encourage them to register instead of the home page.</p> <p>I intend to restrict access to quite a bit of the site to visitors (strangers) through the membership plugin, however, they are still automatically taken to the homepage. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/what-is-definevhost-yes-in-wp-config#post-53441 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:43:31 +0000 temporary_saint 53441@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hello - I'm just going through the installation instructions for the Domain Mapping plugin and there is one image that shows a wp-config file (<a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/domain-mapping/installation/)" rel="nofollow">http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/domain-mapping/installation/)</a>. </p> <p>In particular, I am wondering about:</p> <p>define('VHOST', 'yes'); which is commented out on my install (// define('VHOST', 'yes'); ) - can someone explain what this is all about and why/when it would be uncommented out (as it is in the image used on the plugin page)?</p> <p>As well, how can I check to ensure that my network is set up for subdomains (as opposed to sub-directories)? I didn't install this myself (wish I had) but I do have this in my wp-config:</p> <p>define('SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL', true);</p> <p>and when I add new sites, they appear to be working as I want - site1.example.com, site2.example.com</p> <p>I'm just checking to make sure that everything will work as I expect when I go to use this plugin.</p> <p>Cheers!<br /> dale </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/really-dumb-hyperlink-question#post-53251 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:11:54 +0000 gregfielding 53251@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>So I'm trying to make a link at the top of a page that goes to a spot further down the page.</p> <p>This is pretty simple HTML and what I'm doing "should" work. BUT, instead of opening further down, the link opens in a new tab.</p> <p>Tried in IE, Chrome, and Firefox...so it's not a browser setting. For what it's worth, I'm using BP daily.</p> <p>Here's how I'm doing it..</p> <p>a href="#front"<br /> then further down the page....<br /> a name="front"</p> <p>How can I get it NOT to open in a new tab?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>EDIT: ARRGH!!!</p> <p>Can't get the code to show right... </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/weird-404-error#post-6250 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:49:32 +0000 dfreeman 6250@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I have set up WPMU and everything seems to be working fine except for a weird inconsistency when I click on the Create a New Blog link. </p> <p>1. On my work computer I get a 404 page not found error, although sometimes when I continue on to another web page and then hit the back button with my browser I can see the page (that previously displayed 'page not found').</p> <p>2. But on my home computer when I click on Create a New Blog I can see the new create a new blog page although in the top of the browser it says 'Page not found' next to the name of the Blog.</p> <p>3. Both situations happen in both Firefox and IE</p> <p>4. However, when I add a new blog from within the main admin site everything works fine.</p> <p>Can you give me some direction on how to correct this?</p> <p>Don </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/question-about-installing-themes-and-plugins#post-52962 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:57:52 +0000 jayncali61 52962@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>I'm new to WPMU and am really enjoying your products!</p> <p>When I usually install a theme, I do it with the built in theme installer. That doesn't seem to work with your themes very well because the installer requires a zip file. I have had to install them with the installer, then go in and move the actual theme folder out of it's upper level folder, then delete the upper level folder. Not a big deal, really, in the grand scheme. However, now I would like to take a look at the Farms 133 pack, and I can't get the zip file to upload. </p> <p>Per your installation instructions, I have tried simply moving the individual theme folder from my hard drive into the cpanel "themes" folder, but that doesn't work.</p> <p>Similar issue with plugins. I upload them with the plugiin installer then move the necessary folder to the mu-plugins folder. Is there a quicker way to do this?</p> <p>Thanks for your help. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/database-error-connection-strings#post-52903 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:14:13 +0000 danieldalonzo 52903@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>HELP PLEASE! my hosting company completely messed up my wordpress installation and they arent offering me support. they have been dragging me along for 4 days now and nothing is gettting fixed. when i went to my domain (moxietoday.com) it said eerror establishing a database connection. when i go to moxietoday.com/wp-admin it says databases may need to be repaired -- i clicked the repair button and it told me to post this on the support forums....