I know want to ‘convert’ my live installation to multisite without losing significant downtime.
Yes. You can do it in 5 minutes.
The only ‘downtime’ would be if you’re using subfolders, as it would bump ‘out’ your posts from domain.com/2011/02/postname (for example). If you use subdomains, no downtime at all.
Thank you.
My live installation is all in root so there are no subfolders.
Which document should I be following in order to this? I used ‘Create a Network‘ to create the new multisite version as a test.
Is it Migrating Multiple Blogs into WordPress 3.0 Multisite or is some other routine? Five minutes sounds reaaly quick!
Thanks
Mark
Roy
(@gangleri)
Of course you could just turn the live site into a network. Otherwise export/import is a rapid option.
I have tried import/export across to the test site but unfortunately because of the nature of my site is it built using 117 widgets all of which do not come across.
If I turned live into a network would I lose the widgets and which documentation should I follow?
Thanks
Mark
Roy
(@gangleri)
Ah yes, themes, widgets, plugins, etc. are things that do not go with an export. An export is just the database. I don’t know if there’s a way to transfer a website including widgets settings, etc. (A backup won’t save it either I guess.)
I have never tried to turn a live website into a network, but I can hardly imagine that this would sweep settings. Perhaps you can try this on your (or another) test install. Just make a test install, activate a few plugins and widgets, activate the network option and see what happens. It’s an interesting experiment. I’d be interested in the findings 🙂
I will try that this afternoon and let you know the results.
My live installation is all in root so there are no subfolders.
Not what I meant 😉
WordPress Multisite has two options: Sites as subdomains (i.e. sitename.domain.com) or sites as subfolders (i.e. domain.com/sitename)
IF you use subfolders, your MAIN site will change URLs to have /blog/ in there.
I have never tried to turn a live website into a network, but I can hardly imagine that this would sweep settings.
I have. You don’t lose your settings.
Roy
(@gangleri)
I have never tried to turn a live website into a network, but I can hardly imagine that this would sweep settings.
I have. You don’t lose your settings.
That sounds like the best option!
