This document discusses setting up a member directory using WordPress Multisite and custom plugins. It describes creating separate themes for the main site and member profiles. Profiles are displayed on the directory page using functions from a custom plugin to pull in user data and images. The document also covers domain mapping and using a plugin to create separate sites each with their own domain and user blogs in subfolders. It provides an example network setup with a main Multisite install and mapped domains for individual sites.

1. How-to with MU Using Multiple Domains and Building a Member Directory

2. Part one: Building a Member Directory

3. Queercents Blog directory WP + WPMU install

4. Queercents Blog directory WP + WPMU install Each blog a “profile”

5. It starts with the theme... One for the main blog One for the profiles.

6. It starts with the theme... One for the main blog One for the profiles

7. Directory page Main blog Page template

8. Profile area User profiles before blog posts pulled in via function call to custom plugin <div id=&quot;profile-box&quot;> <div id=&quot;profile-pic&quot;> <?php if(function_exists('author_image_tag(')) { author_image_tag((); } ?> </div> <div id=&quot;profile-info&quot;> <?php if(function_exists('ra_show_profile')) { ra_show_profile(); } ?> </div> </div>

9. Plugin magic New Blog Defaults http://wpmudev.org/project/New-Blog-Defaults Blog Topics http://wpmudev.org/project/Blog-Topics Sitewide Tags http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ wordpress-mu-sitewide-tags

10. Plugins Limited Menus http://wpmudev.org/project/Menus Simple Dashboard http://wpmudev.org/project/simple-dashboard Profile Picture & Business Details Coming soon

11. Part Two Doman Mapping and Multiple Sites

12. What is domain mapping? Single blog Must create blog first Own domain Use a plugin Difference between ours and Donncha's Subdomain & subfolder installs

13. What are multi-sites? Separate site_id Own domain + user blogs Use a different plugin Main blog created when site added

14. Installing Goes in mu-plugins Edit sunrise.php What does this file do? Not done yet

15. DNS Records The term “parking” ServerAlias Goes on top of main MU install, not sub-blog

16. Our setup Homeschoolblogsites.com is main install WPMU Tutorials is mapped domain Ron and Andrea.com is mapped domain Atypicalife.net is a Site User blogs in subfolders

17. Main WPMU install Mapped domain Site Sub blog Sub blog Sub blog Sub blog/folder Mapped domain Sub blog/folder Subdomain blog

18. DNS magic wpmututorials.com. 600 A 64.34.172.17

19. Our setup – the goodies WPMU is default host on the server IP address is the same Virtual host magic

20. Virtual Host #<VirtualHost *:80> # ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com # DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com # ServerName dummy-host.example.com # ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log # CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common #</VirtualHost>