Welcome to the most comprehensive an easy to use manual to installing your WordPress MU (WPMU) site on the web!

This series of articles introduces you to how host and install your WPMU site including uploading themes, languages, plugins and mu-plugins. Each section comes with illustrative screenshots and explanations.

Getting Started

1.  Organising your Domain Name
2.  Arranging your Web Hosting
3. Setting up MySQL Database and User for your WPMU install

Installing WordPress MU
1.  Using a FTP client to install WordPress MU
2. Changing permissions on your public_html and wp-content directories and deleting .htaccess
3. Setting up sub-domain or sub-directory, database connection details and site email address
4. Resetting permissions on your public_html and wp-content directories

Installing Themes
1. Blog Themes Options
2. Installing New Themes
3. To change what themes are available site wide
4.  To change what themes are available on a per blog basis
5. Using a Text Editor for minor theme edits

Installing Languages

1. Installing Languages
2. Language Options
3. Changing Site Wide Language
4. Changing language on a per blog basis

Installing Regular Plugins
1. Using regular plugins on WPMU
2. Installing regular plugins on WPMU
3. Enabling plugin access site wide
4. Activating and deactivating regular plugins

Installing mu-plugins
1. Installing mu-plugins
2. Running a SQL code on your WPMU database
3. WPMU DEV Premium mu-plugin

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

Working in Site Admin Options
1. Editing Your Site Options
–a) Site name, site admin email, allow new registration & registration notification
–b) Add new users, banned names, limited email registration & banned email domains
–c) Welcome email & first post
–d) Upload media button, Blog upload space, Upload file type, Max upload file size, Admin notice feed, site admins & Plugin menu
2. Working with Blogs
3. 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