Allowing Useres to Host Blogs on My Site

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by gder01, Mar 10, 2007.

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    I think this would be a great way for a website to generate content; have the users start their own blogs.

    So If I have a website/forum about poker, each member of my site can "start a blog" for free, discussing his life and poker.

    I would like all the blogs to be on my site (I don't want them linking to blogger or WP).

    How would I accomplish this? Is this possible?
    Ideally I would have the users start a blog automatically (I wouldn't have to do anything), and the blog would be a wordpress blog.

    Also, is this very ambitious/advanced? I'm very new, so I don't have much experience with anything. Would this require advanced programing?
    Thanks guys./
     
    gder01, Mar 10, 2007 IP
  2. Dubz

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    Wordpress may be a little ambitious but why not be ambitious?

    I know of http://clearblogs.com/

    You should check that out it may be what you are looking for. Either way it's a great idea to get people hooked. Good luck. I'll be checking back here for sure.
     
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    Wordpress MU

    Allows you to link multi=user blogs.

    This might help.
     
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    Wordpress MU allows anyone and everyone to easily have hundreds of blogs from one simple install.
     
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    What is in it for the bloggers?
     
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    well first of all I will probably offer to pay some of them. (the ones that ppl will want to read)

    Secondly, they will be able to blog about things that blogger would not allow (on a free hosting plan). Mainly though, I think they would feel important if they had a blog that was part of a niche site; more ppl would read it (at first).

    On blogger, mostly random stranger read it, or close friends. (keep in mind, the typical person dost have as great a knowledge about marketing his blog as a DP member)

    However this is only one aspect. I am relying on the forum to be the backbone of my site. At this point I am just brainstorming.

    Thanks guys I will check MU out!
     
    gder01, Mar 10, 2007 IP