WordPress 3.0 Walkthrough: Multsite
Multisite is the most talked about new feature in WordPress 3.0 – the WordPress team has folded the functionality of WordPress Multiuser into the main WordPress project. So how do you use it?
This tutorial assumes your are comfortable using FTP clients such as Filezilla and doing basic edits of WordPress files.
1. Download WordPress 3.0 release candidate. You can find it here.
2. Edit wp-config in your favorite text editor and add the following line:
define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true);
(I’d suggest adding it just above the line “// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //”)
3. Install WordPress normally
NOTE: If you’ve already installed WordPress 3.0, just edit wp-config and add that line of code, there’s no need to re-install.
4. Under Tools on the sidebar, you’ll now have an “Network” option. Click it.
5. Here you’ll setup your “Network” – a Network is all the blogs or sites […]
Original post by Klint Finley
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I wrote previously on securing a fresh WordPress install. Today, I’ll cover several WordPress plugins that can be used with fresh or existing WordPress installations to enhance security. I’m not going to cover recovering a hacked site, or exploit scanning tools like Exploit Scanner or WordPress Antivirus in this tutorial.
As before, I’ll emphasize a few things:
1. Your WordPress security is only as good as the security on your local computer. If you’re not running good antivirus and anti-malware software or are using an insecure wireless connection, none of this will matter.
2. Likewise, if you’re not keeping your WordPress install updated, none of this will matter.
3. I should have at least mentioned this in my previous security article but didn’t: your WordPress security is also only as good as your web server’s security. Since the audience for these tutorials is beginners, I’m going to assume that you don’t have a lot […]
Original post by Klint Finley
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John Kolbert of Techlyzer has produced a great screencast explaining how to create the collapsible and movable option boxes within the WordPress 2.7 write new page/post screens. The tutorial starts off by creating a dummy plugin which you then add functions to which give it the draggable/collapsible options within the Administration panel. John provides a sample plugin to use as well as a link to the article on the Codex that explains the add_meta_box function.
This tutorial is mainly for those aspiring plugin authors as well as for those who would like to add this type of functionality to their own plugin. John should rename this video to add_meta_boxes explained in plain English because even I understood and learned a thing or two. Final though is that I would absolutely love to see more screencasts like these in the future and have them embedded into their respective Codex articles. How […]
Original post by Jeff Chandler
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The folks over at PerfectSurf.de have published a tutorial which goes into detail on how you can create your own personal slideshow to appear on the frontpage of your WordPress powered site. This slideshow feature has been seen in numerous premium themes as of late and now you can create one for yourself via this tutorial. A slideshow is great for showcasing images within a gallery or showing off images related to top news items on your blog. The tutorial is not meant for beginners, but those of you who understand terms such as The Loop, excerpt and permalink, you should be fine.
There are some caveats to this process which are outlined in the requirements:
There are many ways of embedding slideshows to your website. This tutorial is based on a Wordpress 2.5 installation (with some files customized and of course all files updated that were critical in WP2.5 concerning security […]
Original post by Jeff Chandler
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