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WordPress multisite has some restrictions for what types of files users can upload on the network. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to make changes to the allowed file types without having to add a plugin or change any code.
This particular network admin setting is a few clicks deep. You can find it under:
Dashboard >> Network Admin >> Settings >> Network Settings
Scroll down to Upload Settings and add or remove file types from the “Upload file types” field.
If you’re new to WordPress Multisite, then you may not be familiar with the Network Admin menu. The WordPress Super Admin user has access to all of the sites on the network. This is done through the Network Admin menu.
If you’ve correctly enabled multisite on your installation, then you’ll want to look for the “My Sites” menu:
This is where you will find the Network Admin menu, which includes everything you need to administer your network.
Advertising can be a great way to monetize your blog, and if done the right way, it can even enhance your design, rather than stick out like a sore thumb. Whether you run a single blog or a multi site with thousands of members; and whether you run Adsense campaigns or sell your own ad space – these plugins will help you create, manage, and place ads anywhere on your site.
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When managing a Multisite network, the menu items you need need the most are usually a couple clicks deep. The Multisite Admin Bar Tweaks plugin makes those important menu items more accessible. It adds the network ‘Plugins’ and ‘Install Plugin’ links to the ‘My Sites’ > ‘Network Admin’ menu within the site admin bar.
Managing a very active multisite network can be fairly intense and time-consuming. Between answering user support emails and troubleshooting network issues, you also have to keep the core and all the plugins updated and in working order. Here are 16 WordPress multisite plugins just released this year that will save you tons of time in managing your multisite network. Grab a cup of coffee and install all of your new favorites.
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Ever made a long list of changes to your WordPress site and then something breaks and you have no idea how it happened? Perhaps you’re performing some routine updates, creating content and adjusting plugins all at the same time. You may not get an error that gives you any useful information. There’s a new tool that will help you to retrace your steps so that you can find the root of the problem.
Today we continue our semi-regular series of interviews with WordPress Multisite owners.
The following interview is with Mark de Scande, who runs BlogLines.co.za with his wife Charissa. BlogLines is a freemium-style site (free blogs with paid upgrade options).
Mark became a lifetime WPMU DEV member not long ago, and so if you hang out in the WPMU DEV Community, he may be familiar to you.
He is based in South Africa.
BACKGROUND:
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself before you got into running your site? What is your background in?
Profile pictures are noticeably missing from WordPress profile pages in the dashboard. AP Gravatars is a new plugin that will add a user’s profile picture directly below the new password settings, exactly where one might naturally look for it.
Ordinarily, each WordPress blog in a multisite network has its own separate media library. Network Shared Media is a plugin that allows blogs to share media across the network. After installing the plugin you’ll find a new tab in the Add Media window where you can access media from other blogs.
You may have noticed that Joe recently published an interview with a successful WordPress multisite user as part of a planned ongoing series. If you did, you may be wondering what on earth multisite actually is.
It’s not an unreasonable question – you could happily use WordPress for many months, or even years, without exploring the possibilities that multisite offers.
So if you are a total multisite newbie, consider this your initiation.
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