Group Admins

CBOX Classic Support

Public Group active 2 months, 1 week ago

This group provides support for Commons In A Box Classic, our original software for community-building. Register for an account or log in to commonsinabox.org, then join the group and post your question here.

Which plug-Ins work only with WP multi-site?

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by Ray.
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • December 4, 2012 at 9:52 pm #1201
    BJWang
    Participant

    My question really belongs in the FAQ section but I am posting it here because there is no way to post questions in the FAQ section.

    I have a simple instance of WordPress installed and would like to know which plug-ins are built specifically for multi-site WP install.  This would help me determine if I should change my WP installation to take advantage of the functionalities afforded by these multi-site specific plug-ins.

    It would be great if this info is posted within the description of each plug-in so the user community know what features to expect when CBOX is installed.

    December 5, 2012 at 5:41 am #1206
    Ray
    Keymaster

    Hi BJ,

    I think the appropriate question to ask yourself is “What are my website’s needs?” and not “Which plugins are built specifically for a multisite WP install?”

    If you believe you’ll need a network of blogs or subsites, then a multisite WP install would be appropriate.

    For that reason, the multisite plugins that CBOX utilizes are blog-specific:

    * More Privacy Options – Adds additional blog privacy options for your users.
    * BP MPO Activity Filter – a plugin to keep private blog content out of public activity feeds
    * BP Groupblog – Enables a BuddyPress group to be associated with a multisite blog.

    You are always welcome to install a multisite install of WP locally to evaluate if you need network functionality.

    Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

    December 12, 2012 at 12:03 am #1324
    BJWang
    Participant

    Hi Ray,

    Thanks for the detail response. It was indeed helpful.

    I have inherited a website that has WP single site installation.  My website could greatly benefit from group blogging and that was why I asked the question. Knowing the answer would help me  determine if I needed to change/upgrade my website to mulitsite first before attempting install CBOX. It would seem I do need to migrate to multisite first.

     

    December 12, 2012 at 4:43 pm #1337
    Ray
    Keymaster

    Hi BJ,

    Try reading this guide to convert your standard WP install to a network install:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

    I would recommend backing up your database and filesystem before doing this.

    Also, if possible, try to do this on a development or local environment.

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.