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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It works in 3.1 too, but just has not been moved to the network admin area.&nbsp; Look for the settings on your main site logged in as super-admin under the tools area.&nbsp; &#8220;New Blog Defaults.&#8221;&nbsp; It just needs the new
 Network Admin menu added to it.&nbsp; Great plugin! </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="color:#1F497D">&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">~Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">UNC-CH Web.unc.edu Admin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Jeff VanDrimmelen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://oasis.unc.edu/jeff"><span style="color:blue">http://oasis.unc.edu/jeff</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> wp-edu-bounces@lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-edu-bounces@lists.automattic.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lucas Waltzer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wp-edu@lists.automattic.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [wp-edu] how to set new site defaults on WordPress 3.x network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Have you tried this plugin? &nbsp;<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpmu-new-blog-defaults</a>/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Says it's broken, but it's working on a 3.05 that we have, so you might be in luck for a while&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Luke Waltzer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">&quot;Whisler, Dave&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:dkwhisle@uncc.edu">dkwhisle@uncc.edu</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>&lt;<a href="mailto:wp-edu@lists.automattic.com">wp-edu@lists.automattic.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Date: </b>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:10:37 -0400<br>
<b>To: </b>&lt;<a href="mailto:wp-edu@lists.automattic.com">wp-edu@lists.automattic.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[wp-edu] how to set new site defaults on WordPress 3.x network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I&#8217;m running a WordPress 3.0.1 multi-site network at my university where I work.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I need a way to easily change some of the new site &#8220;default&#8221; parameters that are used when I create a new site on the WP network.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It seems like this should be rather easy, but I have yet to figure out where to do this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Here&#8217;s my preferences for a new site:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">No pages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">No links<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Comments are disabled sitewide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">timezone to &#8220;New York&#8221; (aka:&nbsp; EST / UTC &#8211; 5 hrs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">set a certain header image of my choice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">permalinks &#8211; Month and name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">writing settings &#8211; size of the post &#8220;25&#8221; lines
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">widgets &#8211; set which ones should be in any new sites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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 &#8220;default&#8221; content off the new site OR do it myself, which either way is wasted
 time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dave Whisler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of North Carolina at Charlotte<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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