I know this is a 3 year old question but there was no answer so here it is: For the best data and file cleanup experience please read my additional notes at the bottom: The basics: Under the site you want to delete go to: Tools->Delete Site in the left hand nav. Click on the … Read more
The actual RAM you need depends on many factors: plugins theme installed extensions (server and PHP) the current operation (editing images needs the most) translation, some translation files are really heavy In a multisite, some resources are shared, the server setup for example is not duplicated each time you create a new site. You can … Read more
You can specify that a plugin is Network Only in the plugin’s header information. /* Plugin Name: Name of Plugin Plugin URI: Link to plugin information Description: Plugin Description […] Network: Optional. Specify “Network: true” to require that a plugin is activated across all sites in an installation. This will prevent a plugin from being … Read more
Trac has some discussion and code for possible replacement in future version, ticket #14511 new function – wp_get_sites($args).
Hm, I am not entirely sure about mechanics here. Usual is_plugin_active() checks if plugin is in active_plugins option. By this logic you could probably retrieve active_plugins of specific blog with get_blog_option() and check it for plugin.
Pull down the copy of WordPress from your client’s server to your local. Download a clean zip of the version of WordPress your client has installed. http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/ From there, you will need to use a file comparison tool (i.e. Diff on Linux). You can also use GIT to find the difference in folders by creating … Read more
“example2.com sub1.example2com” Actually for subsites off of mapped sites, you want a multi network plugin. Free – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-multi-network/ Paid – http://wpebooks.com/networks/
Install plugin in networ admin as usual for multisite. Do not activate plugin for whole network. Go to admin of individual site and enable plugin there for that site alone.
If you don’t want to use Multisite, yet still want to have multiple blogs with a common backend, another idea is: Customize your theme’s Author Templates so each author’s “blog homepage” has a distinct design Create several different stylesheets, one per author. Use some conditional logic to display the appropriate stylesheet when viewing an individual … Read more
Shortly after, I was able to find Otto’s tutorial on the topic. WordPress 3.0: Multisite Domain Mapping Tutorial