</p> <p>wp_users: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_users' doesn't exist<br /> wp_usermeta: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_usermeta' doesn't exist<br /> wp_posts: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_posts' doesn't exist<br /> wp_comments: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_comments' doesn't exist<br /> wp_links: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_links' doesn't exist<br /> wp_options: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_options' doesn't exist<br /> wp_postmeta: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_postmeta' doesn't exist<br /> wp_terms: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_terms' doesn't exist<br /> wp_term_taxonomy: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_term_taxonomy' doesn't exist<br /> wp_term_relationships: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_term_relationships' doesn't exist<br /> wp_commentmeta: Table 'moxietoday_IC_20091012_125956.wp_commentmeta' doesn't exist</p> <p>i have backup of my databases from every day. what do i do?</p> <p>thanks, dan </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/wordpress-keeps-nagging-to-301-although-i-am-running-301#post-52467 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:45:15 +0000 Ovidiu 52467@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>It feels like wp is randomly displaying that that notice. I have upgraded several times during the last 3 days and every so often it nags again :-(</p> <p>any idea what could be wrong? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/question-regarding-marking-a-blog-es-archives-or-deleted-or-spam#post-52684 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:15:18 +0000 Ovidiu 52684@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I tried marking an old unused blgo as archived thinking it would no longer be accessible thus giving the owner a chance to redeem his blog, but nothing changed. hte blog URL was still working jsut fine.<br /> Next I tried marking it as deleted and then spam and still the blog is accessible.</p> <p>Are these options broken?<br /> Using wp 3.0.1 with multi-site</p> <p>can you give it a try? see: <a href="http://screencast.com/t/MjYzMDlhNzM" rel="nofollow">http://screencast.com/t/MjYzMDlhNzM</a> you can try the url from the screenshot, the blog is archived, spammed and deleted and still accessible via <a href="http://cineva.zice.ro/" rel="nofollow">http://cineva.zice.ro/</a> </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/do-i-need-to-create-a-mu-plugins-folder-for-multi-sitebuddypress#post-52707 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:17:16 +0000 Dale Hazlett 52707@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Do I need to create a mu-plugins folder for multi-site/buddypress? I am creating a new site and I have installed wp 3.0.1, activated mutli-site, and installed buddypress. All of that seems to be working fine. I also installed the buddypress sidebar plugin automatically and it installed to the plugins folder. Now I want to install the ads widget and it says to install it to the mu-plugins folder. There is no such folder. Do I need to create that folder in wp-content now? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/supporter-compatibility-with-rollover-themes-list-plugin#post-52464 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:35:41 +0000 Ovidiu 52464@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I would like to use both plugins but unfortunately said plugin replaces or redirects the theme page so the supporter themes are no longer reachable.<br /> could someone have a look at said plugin and let me know which of the two plugins should/could be changed to have them work together?</p> <p>here is the link if anyone wants to give it a try: <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rollover-themes-list/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rollover-themes-list/</a></p> <p>that plugin shows the theme thumbs only when hovered over and implements searching/filtering by the theme tags. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/rating-post-basic-stats#post-42694 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:39:17 +0000 shirley1 42694@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hi</p> <p>Could you please recommend or suggest me any plugin that scores the posts ?<br /> Also I need a plugin that shows the number of posts and number of comments..</p> <p>Thanks in advance. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/how-do-i-add-an-avatar-to-my-premium-wpdev-account-profile#post-52502 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:02:25 +0000 pcfmojo 52502@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>How do I add an Avatar to my Premium WPDEV account profile?</p> <p>thx/dom</p> <p>Never mind I figured it out... Gravitar... </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/menus-how-to-have-a-top-menu-without-link#post-50956 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:15:27 +0000 Aphrodite 50956@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Well, here is the point.</p> <p>Buiding a menu with pages, the top menu (the one which appears on the menu line) is by force a page. </p> <p>How to have just a "top menu" which does not link to any page ? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/301-subsite-conflicts-with-a-domain-name-directory#post-52230 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:49:51 +0000 exberry 52230@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>My WP 3.01 creates subsites fine ... so long as this subsite is not the same as an addon domain name.</p> <p>If I create a subsite with the same name as an addon domain, the site creates OK but it will not view. The view returns to the default page of my host provider. </p> <p>If I create a subsite with the same name as an unassigned domain, the site creates OK and views OK.