From lmiles at unca.edu  Fri Jul 14 13:15:41 2017
From: lmiles at unca.edu (Laurie Miles)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:15:41 -0400
Subject: [wp-edu] Automate Site Creation Process
Message-ID: <CAL7vF9AXzQ9zDXrse_B3dHPJQ+J-6QNUdE9uJGn+v9G2YSr1hw@mail.gmail.com>

We are running a WordPress multisite and would like to automate the
creation of sites. Our goal is to limit who can create a site while still
allowing the user to connect to the wp-signup.php form for automated site
registration. We've configured our system so that users who have a
university email address will be able to log into the system, and once
logged in, create sites. However, our campus policy limits who on the
campus can get a WordPress site in our network.

Has anyone set up this type of system, and do you have any suggestions for
how we can make it work? I am trying the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin, but
it's not really intended for this purpose and I'm worried it may cause
unwanted anomalies.

I appreciate any advice you can offer. FYI - I'm new at coding and our
budget is tight!

Thank you.
Laurie
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From jstroth at law.stanford.edu  Fri Jul 14 15:09:29 2017
From: jstroth at law.stanford.edu (Jennifer Stroth)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:09:29 -0400
Subject: [wp-edu] Automate Site Creation Process
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Hi Laurie,

I think NYU is doing something similar. 

This approach might be relevant: https://2016.wpcampus.org/schedule/lightning-talks/extending-wp-signup-page-form-higher-ed-use-case/ <https://2016.wpcampus.org/schedule/lightning-talks/extending-wp-signup-page-form-higher-ed-use-case/> 

The slides and recording are posted.

Thanks,
Jennifer

Jennifer Stroth
Associate Director of Online Communications and Identity
Stanford Law School
jstroth at law.stanford.edu
1.650.736.7909

> On Jul 14, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:
> 
> We are running a WordPress multisite and would like to automate the creation of sites. Our goal is to limit who can create a site while still allowing the user to connect to the wp-signup.php form for automated site registration. We've configured our system so that users who have a university email address will be able to log into the system, and once logged in, create sites. However, our campus policy limits who on the campus can get a WordPress site in our network.
> 
> Has anyone set up this type of system, and do you have any suggestions for how we can make it work? I am trying the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin, but it's not really intended for this purpose and I'm worried it may cause unwanted anomalies.  
> 
> I appreciate any advice you can offer. FYI - I'm new at coding and our budget is tight!
> 
> Thank you.
> Laurie
> _______________________________________________
> wp-edu mailing list
> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu

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From lmiles at unca.edu  Fri Jul 14 15:12:17 2017
From: lmiles at unca.edu (Laurie Miles)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:12:17 -0400
Subject: [wp-edu] Automate Site Creation Process
In-Reply-To: <F2A0E905-4FD4-480A-AC42-8D8BA5F76D16@law.stanford.edu>
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 <F2A0E905-4FD4-480A-AC42-8D8BA5F76D16@law.stanford.edu>
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Jennifer,

I'll check it out. Thank you!

Laurie

*Laurie B. Miles*
Instructional Technology Specialist
TLT Resources <http://tlt.unca.edu> | Digital Scholarship Team Ramsey
Library <http://library.unca.edu/digital_scholarship> | ??UNC Asheville
<http://www.unca.edu>
lmiles at unca.edu |828-251-6630

