Title: webring setup assitance
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# webring setup assitance

 *  [zaksamba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaksamba/)
 * (@zaksamba)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webring-setup-assitance/)
 * I’ll state in advance that this got a little longer than intended – simply trying
   to express in detail my ‘vision’ in hopes of yeilding a more comprehensive/accurate
   answer. Thanks in advance to those that bother to read.
 * Hello,
 * After mulling it over for a number of years I’ve decided to go forth in launching
   a web-ring of sorts. I’ve hand-coded plenty of sites over the years and used 
   a number of CMS systems. After about a year or so of not doing much with this
   hobby I’ve come back to find WordPress as a fully functional site publishing 
   tool that breaks out of the blog niche!! Awesome !! I want to use it for my sites.
 * I’ve never set up something of this scale before and I want to do it right from
   the beginning. I’m hoping some veterans can chime in on the best method of going
   about things mainly from a point of efficiency as an administrator/editor.
 * The quick breakdown is:
 * Developer Site / hub ( parent site )
 * theme site 1 ( business )
    theme site 2 ( environment ) theme site 3 ( comics)((
   the idea is to start with 3 and grow form there as able to other niches/genre))
 * Secondarily, I don’t know yet if I should install a store cart (WP e-commerce
   appears to be the pick) in each site or have a central ‘network’ store and find
   a way to display the items on their respective sites.
 * The following is nothing ground breaking. Each with their own domain, focus of
   content, and look — but at the same time each uphold the ideals / mission / and
   attitude of the ‘network’, as well as some ‘standard’ features and style similarity
   to imply that they are part of a network.
 * So from a ground-up installation perspective what would be the best method for
   installing multiple sites but also under an ‘umbrella’ and in essence related?
 * These are the options I could think – please tell me if I missed a viable option.
 * Do I need to install each domain with WP and maintain them individually ? ( annoying
   if you want to change 1 aspect of say, posting, and now have to login 4 times)
 * Or, alternatively, has anyone found it to be more viable to use subdomains under
   the parent site and place redirects on each theme primary URL to their respective
   sub domain?
 * **[http://www.theme1.com](http://www.theme1.com) => theme1.parent.com **
 * ( did that make sense? )
 * Perhaps the same principle as above but use subfolders instead ?
 * **[http://www.theme1.com](http://www.theme1.com) => [http://www.parent.com/theme1](http://www.parent.com/theme1)**
 * I hope I’ve been able to relay what my intention/hopes are and understand if 
   the inconvnient route is the necessary one.
 * Thanks again for your time and any advice you can offer. If you don’t want to
   post here anyone is welcome to email me at **[zaksamba@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webring-setup-assitance/zaksamba@gmail.com?output_format=md)**

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webring-setup-assitance/)
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