Gearing up for another go at WordPress MU
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- Gearing up for another go at WordPress MU
I’m working out the details of a project I’ve had planned for a very long time. This project will be using WordPress MU as the back end system, and I’m looking over requirements as I write this.
Out of the box, WordPress MU is a splogger’s paradise. The system does not allow the administrator to moderate what blogs are created, which means that any script kiddy or splogger bot can set up a blog, post two or three completely spammy posts, then disappear into the Internet ether, never to be heard from again. This was the main reason that I halted work on this project the last time I looked in to it. before I even had the chance to dive in to reworking MU to do what I needed it to do, I was faced with the task of deleting over 100 user accounts and splogs per day!
Looking over the WordPress MU help site has given me a bit of insight into the steps that need to be taken to prevent all of this from happening on the next round, so as a step in getting this project off the ground, I’ll be starting from scratch and recording the steps here. Hopefully my experiences with getting this thing installed and working correctly will help someone else in the future.
One of my primary goals is to use only plugins to get the system where I need it. A lot of solutions for modifying MU involve hacking core files. This is absolutely against my better senses, as it means that any upgrades would have to be modified as well. This is not only a time consuming process, but is a complete waste of administrative time, since upgrades are something that the users of the system will be more than happy to see as well.
In the next installment we’ll get down to brass tacks. Stay tuned!
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