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Jennifer Stroth <jstroth at law.stanford.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Laurie,
>
> I think NYU is doing something similar.
>
> This approach might be relevant: https://2016.wpcampus.org/schedule/
> lightning-talks/extending-wp-signup-page-form-higher-ed-use-case/
>
> The slides and recording are posted.
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Stroth
> Associate Director of Online Communications and Identity
> Stanford Law School
> jstroth at law.stanford.edu
> 1.650.736.7909 <(650)%20736-7909>
>
> On Jul 14, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:
>
> We are running a WordPress multisite and would like to automate the
> creation of sites. Our goal is to limit who can create a site while still
> allowing the user to connect to the wp-signup.php form for automated site
> registration. We've configured our system so that users who have a
> university email address will be able to log into the system, and once
> logged in, create sites. However, our campus policy limits who on the
> campus can get a WordPress site in our network.
>
> Has anyone set up this type of system, and do you have any suggestions for
> how we can make it work? I am trying the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin, but
> it's not really intended for this purpose and I'm worried it may cause
> unwanted anomalies.
>
> I appreciate any advice you can offer. FYI - I'm new at coding and our
> budget is tight!
>
> Thank you.
> Laurie
> _______________________________________________
> wp-edu mailing list
> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> wp-edu mailing list
> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
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From burtrw at gmail.com  Fri Jul 14 15:17:52 2017
From: burtrw at gmail.com (Ronnie Burt)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:17:52 +0000
Subject: [wp-edu] Automate Site Creation Process
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References: <CAL7vF9AXzQ9zDXrse_B3dHPJQ+J-6QNUdE9uJGn+v9G2YSr1hw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAiktxn3gs9x=HnFO8sQ1O_CBaDitAEgPtGhK2f0evN=21=YdA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Laurie,

I manage the education and hosting services at WPMU DEV (and our sister
service, CampusPress). I agree, the Pro Sites plugin may not be designed
for this need. I'd be happy to chat about that. I know that for many of our
customers, we are able to leverage attributes in something like Active
Directory or Shibboleth to limit site creation to certain groups, like just
faculty/staff. Perhaps that might be useful for you?

Ronnie

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:15 AM Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:

> We are running a WordPress multisite and would like to automate the
> creation of sites. Our goal is to limit who can create a site while still
> allowing the user to connect to the wp-signup.php form for automated site
> registration. We've configured our system so that users who have a
> university email address will be able to log into the system, and once
> logged in, create sites. However, our campus policy limits who on the
> campus can get a WordPress site in our network.
>
> Has anyone set up this type of system, and do you have any suggestions for
> how we can make it work? I am trying the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin, but
> it's not really intended for this purpose and I'm worried it may cause
> unwanted anomalies.
>
> I appreciate any advice you can offer. FYI - I'm new at coding and our
> budget is tight!
>
> Thank you.
> Laurie
> _______________________________________________
> wp-edu mailing list
> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
>
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From lmiles at unca.edu  Fri Jul 14 15:24:19 2017
From: lmiles at unca.edu (Laurie Miles)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:24:19 -0400
Subject: [wp-edu] Automate Site Creation Process
In-Reply-To: <CAAiktxn3gs9x=HnFO8sQ1O_CBaDitAEgPtGhK2f0evN=21=YdA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAL7vF9AXzQ9zDXrse_B3dHPJQ+J-6QNUdE9uJGn+v9G2YSr1hw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAAiktxn3gs9x=HnFO8sQ1O_CBaDitAEgPtGhK2f0evN=21=YdA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Ronnie.

Thank you for responding. I actually chatted with one of your WPMU DEV's
support folks this morning. Her name is Katya Tsihotska. She is going to
pursue this issue for me.

I don't think filtering our Active Directory for only certain users would
work well, as all our faculty, staff, and students have the same email
domain, and some users within all those roles would be eligible for one of
our WordPress sites.

I hope this makes sense.

