Welcome to the most comprehensive and easy to use manual for installing WordPress and WordPress Multisite on the web!

This series of articles introduces you to how host and install both WordPress and WordPress Multisite including uploading themes, languages, plugins and mu-plugins.

Each section comes with illustrative screenshots and explanations.

Please note this manual is designed to be read step-by-by step in it’s entirety.

Getting Started

1.  What is difference between WordPress, WordPress MU and WordPress Multisite?
2.  Organising your Domain Name
3.  Arranging your Web Hosting
4. Setting up MySQL Database and User for your WordPress or WordPress Multisite install

Installing WordPress and WordPress Multisite

1. Creating and Editing your wp-config.php file
2. Using a FTP client to install WordPress
3. Creating a network by enabling WordPress Multisite

Installing Themes
1. Site Themes Options
2. Installing New Themes
3. Changing what themes are available network wide
4.  Changing what themes are available on a per site basis

Installing Languages

1. Installing Languages
2. Language Options
3. Changing the language across the entire network
4. Changing language on a per site basis

Installing Regular Plugins

1. Using regular plugins on WordPress and WordPress Multisite
2. Installing regular plugins on WordPress and WordPress Multisite –
3. Enabling access to plugins menu network wide
4. Activating and deactivating regular plugins

Installing mu-plugins
1. Installing mu-plugins –
2. Running a SQL code on your WordPress database
3. WPMU DEV mu-plugin separated into categories to help make selecting your next plugin easier

Setting up Email
1. Setting up your Support Email Account in cPanel

Working as a Super Admin User

1. Introduction to the Super Admin user and other user roles
2. Optimizing your Network Options
3. Creating Sites using your signup page
4. Creating sites using Super Admin > Sites
5. Working with Super Admin > Sites

5. Working with Usernames

Installing bbPress
1. Integrating bbPress as a Site Wide forum -Setting up MySQL Database and User for your bbPress install
2. Installing bbPress
3. bbPress Themes Options

Other WordPress MU aspects to consider
1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for WPMU
2. Making money with WordPress MultiUser