<div>I just added a note on the .org forums about moving it to the network admin menu: <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-blog-defaults-broken-in-wp-31-fix?replies=4" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-blog-defaults-broken-in-wp-31-fix?replies=4</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Also, be warned that the From Email and From Email Name under Bonus Settings adds a filter for those options, which WILL override anything that gets sent using mail() or wp_mail() (e.g. Gravity Forms). Had a fun time finding that one.</div>
<br clear="all">--<br>Helen Hou-Sandi<br><div><a href="http://www.helenhousandi.com" target="_blank">http://www.helenhousandi.com</a></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:27 PM, James Tryon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@easilyamusedinc.com" target="_blank">james@easilyamusedinc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">This sounds fun,<div><br></div><div>This is going to be a quick replay, sorry for any typos ;c p<br><div><br></div><div>I have done a couple sites like this in the past.</div><div><br></div>
<div>I have used a couple plugins from <a href="http://wpmudev.org" target="_blank">wpmudev.org</a> so yes you would need to signup but its worth it.</div><div><br></div><div>1 - created an example site.</div><div>2 - Use a child theme to keep a clean upgrade path. </div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- Strip out things from the theme file that you do not want. Like the commit include in single.php</div><div>3 - set all your settings and remove anything that you do not need or want.</div>
<div>4 - set it as a template | <a href="http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/new-blog-template" target="_blank">http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/new-blog-template</a></div><div>5 - set the template as the default theme on creation of new site.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have also taken this a step further for a network of site that where city based and added to more plugins </div><div><br></div><div>One for custom short codes and the other was a post or page lock. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I went in and created the whole site.</div><div>then swapped out things like </div><div>- emails</div><div>- addresses</div><div>- dates</div><div>- names</div><div><br></div><div>what ever the client wanted the sub-sites to change but not all the text on each page. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Then we set up the post/page lock on most of the pages. Left some unlocked, like the about pages. </div><div>Only the super admin can change the locked page status.</div><div><br></div><div>And all the sub-sites can do what they want but cant brake or change anything.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thats a quick run down on how I have set something like this up in the past.</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>James Tryon, Creative Director</div><div>Easily Amused, Inc.</div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div></font><div><div><div><div></div><div><div>On Mar 31, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Whisler, Dave wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div><div></div><div><div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">I’m running a WordPress 3.0.1 multi-site network at my university where I work. </div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">I need a way to easily change some of the new site “default” parameters that are used when I create a new site on the WP network.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">While I want to do this, I want to do it safely without modifying core (for obvious reasons) or something else that might put the site at risk when upgrading, etc..</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">It seems like this should be rather easy, but I have yet to figure out where to do this.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
Here’s my preferences for a new site:</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span>1.<span> <span> </span></span></span>No posts</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span>2.<span> <span> </span></span></span>No pages</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span>3.<span> <span> </span></span></span>No links</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span>4.<span> <span> </span></span></span>Comments are disabled sitewide</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span>5.<span> <span> </span></span></span>timezone to “New York” (aka: EST / UTC – 5 hrs)</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span>6.<span> <span> </span></span></span>set a certain header image of my choice</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span>7.<span> <span> </span></span></span>permalinks – Month and name</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span>8.<span> <span> </span></span></span>writing settings – size of the post “25” lines</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span>9.<span> <span> </span></span></span>widgets – set which ones should be in any new sites</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">I realize that likely some or all of these cannot easily be accomplished, but setting some up front as we need, would be better than none.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">As of right now each time I create a new site for someone, I either need to walk them thru setting up the defaults and deleting the “default” content off the new site OR do it myself, which either way is wasted time.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
Thanks,</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> </div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
Dave Whisler</div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">University of North Carolina at Charlotte</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<div>
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