Thank you.
Laurie



*Laurie B. Miles*
Instructional Technology Specialist
TLT Resources <http://tlt.unca.edu> | Digital Scholarship Team Ramsey
Library <http://library.unca.edu/digital_scholarship> | ??UNC Asheville
<http://www.unca.edu>
lmiles at unca.edu |828-251-6630

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Ronnie Burt <burtrw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Laurie,
>
> I manage the education and hosting services at WPMU DEV (and our sister
> service, CampusPress). I agree, the Pro Sites plugin may not be designed
> for this need. I'd be happy to chat about that. I know that for many of our
> customers, we are able to leverage attributes in something like Active
> Directory or Shibboleth to limit site creation to certain groups, like just
> faculty/staff. Perhaps that might be useful for you?
>
> Ronnie
>
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:15 AM Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:
>
>> We are running a WordPress multisite and would like to automate the
>> creation of sites. Our goal is to limit who can create a site while still
>> allowing the user to connect to the wp-signup.php form for automated site
>> registration. We've configured our system so that users who have a
>> university email address will be able to log into the system, and once
>> logged in, create sites. However, our campus policy limits who on the
>> campus can get a WordPress site in our network.
>>
>> Has anyone set up this type of system, and do you have any suggestions
>> for how we can make it work? I am trying the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin, but
>> it's not really intended for this purpose and I'm worried it may cause
>> unwanted anomalies.
>>
>> I appreciate any advice you can offer. FYI - I'm new at coding and our
>> budget is tight!
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Laurie
>> _______________________________________________
>> wp-edu mailing list
>> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> wp-edu mailing list
> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
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From shah.neel at nyu.edu  Fri Jul 14 17:35:50 2017
From: shah.neel at nyu.edu (Neel Shah)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:35:50 -0400
Subject: [wp-edu] Automate Site Creation Process
In-Reply-To: <CAL7vF9ASePAGopjgGmS+qgr1h6OcmCx5+qNLAHSXtTQw6gr4Ew@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAL7vF9AXzQ9zDXrse_B3dHPJQ+J-6QNUdE9uJGn+v9G2YSr1hw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAAiktxn3gs9x=HnFO8sQ1O_CBaDitAEgPtGhK2f0evN=21=YdA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAL7vF9ASePAGopjgGmS+qgr1h6OcmCx5+qNLAHSXtTQw6gr4Ew@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A9D8385D-BB5C-42DB-9301-BBE5B015B16A@nyu.edu>

Hi Laurie,

This is Neel Shah from NYU. We do something similar to what you asked for and allow users to create sites based on their university affiliation. You can find an overview of it in the Jennifer sent. 

Feel free to reach out to me at shah.neel at nyu.edu if you have any questions. 

Best,
Neel



Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronnie.
> 
> Thank you for responding. I actually chatted with one of your WPMU DEV's support folks this morning. Her name is Katya Tsihotska. She is going to pursue this issue for me. 
> 
> I don't think filtering our Active Directory for only certain users would work well, as all our faculty, staff, and students have the same email domain, and some users within all those roles would be eligible for one of our WordPress sites.
> 
> I hope this makes sense.
> 
> Thank you.
> Laurie
> 
> 
> 
> Laurie B. Miles
> Instructional Technology Specialist 
> TLT Resources | Digital Scholarship Team Ramsey Library | ??UNC Asheville
> lmiles at unca.edu |828-251-6630
> 
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Ronnie Burt <burtrw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Laurie,
>> 
>> I manage the education and hosting services at WPMU DEV (and our sister service, CampusPress). I agree, the Pro Sites plugin may not be designed for this need. I'd be happy to chat about that. I know that for many of our customers, we are able to leverage attributes in something like Active Directory or Shibboleth to limit site creation to certain groups, like just faculty/staff. Perhaps that might be useful for you?
>> 
>> Ronnie
>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:15 AM Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:
>>> We are running a WordPress multisite and would like to automate the creation of sites. Our goal is to limit who can create a site while still allowing the user to connect to the wp-signup.php form for automated site registration. We've configured our system so that users who have a university email address will be able to log into the system, and once logged in, create sites. However, our campus policy limits who on the campus can get a WordPress site in our network.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone set up this type of system, and do you have any suggestions for how we can make it work? I am trying the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin, but it's not really intended for this purpose and I'm worried it may cause unwanted anomalies.  
>>> 
>>> I appreciate any advice you can offer. FYI - I'm new at coding and our budget is tight!
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> Laurie
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> wp-edu mailing list
>>> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
>>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> wp-edu mailing list
>> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From lmiles at unca.edu  Fri Jul 14 18:25:47 2017
From: lmiles at unca.edu (Laurie Miles)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:25:47 -0400
Subject: [wp-edu] Automate Site Creation Process
In-Reply-To: <A9D8385D-BB5C-42DB-9301-BBE5B015B16A@nyu.edu>
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 <CAAiktxn3gs9x=HnFO8sQ1O_CBaDitAEgPtGhK2f0evN=21=YdA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAL7vF9ASePAGopjgGmS+qgr1h6OcmCx5+qNLAHSXtTQw6gr4Ew@mail.gmail.com>
 <A9D8385D-BB5C-42DB-9301-BBE5B015B16A@nyu.edu>
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Thank you for responding Neel. I appreciate it.

