Comments on: Set a blog to catch a blog… http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog%e2%80%a6/ ulcc digital archives blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Joss Winn http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Joss Winn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:00:30 +0000 http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog/#comment-1309 I look forward to it! WPMU and WP standalone are pretty much on par with one another these days. WPMU tends to be released about a month after standalone WordPress with all the same features (subject to the multi-user environment). The main difference is from the site-wide Admin point of view. It's by no means complex though. Runs on a single database like WP, can have multiple domains mapped to it, too. Saves setting up blog after blog, each with a new database, from scratch and can benefit from being able to link and analyse collective data from across sites. I look forward to it! WPMU and WP standalone are pretty much on par with one another these days. WPMU tends to be released about a month after standalone WordPress with all the same features (subject to the multi-user environment). The main difference is from the site-wide Admin point of view. It’s by no means complex though. Runs on a single database like WP, can have multiple domains mapped to it, too. Saves setting up blog after blog, each with a new database, from scratch and can benefit from being able to link and analyse collective data from across sites.

]]> By: Richard M. Davis http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Richard M. Davis Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:44:32 +0000 http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog/#comment-1307 Might take you up on that. Played with early versions of WPMU, but not lately. Drew a blank trying to convince others what a good idea it would be for all sorts of web based comms - margaritas ante porcos and all that. Might take you up on that.

Played with early versions of WPMU, but not lately. Drew a blank trying to convince others what a good idea it would be for all sorts of web based comms – margaritas ante porcos and all that.

]]> By: Joss Winn http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Joss Winn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:29:43 +0000 http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog/#comment-1306 I'd be happy to spend a morning/day with you looking at WPMU. It really is not more difficult than running a single blog and is so much more flexible when you want to throw up another site for testing. Setting up site-wide-tags is a ten minute job. I’d be happy to spend a morning/day with you looking at WPMU. It really is not more difficult than running a single blog and is so much more flexible when you want to throw up another site for testing. Setting up site-wide-tags is a ten minute job.

]]> By: Richard M. Davis http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 Richard M. Davis Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:04:05 +0000 http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog/#comment-1305 Hi Joss It certainly sounds right, and I have a feeling that WPMU could be the next logical step, though for the moment we are going to try proof-of-concept demonstrator based on the standard WP edition: one thing at a time for my poor overloaded brain! Good luck with your bids! R Hi Joss

It certainly sounds right, and I have a feeling that WPMU could be the next logical step, though for the moment we are going to try proof-of-concept demonstrator based on the standard WP edition: one thing at a time for my poor overloaded brain!

Good luck with your bids!

R

]]> By: Joss Winn http://dablog.ulcc.ac.uk/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 Joss Winn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:32:20 +0000 http://jiscpowr.jiscinvolve.org/2009/03/23/set-a-blog-to-catch-a-blog/#comment-1304 Have you thought about using WPMU + FeedWordPress. The advantage is that you could separate your aggregated archives into multiple sites (i.e. Regionally, Institutionally, etc.). The biggest bonus is that you could use the site-wide-tags plugin to then create an aggregate site of all the sites hosted on WPMU, which can then server as a central store for browsing and searching. I've written about it more here: http://joss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/03/25/open-calais-site-wide-tags-semantic-site-architecture/ and also have a related post here about feeds: http://joss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/04/15/addicted-to-feeds/ Note that as it stands, comments are not aggregated into the single site, although I guess this is just a setting that could be tweaked in the code. As for TweetBacks, there's a bunch of plugins that handle them. They're treated as trackback comments. Could be a great project :-) Have you thought about using WPMU + FeedWordPress. The advantage is that you could separate your aggregated archives into multiple sites (i.e. Regionally, Institutionally, etc.). The biggest bonus is that you could use the site-wide-tags plugin to then create an aggregate site of all the sites hosted on WPMU, which can then server as a central store for browsing and searching. I’ve written about it more here:

http://joss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/03/25/open-calais-site-wide-tags-semantic-site-architecture/

and also have a related post here about feeds:

http://joss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/04/15/addicted-to-feeds/

Note that as it stands, comments are not aggregated into the single site, although I guess this is just a setting that could be tweaked in the code. As for TweetBacks, there’s a bunch of plugins that handle them. They’re treated as trackback comments.

Could be a great project :-)

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