Has anyone tested compatibility with the new WP version 2.7 yet? I'd like to migrate my WP MU sites into a Hive setup, but I want to make sure everything will work before I go through the pain of switching things over.
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WP 2.7
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Posted 3 years ago #
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Hi Eric,
I've never used WPMU but I am running WP 2.7. I just installed the hive and have set up several blogs using the instructions provided on the documentation page and everything seems to be working like a charm.
I considered using WPMU but it seems so complicated to set up that I think I will stick to using WP Hive for now.
I'm not sure how switching from WPMU to WP2.7 with WP Hive will go. From what I've read you will lose some functionality. For example, users can not set up their own blogs at this time. You have to manually create the sub domains and point them to the root directory and set up everything for each blog manually and it requires logging into each blog as admin.
At this time users have no control over widgets or themes unless you grant your users admin status.
Other than that, it's fantastic. I love it that I can have a multi user site for my friends and family all running on WP 2.7. At this point it's ok with me that I have to set it up manually. I'm doing this as a Christmas present to my family as we all agreed to make gifts for each other without spending any money this year. I already had my own domain with my own blog on it so adding the 20 blogs that I need before Christmas is not a problem.
I am hoping that this will progress, however as I can see how my family might want to add their friends and so on... this could be the next Facebook but not if I have to do it all manually.
I have some web experience from years ago back before css and themes and such so I have a basic understanding of the workings of WP but I'm still learning because so much has changed in the last 10 years. I'm new to css and php but I can't stop myself from wanting to learn. I have become a Wordpress junkie so if I can do anything to further along this plug-in, I will. It may take me a while to learn enough to be of any assistance here but I am so excited I can’t sleep.
I love what's being done here.
RJ
Posted 3 years ago # -
RJ - awesome gift idea. :)
You're bang on about the functionality difference with WPMU - one other thing to note is that WP Hive supports blogs on subdomians and domains only, but not subdirectories (yet).
I've seen a few articles on how to move from WP sites to WPMU, but never on how to move from WPMU to multiple WP sites (or to WP Hive for that matter). I haven't tried it myself so if anyone has any inclination to try it, please share!!
FYI - we are working on a new version - albeit slowly, that will have a lot more functionality and will close the gap between WP Hive and WPMU.
Cheers.
Posted 3 years ago # -
I'll have no problem migrating from WPMU to Hive. I actually migrated several different WP installs to WPMU in the first place ... things will just move in reverse. :-)
I understand I'll lose some functionality, but I'll be gaining a lot, too. For example, even as the administrator I don't have access to the theme editor in WPMU. This makes it a pain to tweak things for my clients or re-add the "published by" footer when it disappears. I'd much rather have WP core functionality without the need to code through an external system. I think Hive will give me that.
Also, I need the ability to host blogs through subdomains, but I use a "shared" hosting system that doesn't give me the ability to add the wildcard DNS entries that WPMU needs. What I've been doing thus far is hosting sub-folder blogs and redirecting the appropriate subdomains with frame redirects. This is also a manual fix and, I think, much more involved than merely setting things up just once.
So here I go, time to install hive. Thanks for the help!
Posted 3 years ago #
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