04/24/2012

WordPress Multisite Uploaded Images not Working

I just created a WordPress multisite installation. It’s not the simplest thing to do, but I think I got things mostly working using domain-based sub-sites. The first thing I had trouble with was uploaded images not displaying in the sub-sites, although they still worked in the main site (this site). I could upload images with no problems, either as a post featured image or as an image embedded in a post. The image file would make it into the correct directory on the server (blogs.dir/[blog id#]/year/month/day). I could also edit the image in the WordPress editor. The problem was that the uploaded images would not display in the post. Here’s what finally worked for me…
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02/04/2012

My Muni Diary Entry

I told a brief version of this story on Facebook, and my friends at MuniDiaries.com picked it up for use on their site. I wish I could read the dates on coins… I think I would have alot more coins.

http://www.munidiaries.com/2012/02/03/getting-to-know-your-neighbor-on-muni/

01/31/2012

Whatwouldjessedo.com now using WordPress Multisite

I decided that my next challenge with WordPress will be to learn more about the WordPress Multisite feature. What better way to do so, than to throw this site right into a multisite environment without giving it too much thought?

Well, that’s what i just did, and after about an hour it looks like everything is back up and running. I followed the Multisite Create a Network instructions and everything went pretty much to plan. The only hiccup is that uploaded images didn’t get their urls updated. I don’t have many so I went ahead and manually updated their urls in the Media Manager.

My next step will be importing a second site into the Multisite Network I just created. This should result in my ability to update the Simple Retail Menus plugin to work with multisite installations.

Wish me luck!

10/05/2011

Simple Retail Menus version 2.0 Released

I updated the plugin with a couple of minor but useful changes.

The first change is that you can now add a menu to the Sidebar of your WP site by adding the menu shortcode to the Sidebar Text Widget.

The second update is a change in the shortcode markup. Previously the menu was designated in the shortcode by the name of the menu, which limited the characters you could use in the menu name. I’ve changed this to use the database ID of the menu, which is a little more robust and will add more flexibility to the plugin.

You can still use ‘name’ in the shortcode, but going forward, using ‘id’ is the better way to do things.

You might also notice a more prominent reminder that I do like donations… they encourage me to keep developing this plugin :)

09/06/2011

Simple Retail Menus Custom Class Example

If you want to do some custom styling for your menus, here is an example of acustom CSS class that can be applied to a SRM menu. To use this, add it to your WordPress template stylesheet.

You also need to set the class option in your Shortcode to include class=”custom-menu”.

Of course, you can edit and rename these style to suit your application.
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