I can honestly admit that I’m late to a lot of parties when it comes to web development. I definitely keep my ears open for new and exciting stuff, but rarely jump on board until I can see that whatever it is is here to stay and worth the time investment on my part.
WordPress was one of those. When I first jumped on the bandwagon I felt like I was forcing a square peg when I used it as a back end CMS for a site that didn’t even have a blog. But now, wow, now WordPress doesn’t even blink at the stuff I try to do with it. It’s almost a challenge to find something that it can’t do. And on top of that, I keep finding new and better ways to do the stuff I already know it can do.
So I’m never bored using it, which is great. But then I got wind of WordPress MU. Multi-user WordPress! Sure it’s been around and available for a bit, hey I said I’m usually late to the party, but man how powerful. MU takes regular old WP to the next level and lets you host as many sites/blogs as you want under one WPMU installation. Think about that. It looks to be the perfect solution for franchise brands that need a little more control over their franchisee Web sites, but still want to let them manage it themselves. Schools that could use separate sites for separate groups or activities. The list goes on and on.
And the best part is development time hardly goes up at all. It’s like tripling the value without even touching the cost!
So even though I’m late to this party, I’m happy to be showing up while the keg is still full.
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