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Running a network
of blogs with WordPress MU
Although the WordPress.com hosted
service runs on the WordPress MU
software, and the end-user
configuration settings are very
similar, setting up, administering,
and managing this version of
WordPress differ a great deal from
the same processes in the
WordPress.com or WordPress.org
versions.
WordPress MU lets you run thousands
of blogs on one installation of its
software platform, on one domain.
Its biggest claim to fame, of
course, is the hosted version of
WordPress.com, which uses the MU
platform to run more than 1 million
blogs and climbing.
When you install and use WordPress
MU, you become administrator of a
network of blogs. The administration
interface for WordPress MU differs
from WordPress.com and the software
from WordPress.org, in that youre
configuring options and settings for
your blog as well as for multiple
blogs across your network.
WordPress MU does everything the
original software from WordPress.org
does, so you can provide bloggers
all the functionality that WordPress
users have come to expect and
enjoy. WordPress MU isnt meant for
the casual user or beginner. Its
also not meant for bloggers who want
to run five to ten of their own
blogs on one domain. Who is it meant
for, then?
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Blog networks (such as Edublogs.org)
that currently have more than 150
blogs.
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Newspapers and magazines, such as
The New York Times, and
universities such as Harvard Law
School that currently use WordPress
MU to manage the blog sections of
their Web sites.
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Niche-specific blog networks, such
as Edublogs.org, that use WordPress
MU to manage their full networks of
free blogs for teachers, educators,
lecturers, librarians, and other
education professionals.
If youre interested in that
software, check out more details at
the WordPress MU Web site at http://mu.wordpress.org.
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