Creating a main menu for Multisite

  • Hello,

    I’m in the process of setting up a multisite with sub-blogs. I’m interested in finding a way to make a standard main menu which is accessible site wide. I’d like to have the basic elements one expects to find on a main menu…an “about” page, a contact page, etc.

    As I’ve found out, pages I create on the main site don’t carry over to the sub-blogs. Is there a plugin to make the pages on the main site carry over to my other sub-sites? Or is there some kind of custom sitewide menu plugin?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

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    As I’ve found out, pages I create on the main site don’t carry over to the sub-blogs.

    This is correct. Remember you are running a copy of WordPress.COM – i.e. a bunch of content-unrelated blogs. ??

    You can do this in a few different ways, but it depends on your end goal. You can hard code the page link in your theme, you can put the correct ‘about’ link in your menu (point it back to your main site). You can use a redirect page template and make an about page on your subsites that kick back to the main one.

    Thread Starter goldenstate

    (@goldenstate)

    Thanks Ipstenu. I think maybe hardcoading is the best option.

    I understand that the idea is that I am running a bunch of content-unrelated blogs, as that is the way WP-MU is designed, though this makes no sense to me. How useful could this default functionality be to anyone? It seems much more likely that end-users would want to have an actual SITE, with standardized categories, a global main menu, global sidebar widgets, and a standardized template, rather than a bunch of random blogs. I really don’t get it. Who would want that?

    All I know is that, aside from everything else, WordPress has a great blogging interface.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Beause MultiSite (please don’t call it MU anymore) is for Multiple SITES. Not multiple cross related blogs. Custom Post types, categories and tags would probably be better for that ??

    Think WordPress.com or Blogger or Tumblr. THAT’S what it’s for.

    I use MultiSite so my family can have a network of sites. Some have their own domains. Some don’t. They’re all different ??

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