How do I set up a blog that has multiple blogs (or parent categories) with different styles using Wordpress?
April 27th, 2009 | 
Author: I would like to set up a blog similar to Apartmenttherapy.com or like the Sugar Networks (buzzsugar.com/casasugar.com/etc.).
They are basically separate blogs on one site (readers can leave comments using the SAME registration across all sites on network).
I currently have one blog up and running using a single wordpress installation. I would like to (like the example websites above) host several blogs or categories on one site (so that users don't have to register for a different username/password for each blog. I also would like each blog/category to have a unique header and background.
Is there a way to do this using a single installation of wordpress or should I try to figure out how to use Wordpress MU?
The easiest possibility I was thinking of:
- Creating "category" pages as the separate blogs (I'm not sure how to customize).
Thanks in advanced!
There was a lot of useful informtion in this audio podcast. . .maybe it can help?
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That sounds like a tall order. If you're talking about using different themes based on user within a single WP install, I don't think it's possible. MU might be the way to go, but I know nothing about it.
For a non-MU solution, the first place I'd check is the plugin directory (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/), and I would also ask the question in the wordpress support forums (http://wordpress.org/support/) as you'll find a lot more WP experts there than here. They might also be able to answer your questions on MU.
I'm already doing almost exactly what you said about creating category pages, but my blog isn't intended to be a collection of blogs.. it's supposed to be one blog written by many people, hence the user-specific categories that all look the same as the rest of my site.
I think I just typed a lot here and didn't tell you anything. Sorry!
Michael
http://www.blogexperiment.org/
References :
There was a lot of useful informtion in this audio podcast. . .maybe it can help?
References :
http://www.smbtrendwire.com/2008/05/07/easy-small-biz-websites/