In theory if you set that theme as the default theme, and used this plugin, you should be good: http://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults/
Put this in your wp-config to define the default theme:
define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', 'mytheme');
The wp-config default is perfect.
I installed the WPMU plugin but it doesn’t seem to have the ability to predetermine the reading settings for new sites…am I missing something?
Thanks for your help!
It adds a new submenu called “New Blog Defaults” to the Settings section on the Network Admin page.
Does it not have the reading settings? (It’s been a while since I’ve used it)
It has reading settings, but there is no area to set the front page display:
http://www.image-share.com/ijpg-2384-99.html
I found this in a link in the codex, but it doesn’t seem to work in my functions.php, if you have any suggestions there:
<?php
// Use a static front page
$about = get_page_by_title( 'About' );
update_option( 'page_on_front', $about->ID );
update_option( 'show_on_front', 'page' );
// Set the blog page
$blog = get_page_by_title( 'Blog' );
update_option( 'page_for_posts', $blog->ID );
// Switch to our theme
//switch_theme( 'Template', 'stylesheet' );
?>
Bah :/ Probably because you can’t know what the page IDs would be…
Don’t put that in your functions.php, it wont’ run unless the same theme is ALREADY active. Also it will force the settings for everyone, even if people want to change later.
This would be better: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/106377/set-static-page-as-default-front-page-on-newly-created-sites-in-multisite
Thank you!
I changed the front-page.php to home.php, but it still isn’t setting the reading settings to static/home, even though the home page is displaying as the first page…kinda odd?