</p> <p>However, if I then change the unassigned domain to an addon domain (which then creates a directory for the domain name) then the subsite no longer works and its view returns the default page of my host provider. </p> <p>Therefore, it is impossible to use a subsite that is also an addon domain. </p> <p>Have I missed a memo somewhere here? Is this really impossible? Or is this a WP bug? Or is there another way to do this?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Ed </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/referring-to-abc-sites-in-a-link#post-52171 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:26:27 +0000 AquaPebble 52171@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I would like to know what syntax one should use to refer to for example the post page in the dashboard.</p> <p>I am using custom dashboard widget and am writing up some information and would like to refer to some of the default pages, but not sure what to put in the link so that it recognises the site that it is on. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/wpmu-dixi-set-home-page-to-static#post-52236 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:52:41 +0000 bt1161 52236@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I trying to set the WPMU-Dixi theme to have a static home page. How would I set the default home page to contain static text and not blog updates. I followed the video series. Yet, I'm using 3.01 and it looks different from what the video series was recorded. Thank you for any leads on answer this question. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/setting-up-mobile-browsingposting-for-user-sites#post-51979 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:56:26 +0000 RodeoRamsey 51979@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I'm in the process of creating my WPMU niche-driven site. I plan to offer basic blogging/site-building for free and using the Supporter plugin allow for upgrades. One of the things I'd like to offer in my basic feature set is the ability for Mobile Browsing/Posting. I've seen a few threads over the past year on here but nothing concrete, and nothing very current. I'm not sure what the best way to approach this would be. Sure lots of my potential users will have an iPhone but not all of them. I'd venture to say 50% or less, so I don't really want to promote an iPhone only app. Not to mention that you can't Whitelabel the app, so I would have to tell my users to go download a free Wordpress app and that could confuse them. Ideally I would like to offer mobile-phone optimized browsing, but since so many new smart phones out there have a great browser built in, the most important function would be to let the user log in and post/edit their content. What is the best method out there today, that works with Wordpress 3.0 Multi-Site? Thanks. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/subpages-do-not-show-on-menu#post-51894 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:46:42 +0000 exberry 51894@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I started a second site with WP3.01, added BP, then added some test pages. Otherwise, this second installation is totally clean.</p> <p>All top level pages show on the menu as expected. However, if I put a page under another page as parent, the new subpage does not show as a submenu. Submenus do not appear. </p> <p>This is independent of theme except on my first site. On my first site the submenus show up with BPDaily theme, but they do not show up under BP default theme. </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/roles-manager#post-51664 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:46:23 +0000 camster 51664@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>I was wondering if there is any simple Roles and Capabilities manager available for 3.0. I've tried a few others without success. The Role Manager plugin almost works but seems to have a bug in 3.0<br /> Role Scoper works but I'm pretty confused on how to use it.</p> <p>All I really want to do is hide links and show pages for certain users. Theres another thread on this but what they need is a little more involved.</p> <p><a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/role-editor-for-wpmu#post-20416" rel="nofollow">http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/role-editor-for-wpmu#post-20416</a></p> <p>Thanks </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/ie8-compatibility-mode#post-51698 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:56:02 +0000 AquaPebble 51698@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>A few things on my site don't function with IE8 that does not have compatibility mode enabled.</p> <p>The avatar cropping in BuddyPress, how some things react after posting, Easy Blogging when I had it enabled.</p> <p>I read an article that suggested that one could put something in the header to force IE8 to use compatibility view.</p> <p>Any one know how to do this and whether it causes other problems? </p> http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/dashboard-access-dropdown-tab-missing#post-51658 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:31:56 +0000 edvt 51658@http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/ <p>Hey Guys,</p> <p>Just bit the bullet and signed up for the psek hosted full install of the wpmu+buddypress, dropped my old site and hosting service to get the package here.</p> <p>Got a problem first up, can't access the site dashboard.</p> <p>Logged in as admin fine, and have the admin navbar across top of page, but when I go to the 'My blogs' to get the drop-down tab for the dashboard, it's not there, no drop down tabs at all.</p> <p>I don't know any other way to access the dashboard, so can anyone tell me if the method of access has changed between 3.0.1 and 3.0 or is there a problem?</p> <p>Thanks, Ed. </p>