WordpressMU Install

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[edit] WordpressMU (Multi-User) Install

Note: Due to low number of installs on WordpressMU, the version here is 1.11. If interest picks up, a newer version will be made available.

The vPIP WordpressMU Plugin places links to the vPIP scripts and style sheet into the header section of the blog page. With those links, either the Media Entry video and audio entry areas or the the code generator ("Generate vPIP HTML Code" app) is available below where you write the blog entry.

In addition, the Media Entry features in vPIP expand on Rudy Jahchan's UFOSplode custom wordpress code. This is covered on the Using Media Entry page.

On WordpressMU, vPIP can be installed for activation by each site administator or to activate globally across all sites. The steps to set vPIP for activating on an individual site basis are the same as the regular Wordpress install. So for this option, go to the vPIP Wordpress Installation.

Then go to the Site Admin->Options menu and enable the Plugins menu for site administrators:

For installing across all the sites of the WordpressMU instance, follow these steps:

1. Download vPIPwpmu.zip by right clicking the --> vPIPMU link <-- and "Save ... As" to a location on your hard disk.
   Previous Releases:
   • version 1.10
   • version 1.01
   • version 1.00
   




2. Create an empty folder to extract vPIPwpmu.zip to get vPIP.php and the vPIP folder. Upload those to your ../wp-content/mu-plugins location of your Wordpress installation.
• If your using Wordpress 1.5, in admin mode go to Options->Writing and uncheck "WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically".
  
• If your using Wordpress 2.x and the Media Entry interface, then you'll be fine using the visual rich editor. Otherwise, as Admin go to Users->Your Profile and uncheck "Use the visual rich editor when writing*". Then go to Options->Writing and uncheck "WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically". If your users will also be using the vPIP plugin without Media Entry, also uncheck the Users from using the visual rich editor by default*.

  Note: The Media Entry interface is on by default when installed. The Using Media Entry page covers the Admin options for setting the Media Entry interface.

  
  • * If you want to use the Visual Rich Editor without Media Entry, then you'll need to place the vPIP code in the HTML entry area when writing a post. Use the HTML button to access the HTML entry area.

    

3. vPIP will automatically activate
4. Below where you'll be writing your post, the Media Entry interface will appear by default. Just enter your image and video files here. For usage instructions, go to the Using Media Entry page.
   

   Otherwise, if you've turned off Vlogsplosion in the Options->vPIP Config menu, then code generator ("Generate vPIP HTML code" helper app) is available.

   

   From this you can specify the movie files (Quicktime, Windows Media and/or Flash) and their display parameter. Then the "Generate Code" button will provide the vPIP HTML code to paste into your blog entry.
   

   Note: This Flash app will sometimes hold the cursor from typing back in the write box. In that case open the app externally with the "Open in external window: vPIP" button.
5. For security, WordpressMU strips tag attributes. This does not effect the Vlogsplosion generated code. But if Vlogsplosion is off and your using the code generator, vPIP for WordpressMU will generate bracketed code for the stripped parameters. The bracketed code will generate into regular HTML code for vPIP when the web page is rendered.
   

   Above is a sample of the bracketed code output from the code generator.
   Whether bracketed code is generated and other options are controlled from the "vPIP Config" panel from the Options menu
   

   

   You may also specify a different "vPIP Plugin location" here.

6. You are now ready to use vPIP in writing blog posts and pages. To do that, go to the Using vPIP page.
7. If vPIP doesn't work, then your theme header template probably doesn't support inserting the script from the plugin. In that case, manually put in the reference to the script by editing "header.php" file and placing the following line before </head>:
   <script src="http://[url where vPIP was uploaded to]/vpip.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <style type="text/css" media="all">@import "http://[url where vPIP was uploaded to]/vPIPBox.css";</style> <script src="http://[url where vPIP was uploaded to]/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://[url where vPIP was uploaded to]/vpipwp.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://[url where vPIP was uploaded to]/vpipit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
   Replace [url where vPIP was uploaded to] with the Wordpress directory location you uploaded vpip.js to in step 2 above. For example, a location could be http://mysever/wp/wp-content/mu-plugins/vPIP/vpip.js
   Note: Don't include the script line for vpipit.js above if you don't want movie links that are not already set to vPIP, to be automatically set to use vPIP.

For writing vPIP HTML instructions, read the Using vPIP page.

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