Uploading/Deploying a Multi Site Install

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So I was looking to create a multi site for a clients since the goal is to have the same branded theme on several sub domains to deal with different countries (e.g. mysite.com, usa.mysite.com, canada.mysite.com) where the root site was basically a map to pick our countries site. After reading all about wordpress multi site it seems this would be perfect.

My questions though is how development is different.

Basically how to transfer a multi site from DEV server to client. Will all the subdomains and structure/content transfer just like a regular WP install when I dump databases and transfer

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You should be able to move WordPress multi-site the same way you would any other WordPress site. Assuming your development environment is similar to production then yes.

Moving a WPMU isn’t hard but can be tricky. The Codex has pretty good documentation on how to do this.

If you try with the command line and run into trouble with a fast approaching deadline you can always just brute force it as follows:

  1. Move the main site
  2. Turn that site into a network
  3. Create a new site for each site in the network
  4. Import site content
  5. Tweak themes, plugins, settings
  6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each site on the network

done

Going brute force is very, very tedious but I have done it several times and it does work. Only advisable for sites with fewer than 20 sites.

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