steps to convert a regular wordpress to multiuser

Dec 29, 03:34 AM

) create new database (or flush existing test one)
) remove all UNUSED plug-ins before starting

) in CURRENT BLOG, tools—>export

in vi, remove all the hard coded links:
%s?http://www.accentpros.com/?/?gc
%s?http://accentpros.com/?/?gc

) in CURRENT BLOG run this script to produce the xml blogroll export file
http://EXAMPLE.com/wp-links-opml.php
) save this to desktop
) rename this file to xml extension

3) manually copy over plugins, themes and misc stuff: ################################################ #! /usr/bash -w

cd /domains/accentpros.info/www ;
pwd ;
pwd ;
rm -Rf * ;
curl http://mu.wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz | tar -xzv —strip-path=1 ;
cp -Rv /domains/accentpros.com/www/wp-content/plugins ./wp-content/ ;
mkdir ./flashBanner/ ;
cp -Rv /domains/accentpros.com/www/flashBanner/* ./flashBanner/ ;
cp -Rv /domains/accentpros.com/www/wp-content/themes/inove ./wp-content/themes/ ;
cp -Rv /domains/accentpros.com/www/wp-content/uploads/ ./wp-content/uploads/ ; ################################################

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) run new install procedure by going to the page
) enter CORRECT blog title
) note admin password
) log in and change admin password
) activate all the plugins
) install & activate unfilteredmu plugin!
) install & activate mu-domain-mapping

) in NEW BLOG tools—>import and select “wordpress” – select checkbox for “Download and import file attachments”

) in NEW BLOG tools—>import and select “blogroll”.

) theme – activate same theme as parent and make theme live
) theme – settings—>readings, select the same start page as original (services)
) delete the “about us” default page
) contact (at bottom left) – manually cut/paste to copy this

) beware of embedded jscript. – CUT/PASTE html pages that are not working correctly

) SEO,

Mark Edwards

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