MultiSite + BuddyPress – where each WP sub-site has its own public website and its own BP groups
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By default, WordPress MultiSite allows for BuddyPress to be installed on a single site (either the main site/domain or the specified sub-site).
Objective:
-offer websites that have their own social network (potential clients could be Homeowner Associations, Book Clubs, etc.)
-each client/organization could have its own groups (e.g. Board Members, Home Owners, Home Renters, etc.) for which admins can invite/approve/reject membership to.
-some organizations may have only 1 group (if you’re a member, you’re a member; if you’re not, you’re not).
-some groups may be public, some private (must login), some secret (don’t know about them unless you’re invited to them)
*** Each organization must also have its own public-facing site (like any regular organization would). So as to say to the public “this is who we are, what we do, why we do it.” And the social network / groups would be just a sub-part of the site.Proposed Solutions:
(whichever way is better to do it – performance, ease to maintain, etc.)
Option A) 1 BP per sub-site with some custom code that only shows each sub-site’s applicable groups.
Option
Instead of 1 BP per Network, I want 1 BP per sub-site.
Option C)
Every group gets its own WP (non-MultiSite), its own BuddyPress, and its own domain. (Is there any way to mass-maintain certain settings, as if it was kind of like WP MultiSite?)***
Why I’m asking for help (correct me if I’m wrong):
-if you want a group site, you go to website.com, you sign up, you start a group.
-then the group you started is just another group, listed among many others on website.com
-but your organization ALSO wants its own stand-alone(-looking) site (as if it were to be organization.com)
-but that’s not possible (correct me if I’m wrong; I hope I am) with BuddyPress. Your organization doesn’t get its own “website homepage” page and there’s not a list of groups that just apply to your organization. ********This is what I want to offer to organizations who want their own social network (i.e. members in groups).Any suggestions, ideas, or solutions?
Maybe these would help get things started in the right direction:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-multi-network/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/networks-for-wordpress/
http://wpebooks.com/networks/If it turns out the best solution is to just make a new WP (non-MultiSite) for each organization, then I could just save a template, like this: http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/new-blog-template
-This is an acceptable solution if need be.If one of the solutions is just a plugin above, then please advise how you think my setup should be done to be proper.
Thank you very much.
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