Time for action IntenseDebate Comments
1. Download the IntenseDebate Comments plugin from 2. You will need to sign up for an account at http intensedebate.com . 4. Go to Settings IntenseDebate. You will be presented with a login screen. Enter the account details for the account you created in step 2. 5. Once you have logged in, click Start Importing Comments. 6. The import process can take a very long time, even if you don't have many comments to import. 7. Once the import process is complete, you can tweak the settings to suit your...
About the Author
Lesley Harrison has more than ten years of experience working in the world of IT. She has served as a web developer for various local organizations, a systems administrator for a multinational IT outsourcing company, and later a database administrator for a British utility company. Today, Lesley runs her own video gaming site, Myth-Games.com, and works as a freelance web developer. She works with clients all over the world to develop Joomla and WordPress WordPress MU web sites. Lesley has...
BuddyPress plugins explained
There are nine plugins in the base BuddyPress suite. Each one can be used to add a social feature to your site. The plugins are Extended Profiles This allows you to create extra profile fields, which can be filled in by the members. Private Messaging This allows members to contact each other directly. There are private messaging plugins for WordPress and also for BuddyPress which we will learn more about later . Rather than confusing your users with multiple places to send receive PMs, I...
Installing bbPress
To install bbPress, you will need some information about your WordPress MU setup. It's a good idea to have your wpmu-config.php file opened and be logged in to your WordPress MU admin panel, so you can find all the information you need quickly and easily. There are a lot of forum scripts that can be made to work with WordPress MU through the use of some creative coding, including the ever popular phpBB. However, for the purposes of this book we will use bbPress, as it is designed for use with...
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introducing WordPress MU_7 Making your own social blog network 10 Choosing between VPS, dedicated, and grid hosting 14 Server requirements for WordPress MU 15 Recommended WordPress MU hosts 16 Building our example site The SlayerCafe 16 Chapter 2 Installing WordPress MU_19 Setting up a local web server 20 Time for action - getting your server set up 20 Preparing for WordPress MU creating a database 23 Time for action - creating a database for WordPress MU 23 Time for action -...