WPMU Domain not pinging

It’s not a redirect issue. I am also unable to ping the www-version of your site as well. Just to test, I also tried to ping your site’s IP address directly … and it also times out. This could be because your server doesn’t allow pings. Some servers are set up to block ICMP traffic … Read more

.htaccess on multisite and roots theme?

well, I have both roots and multisite. However, I do not have roots specific rewrite rules. I have the vanilla rewrite rules defined in the docs. I use the ones for subdomains instead of subfolders. RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] # uploaded files RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond … Read more

rename index or homepage

You’re creating a loop that you can’t break out of … I think what you are saying is you want a visitor to go to domain1.com/index.html and then choose to go to domain1.com/index.php (WordPress CMS) or domain2.com/index.php Static Homepage in WordPress You’re best off to create a Static Homepage in WordPress and have links on … Read more

Activate blog hook

There are two possible causes I can think of: The ‘wpmu_activate_blog‘ hook supplies 5 arguments ($blog_id, $user_id, $password, $signup->title, $meta), but you’re only receiving 2 parameters ($blog_id, $blogmeta) The ‘wpmu_activate_blog‘ hook is only triggered when a user creates a blog and not when the super adimin creates one.

Custom link color or stylesheets

In answer (im not a theme developer) so please improve this answer In WordPress 3.4 the Theme Customiser was introduced for example in Twenty Eleven theme you have a colour wheel. Have a look at Otto’s write up on how to leverage Theme Customiser http://ottopress.com/2012/how-to-leverage-the-theme-customizer-in-your-own-themes/

iis6 multisite and permissions

The solution was not that there was a permissions issue. Since iis6 doesn’t use .htaccess it required installing Ionics Isapi Rewriter Enabled on the webserver you then insert essentially the same content as a the .htaccess file into an iirf.ini file in the root of the site you want and the content becomes available. Much … Read more

Pulling sub-site content into specific pages

This can be achieved with the help of a plugin. A custom, hand coded, solution can be built analyzing and modifying the code of such plugin(s). Searching for “multisite + widget“, I found one plugin of interest. Multisite Posts Get posts from another child site in a multisite setup. You can also integrate the plugin … Read more