*Laurie B. Miles*
Instructional Technology Specialist
TLT Resources <http://tlt.unca.edu> | Digital Scholarship Team Ramsey
Library <http://library.unca.edu/digital_scholarship> | ??UNC Asheville
<http://www.unca.edu>
lmiles at unca.edu |828-251-6630

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Neel Shah <shah.neel at nyu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Laurie,
>
> This is Neel Shah from NYU. We do something similar to what you asked for
> and allow users to create sites based on their university affiliation. You
> can find an overview of it in the Jennifer sent.
>
> Feel free to reach out to me at shah.neel at nyu.edu if you have any
> questions.
>
> Best,
> Neel
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Ronnie.
>
> Thank you for responding. I actually chatted with one of your WPMU DEV's
> support folks this morning. Her name is Katya Tsihotska. She is going to
> pursue this issue for me.
>
> I don't think filtering our Active Directory for only certain users would
> work well, as all our faculty, staff, and students have the same email
> domain, and some users within all those roles would be eligible for one of
> our WordPress sites.
>
> I hope this makes sense.
>
> Thank you.
> Laurie
>
>
>
> *Laurie B. Miles*
> Instructional Technology Specialist
> TLT Resources <http://tlt.unca.edu> | Digital Scholarship Team Ramsey
> Library <http://library.unca.edu/digital_scholarship> | ??UNC Asheville
> <http://www.unca.edu>
> lmiles at unca.edu |828-251-6630 <(828)%20251-6630>
>
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Ronnie Burt <burtrw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Laurie,
>>
>> I manage the education and hosting services at WPMU DEV (and our sister
>> service, CampusPress). I agree, the Pro Sites plugin may not be designed
>> for this need. I'd be happy to chat about that. I know that for many of our
>> customers, we are able to leverage attributes in something like Active
>> Directory or Shibboleth to limit site creation to certain groups, like just
>> faculty/staff. Perhaps that might be useful for you?
>>
>> Ronnie
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:15 AM Laurie Miles <lmiles at unca.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> We are running a WordPress multisite and would like to automate the
>>> creation of sites. Our goal is to limit who can create a site while still
>>> allowing the user to connect to the wp-signup.php form for automated site
>>> registration. We've configured our system so that users who have a
>>> university email address will be able to log into the system, and once
>>> logged in, create sites. However, our campus policy limits who on the
>>> campus can get a WordPress site in our network.
>>>
>>> Has anyone set up this type of system, and do you have any suggestions
>>> for how we can make it work? I am trying the WPMU DEV Pro Sites plugin, but
>>> it's not really intended for this purpose and I'm worried it may cause
>>> unwanted anomalies.
>>>
>>> I appreciate any advice you can offer. FYI - I'm new at coding and our
>>> budget is tight!
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> Laurie
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> wp-edu mailing list
>>> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
>>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> wp-edu mailing list
>> wp-edu at lists.automattic.com
>> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-edu
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> wp-edu mailing list
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>
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