[wp-testers] WP 3 test blogs sub-dir and subdomain tests. DNS issues, of course

[Andrew Nacin]

If the book is aimed at novice users, I'd consider avoiding the Network
feature altogether then, at least for now.

MU is very advanced. 3.0 is only designed to merge the codebases, not make
MU any better to use and manage (look no sooner than 3.1 for that). The
learning curve remains high. That's the reason for the WP_ENABLE_MULTISITE
constant -- if you don't know how to constant to wp-config.php, then you
probably shouldn't be venturing away from a single-blog installation. The
constant was designed to increase the barrier to entry.

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Tris Hussey <tris at trishussey.com> wrote:

> Thanks Andrew! That's exactly the info I needed. Ah and the
> acknowledgements
> section gets longer...
>
> As an aside, I want to couch this chapter in the right terms. The book is
> aimed at novice users, so I need to be realistic about what people will
> want
> to do. I also don't want to discourage people from learning or trying new
> WP
> challenges.
>
> My gut is telling me that if someone wants to toy with blog networks, and
> don't have much DNS experience, that they should stick to the subdirectory
> implementation. I'll cover the subdomain stuff, but couched in terms of
> "advanced level" stuff (like SVN).
>