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Pros and cons of multi-site versus multiple site
I'm working on a set of products and services under the same root brand name, that will consume five domain names roughly like this(hopefully much prettier
Parent brand book
Parent brand services group all services
Parent brand services group Service one
Parent brand services group Service two
Parent brand services group Service three
All of these sites will be developed in different time frames and different intensities of attention
The books site will be a standalone brochure site which may or may not have links to the others.
The all services site will be a kind of catchall of ideas.
The services two site will get a lot of direct attention and effort.
The services one and three sites will be just development sites for a while, maybe forever.
Since these sites will be developed in different timings, and I can copy theme formats between sites, I'm thinking that I'm going to just make them multiple sites with links between them as needed.
The apple pie in the sky is that the three details Service sites take on lives of their own and it won't be that useful to have them be entangled.
What I was hoping for with this question was for E experts to provide some ideas about why I might or might not want to use multisite.
Any input on this would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Parent brand book
Parent brand services group all services
Parent brand services group Service one
Parent brand services group Service two
Parent brand services group Service three
All of these sites will be developed in different time frames and different intensities of attention
The books site will be a standalone brochure site which may or may not have links to the others.
The all services site will be a kind of catchall of ideas.
The services two site will get a lot of direct attention and effort.
The services one and three sites will be just development sites for a while, maybe forever.
Since these sites will be developed in different timings, and I can copy theme formats between sites, I'm thinking that I'm going to just make them multiple sites with links between them as needed.
The apple pie in the sky is that the three details Service sites take on lives of their own and it won't be that useful to have them be entangled.
What I was hoping for with this question was for E experts to provide some ideas about why I might or might not want to use multisite.
Any input on this would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Thanks for the inputs. Those are helpful.
This one is probably a real hairsplitter. The following is me thinking out loud.
Being a little less opaque, the domains are based on the pseudnomynous "Lifestylebrand:
LifeStyleConcept.com (for the LifeStyleConcept book)
(hyphens will not be used in the following, I'm including them here for clarity)
LifeStyleConcept-AllAreas.
LifeStyleConcept-Food.com
LifeStyleConcept-Clothes.c
LifeStyleConcept-Home.com
The purposes of these sites are
1) promote the LifeStyleConcept book (1st and foremost)
2) share ideas about LifeStyleConcept in the -All Areas, -Food, -Clothes and -Home areas
3) develop a community to increase awareness of LifeStyleConcept
4) obtain ad revenue
5) develop the opportunity to create a substantial brand identity for "LifeStyleConcept-Clothes (including possible partnership with a clothing manufacturer).
LifeStyleConcept .com will be a book brochure and gateway to the other domains. I feel a need to keep it "light" and flexible, i.e. concerned about "one big database".
-AllAreas domain will be an anything goes blog
-Food and -Home will be sites for articles specific to -Food and -Home
-Clothes will be a site for articles, blog and community specific to Clothes; it is expected to have an order of magnitude more content and attention than -Food and -Home
So, based on that, there are two remaining questions:
> How hard is it to split a multi-site sub-site into a single site? That seems do-able:
https://managewp.com/split-multisite
> Can you use separate domain names on sub-sites? That seems do-able:
http://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/
So, based on that, I can start with any combination, and change it later. What I'll probably do is...look at just how hard the separate domain name and splitting issues are, because it would clearly be easier to have fewer sites to deal with, to begin with.
Any further comments would be welcome, however, I'm feeling fairly resolved at this point.
Thanks!
This one is probably a real hairsplitter. The following is me thinking out loud.
Being a little less opaque, the domains are based on the pseudnomynous "Lifestylebrand:
LifeStyleConcept.com (for the LifeStyleConcept book)
(hyphens will not be used in the following, I'm including them here for clarity)
LifeStyleConcept-AllAreas.
LifeStyleConcept-Food.com
LifeStyleConcept-Clothes.c
LifeStyleConcept-Home.com
The purposes of these sites are
1) promote the LifeStyleConcept book (1st and foremost)
2) share ideas about LifeStyleConcept in the -All Areas, -Food, -Clothes and -Home areas
3) develop a community to increase awareness of LifeStyleConcept
4) obtain ad revenue
5) develop the opportunity to create a substantial brand identity for "LifeStyleConcept-Clothes (including possible partnership with a clothing manufacturer).
LifeStyleConcept .com will be a book brochure and gateway to the other domains. I feel a need to keep it "light" and flexible, i.e. concerned about "one big database".
-AllAreas domain will be an anything goes blog
-Food and -Home will be sites for articles specific to -Food and -Home
-Clothes will be a site for articles, blog and community specific to Clothes; it is expected to have an order of magnitude more content and attention than -Food and -Home
So, based on that, there are two remaining questions:
> How hard is it to split a multi-site sub-site into a single site? That seems do-able:
https://managewp.com/split-multisite
> Can you use separate domain names on sub-sites? That seems do-able:
http://ottopress.com/2010/wordpress-3-0-multisite-domain-mapping-tutorial/
So, based on that, I can start with any combination, and change it later. What I'll probably do is...look at just how hard the separate domain name and splitting issues are, because it would clearly be easier to have fewer sites to deal with, to begin with.
Any further comments would be welcome, however, I'm feeling fairly resolved at this point.
Thanks!
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Great input, Scott, and very appropriate. FYI, my partner laughed; shares a birthday with Martha.
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